Being one of the most promising and profitable industries, here are the 15 most expensive game productions ever made!
15. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is considered by many fans to be one of the best open world action adventure games ever created so far.
The game, which was developed by the largest studio in Eastern Europe, CD Projekt RED and published by CD Project, has cost the game US$46 million (around Rp. 624 billion) and marketing costs of US$35 million (around Rp. 475 billion) or a total of US$81 million (approx. .09 trillion).
14. Tomb Raider (2022)
This 2022 incarnation of Tomb Raider is a big breakthrough from developer Crystal Dynamics, where they introduced a more open world gameplay and proved successful after getting a lot of praise from Tomb Rider fans.
Tomb Raider 2022 has spent a total game production of USD 100 million (approximately IDR 1.35 trillion).
13. Disney Infinity
Disney Infinity is one of Disney’s flagship products that is expected to hit the game market.
This game was launched in 2022 and is an action adventure sandbox game that allows players (mostly children) to buy figures of famous Disney characters such as Mr Incredible and Mike Wazowksi which has a new story mode, various bonuses and collectible items.
This game was developed by Avalanche Studios and for the 3DS platform developed by Altron, while the publishing is handled by Disney itself. The total cost of producing this game is USD 100 million (approximately Rp. 1.35 trillion) and is the most expensive Disney game ever developed in the history of their franchise.
12. Deadpool
One of the interesting things about Deadpool is that it was made three years before the commercially successful film of the same name.
Deadpool is often touted as a popular Marvel anti-hero, because this character doesn’t have traits like other Marvel heroes. In fact, it can be said that Deadpool’s character is very quirky and funny.
The game has received a lot of praise for its protagonist, but many gamers also argue that Deadpool’s gameplay is limited and that the game also suffers from licensing issues with Marvel, which led to it having to be removed from online or retail stores several times.
The total production cost of the Deadpool game is estimated at USD 100 million (approximately Rp. 1.35 trillion).
11. Battlefield 4
This FPS game developed by EA DICE and published by Electronic Arts has successfully sold more than 7 million copies, you know! The total production of the Battlefield 4 game reached USD 100 million (approximately IDR 1.35 trillion), but with several monetization schemes such as DLC and Microtransactions, it’s no wonder that this game must have made huge profits!
10. Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption is a popular action adventure game themed Wild West (cowboy) developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games which was first playable for PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms.
The production cost of this game is around USD 100 million (approximately IDR 1.35 trillion). Unfortunately at the time of writing, we don’t know how much the marketing costs.
9. APB: All Points Bulletin
APB is an open world multiplayer game developed by Realtime Worlds and published by Electronic Arts for the Windows PC platform. The production of this game is estimated to reach a total of USD 100 million (approximately IDR 1.35 trillion).
Although the company experienced financial problems at the time of its release, in the end the problem ended “happy” after the company was bought by Reloaded Productions and APB was successfully re-released, which was recently added for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 platforms.
8. Too Human
Some of you may have never heard of the title of this game. Well, maybe one of the reasons is that this game can be said to be a failed product!
This game, which has cost $100 million to produce (around Rp. 1.35 trillion), was developed by Silicon Knight and published by Microsoft.
Too Human was criticized for some odd decisions such as the use of unorthodox controls and the death animation, which was too long and couldn’t be skipped.
7. Grand Theft Auto IV
The fourth series in the Grand Theft Auto franchise has cost more than USD 100 million (about Rp1.35 trillion), but unfortunately Rockstar does not disclose information about how much money they have spent on marketing.
6. Max Payne 3
Max Payne 3 is a third person shooter developed by Rockstar Studios and published by Rockstar Games. In this game you will play Max Payne, a detective who enforces the law in his own hands, after his wife and daughter are murdered.
The production cost of the Max Payne 3 game is USD 105 million (approximately Rp. 1.425 trillion). For information, this is only for development, you know! Unfortunately there is no official announcement from Rockstar Games regarding how much they have spent on marketing.
5. Destiny
First released in 2022, Destiny has managed to steal a lot of attention from the media and the gaming community about how much money has been spent on the production of this game developed by Bungie.
Game developers who have developed other popular games such as Halo have spent a total of USD 140 million (approximately IDR 1.9 trillion)!
4. Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII is one of the most successful series in the Final Fantasy franchise and is even considered by many gamers to be one of the best RPGs of all time.
The game, developed by Square Enix and published in various regions and platforms worldwide by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Square Enix, and Eidos Interactive, has cost a total production cost of USD 145 million (approximately Rp. 1.96 trillion), with an allocation of USD 45 million (approx. IDR 610 billion) for development and USD 100 million (approximately IDR 1.35 trillion) for marketing!
3. Star Wars: The Old Republic
Star Wars: The Old Republic is a freemium version of Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic. This game was developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts, as well as the games division of LucasArts.
The production of this game has cost USD 200 million (approximately Rp2.71 trillion).
2. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a series of the popular Call of Duty franchise because it was developed by a different studio from the Blizzard company Activision, before finally being published by Activision.
This game has cost USD 50 million (approximately IDR 678 billion) for development and USD 200 million (approximately IDR 2.71 trillion) for marketing, bringing the total production to USD 250 million (approximately IDR 3.39 trillion).
1. Grand Theft Auto V
Well, we finally got to the number one ranking! Yes, who else if not the most popular game today, Grand Theft Auto V. This game developed by Rockstar Games is the best-selling game of all time even though it was released four years ago (in 2022).
The production cost of GTA V has cost a total of USD265 million (approximately IDR3.59 trillion), with USD137 million (approximately IDR1.86 trillion) for game development and USD128 million (approximately IDR1.73 trillion) for marketing costs.
All these production costs paid off because GTA V managed to earn more than USD 1 billion in revenue (approximately Rp. 13.5 trillion) and still growing!
Reference :
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