The Most Expensive Games in the World

Top2. Gran Turismo 5: USD 80 million
Expected to be the greatest and best racing game in the history, Gran Turismo 5 has been under development for over 5 years. More than 1,000 elaborately-created and extremely vivid cars will be introduced in the game. Its official budget reached USD 60 million in the middle of 2008, when there were still 2 years left before its official sales.

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Top 1. GTA 4: USD 100 million
In terms of the quality, the number of features and the details, no game can outdo GTA 4. More than 1,000 people have worked on this project for over 3 years and a half, a lot more than those working on any other games. To obtain the copyright of the hundreds of songs hearable in GTA 4, the developer has got into contact with more than 2,000 people; and to create the game, the developer has also recorded the traffic situation of the New York city with camera for several months. The abundant game content is capable of making the common players absorbed in the game for 100 hours at least. Meanwhile, all these have brought GTA 4 a final budget of USD 100 million and made the game become the most expensive console game throughout the history.

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