Welcome to the video game section of MasterTop5.com and today, upon many requests, we are going to break down the Top 5 most expensive video games ever made. Let’s see …
Video Games … a rising industry billion and billion worth it. By the years the production costs for every single video game are getting bigger and bigger and today we are going to discover the Top 5 most expensive Video Games ever produced.
5. Destiny – $140 Million
Back few years ago Destiny has been probably the most attended title. Produced by Bungie, the same ones of Halo, took almost 10 years of development to reveal this online first person shooter that, despite some hiccup at release, was a huge success. Destiny costed $140 million.
4. Star Citizen – $181 Million at the moment
Here we are in front of something somehow incredible since Star Citizen haven’t been released yet and it’s still in development. Even more unbelievable is that Star Citizen is a crowd funded project which raised $250 million from the crowdfunding alone. Who knows … by release we might be in front of the most expensive game of history!
3. Star Wars: The Old Republic – $200 Million
Another Star Wars title and another success … and a lot of money invested: $200 million to be precise. The game was developed by BioWare and is oe of the most successful titles ever in the gaming industry.
2. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – $250 Million
Call of Duty is one of the biggest franchise of the Video Game industry since 2003 but it is with Modern Warfare that Call of Duty became … huge! And even bigger is the sequel: Call of Duty Modern WarFare 2 is a planetary success in front of a huge production cost: $250 million.
1. Grand Theft Auto V – $265 Million
Grand Theft Auto made the developers of Rockstar the real rock stars of the gaming industry. But with GTA V everything went to another level: bigger, better, funnier and more freedom. The title brought in over $6 billion as of today and the number ain’t stopping in front of an initial production cost of $265 million. GTA V will be re-released for the coming new generation consoles which will consolidate the top place in the Top 5 most expensive video games ever made.
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Sources: Wikipedia – thegamer.com
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