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Top 20 Most Expensive Video Games Ever Made

JunkExplorer: Playing a game is really easy than the making game, it’s much expensive. Games are a lot more fun and interesting though but building characters, environments, emotions and wardrobes are like really expensive and difficult. Here are some of the more expensive and interesting games out there. You must collect them all.

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SuperBlur3673d ago

Isn't ESO above the 200mill$ ? If so , it should rightfully be on that list

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nicksetzer13673d ago

Games like ESO and WOW can't really apply since they are ever expanding based on a subscription format.
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That said, this list goes to shiw large investments pay off, destiny will be the next to prove that.

zeal0us3673d ago

Well both ESO and WoW are video games. I don't think the 60 million for WoW include its expansions but rather its final budget for the game itself.

Well the large invest paid off for majority of those games but we know happen with Too Human, Crysis 3, LA Noire.

For those who don't then let me tell you.
-Too Human wasn't profitable, its developer got into a lawsuit with Epic Games and lost.
-Crysis 3 didn't meet sales expectation.
-The studio behind LA Noire shutdown.

WeAreLegion3673d ago

It did have a $200 million budget, according to most sites. We still need confirmation though.

ATi_Elite3672d ago

WoW at $66m plus expansions is a STEAL!

the game has made several BILLION$

I wonder how much Call of Duty cost as that game makes a truck load of ca$h yearly.

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GinkgoID3673d ago

"Playing a game is really easy than the making game, it’s much expensive." - Please check your grammar.

Bathyj3672d ago

Wow, now wonder publishers are scared to take risks.

And to people saying Tombraider definitive Edition (which I just completed and loved) is a shameless cash grab, can you blame them?

People forget just how much is on the line with these games. Studios can close and 100's of people become jobless if they dont sell. Thats real life consquences.

And this is amazing. Final Fantasy VII ($145,000,000) In 1997. Thats was last millenium !

The other incredible stat. Heavy Rain. Developing Cost ($23,200,000), Marketing Cost ($32,400,000) Nearly 50% more to market it then it cost to make it.

Thats a shame that a game needs such big advertising to be successful. Thats why the industry is such a blockbuster hit seeking medium, and why we get a new CoD ever year and everyone else trys to come up with the next big franchise to topple it. We keep buying them, theyll keep making them, and unique games like Heavy Rain are few and far between.

deathisgamesok3672d ago

I don't think that taking risks needs to be super expensive though (unless you're talking about financial risks).

It's great to see that games with lower budgets can be just as innovative if not even more than high budget games.

Of course not many publishers would pay up to $200.000.000 for game unless it's pretty much a guaranteed success like GTAV but I don't think that we nessessarily need new IPs to have that budget right away.

If the first game becomes a success the sequel gets more money. That's how it has always been. Sure even a new IP needs a larger budget then 10 years ago in most cases and that's probably the reason why a lot of dev teams getting shut down after a financial flop sooner than in the past.

mochachino3672d ago

No idea why is cost so much to make Tombraider.

UltraNova3672d ago (Edited 3672d ago )

Games like this that make extensive use of Mo-Cap and blue screen with real actors and highly acclaimed writers/screen writers etc tend to have high budgets.

Yes heavy rain was cheaper but still utilized pretty much tha same things. Thats cause it was only on ps3. Tomb R was released on anything with a controller I believe, plus ported to next gen consoles right after last years release, that needs a lot of cash.

ramiuk13672d ago

why couldnt that site have had the same size picture for each game,was really annoying having to move mouse up and down to select next picture.
also why did it start in middle.
dumbass site

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum18h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.