The Most Expensive Game Ever Developed?

Putting together Grand Theft Auto IV might have cost more than $100 million
Pricey Game: Photo by Rockstar Games

Rockstar Games producer Leslie Benzies says that Grand Theft Auto IV may have cost more than $100 million to develop, which would reportedly make it the most expensive game ever produced.

Apparently more than a thousand people worked on the job. There's a 1,000-plus page script. Photographers snapped 100,000 photos for background scenes. And yes, the developers worked long hours getting things ready.

That $100 million figure might sound shocking—and Benzies says it's a real guess—but it's not that wild considering how successful the franchise as a whole has been. The controversial series boasts global sales of almost 70 million units. Now we'll see whether the latest installment meets the hype.

Via Kotaku

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Janxus

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The easiest way for rockstar to get there money back is to kill the hookers and take the money!

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schwamman
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Or they can just type in R2, R2, L1, L1, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up. Just do that a couple times and they'll have their money.

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