With the development of the video game industry every year, of course the competition in the game market becomes very tight and this makes game developers or publishers no longer hesitate to make their latest games with very large production budgets. Of course, with a large budget, the experience of playing in the game is also getting better, such as gameplay, cool graphics, and various features.
At this time, many people know that famous games must be made with no small cost. Even so, the game developers still dare to spend deep money just to make a game. Here we have compiled a list The 20 Most Expensive and Biggest Games in Historyof course if there is something new we will update again..
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20. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain – USD 80 Million / IDR 1.1 Trillion
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is an action-adventure stealth game released on September 1, 2022 developed by Kojima Productions and published by Konami. In Director, Producer, Designer by Hideo Kojima. It is the ninth game in the Metal Gear Solid series, and has won 12 awards from 24 nominations.
The total cost spent from the game Metal Gear Solid V: Tha Phantom Pain is USD 80 million or around Rp. 1.1 trillion. But at that cost the developer has made a profit in five days after the release of 3 million copies and earned USD 179 million or around Rp. 2.6 trillion.
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19. Red Dead Redemption – USD 80 – 100 Million / Rp 1.4 Trillion
The game that was released in May 2010 and published by Rockstar Games is quite interesting too, you know, this game takes the theme of the Wild West or Cowboys and is only available on PS3 and Xbox 360. After the release of this game, many reviewers admitted that the visuals in the game were very cool, including the voice acting, gameplay, and in-game storyline.
The game is said to have sold more than 15 million copies worldwide and won year-end awards plus Game of the Year awards from several gaming publications. The total cost of manufacture is around USD 80-100 million or around Rp. 1.4 trillion.
18. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – USD 81 Million / IDR 1.2 Trillion
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the best games so far, this open world action adventure game developed by studio CD Projekt RED on 19 May 2022 has received a lot of very positive responses from 10 well-known reviewers such as GameSpot, IGN, PC Gamer, Polygon, GamesRadar+ and much more.
The cost of developing this game costs USD 46 million or around Rp. 686 billion and for marketing costs, which is USD 35 million or around Rp. 522 billion, so the total is USD 81 million or around Rp. 1.2 trillion. However, before this game was released, more than 1.5 million people had pre-ordered the game, after two years of release, at the end of 2022, CD Projekt RED reported that this game had sold more than 33 million copies worldwide.
17. Disney Infinity – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
Disney Infinity developed by Avalanche Software and published by Disney Interactive Studios is a sandbox action adventure game that was announced on January 15, 2022 and cost USD 100 million to develop or around Rp. 1.4 Trillion and is reportedly the most expensive Disney game in their history.
Gamers are allowed to purchase in-game action figures of various Disney and Pixar characters who interact for adventure.
16. Tomb Raider 2022 – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
Tomb Raider was released on March 5, 2022 and is the tenth title in the Tomb Raider franchise which was first released in 1996. An action adventure game developed directly by Crystal Dynamics and also published by Square Enix. The total cost of this game is USD 100 million or IDR 1.4 trillion.
15. Battlefield 4 – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
For those who like games with the fps genre, you will know this game, Battlefield 4 has received a lot of positive responses from gamers because it has cool multiplayer mode features, good gameplay and graphics. This game has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide. The development cost of this game is USD 100 million or around Rp. 1.4 trillion and the marketing costs are unknown. So the total cost corresponds to the development cost.
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14. Deadpool – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
Deadpool, an anti-hero game from Marvel Comics, which is quite quirky and hilarious, was released in June 2022 and was developed by High Moon Studios. In fact, it also has a high production cost, which is USD 100 million or around Rp. 1.4 trillion in total. The game received mixed responses from gamers such as the limited gameplay of Deadpool and also several licensing issues with Marvel until several times the sale of this game was removed from several online or retail stores.
13. APB: All Points Bulletin – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
Although at the beginning of the release of this game, there were financial problems, but soon the problem was resolved after the Realtime Worlds company as the developer of this game was acquired by Reloaded Productions and in the end APB was re-released.
The total production of this game cost USD 100 million or around Rp. 1.4 trillion released in 2010.
12. Grand Theft Auto IV – USD 100 Million / IDR 1.4 Trillion
The legendary open world game turned out to be at number 12, Rockstar released this game in 2008 and used large funds to make it. This game costs a total of USD 100 million or around Rp. 1.4 trillion, which is a big number.
However, it got a positive response from gamers at that time by setting a historical record by becoming the best-selling entertainment product by generating USD 310 million or IDR 4.6 trillion on the first day and USD 500 million or around IDR 7.4 trillion in the first week after the event. release.
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