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Top 10 Video Game Budgets

Charles from The Game Fanatics takes us through a lesson in history and economics as the most expensive video games to ever be made are unveiled.

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gypsygib5671d ago

Most of those budgets were put to good use....sorry APB and Too Human.

tacosRcool5671d ago

Yea. Well most of the time it does pay to pay a lot

Washington-Capitals5671d ago

The reason MGS4 cost so much was the money and effort they put into the engine (also the 200+ staff at KP) Its unfortunate to think that the MGS4 engine which is an amazing engine hasn't been used by any other games, what a waste of technology.

kaveti66165671d ago

Isn't it being used for Metal Gear Rising?

JohnnyHalo5671d ago

I hate to disagree, but the only good thing the mgs4 engine had going for it, was the graphics. It wasn't even capable of performing the "lean against the wall" thing like ALL the other metal gear solids.

P.S. for all the N4g naysayers. Please prove yourself's arogance by disagreeing on my comment that is based on nothing but the truth.

Washington-Capitals5671d ago

*sniff sniff*

I smell troll!
Best treatment is to ignore!

Cevapi885671d ago

Shenmue $70 million? did not know that

i wonder if Sega would ever lay that much cash down again to make a true sequel to a classic

gillri5671d ago (Edited 5671d ago )

@Cevapi88

I thought it was common knowledge that Shenmue was the most expensive game ever made on release..or were you one of the people that completely ignored Shenmue and so contributed to Shenmue 3 never being relased?

I brought a Shenmue game 4 times do I did my bit

Sniff...Shenmue

Relientk775671d ago

Didn't know GTA 4 was the highest

It was overrated in my opinion

HeavenlySnipes5671d ago

On a side note FFXII was the best FF released....

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Master of Unlocking5671d ago

Where does Sony find all the money to fund all those blockbuster titles like Uncharted 2, Gran Turismo 5, Killzone 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, etc.
Does anybody think they have ties with the yakuzas or smthg? XD

Seijoru5671d ago

Ps2 sales were through the roof.

JohnnyHalo5671d ago

Don't forget all the money they cashed in on when the Ps3's high prices occured during launch.

eX-GREED5671d ago

Dude Sony didn't even break even until the slim came out. So they really didn't "cashed in" a lot of money on launch.

Chug5671d ago

This is coming from a guy who just got done talking about "arrogance" and "truth?" Boy, you sure know how to stick your foot in your mouth! The truth is, Sony took a pretty stiff loss on every PS3 sold at the beginning of it's life cycle.

gypsygib5671d ago

They don't market a lot so it goes to games.

GT Prologue probably made back the cost of GT5.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio57d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing57d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9257d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit57d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing57d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9257d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."