Amazing and Expensive Universe: Games

Saturday, 22 October 2011

10 Most Expensive Video Game Budgets Ever

1. Grand Theft Auto IV, $100,000,000:

Only just recently obtaining the No. 1 spot – knocking Shenmue from its lofty perch – by being released at the end of April earlier this year, GTAIV is now officially the game that has been the most expensive to make, not to mention being the game to make people have a sudden urge to compare the market for RAC breakdown or green flag breakdown cover…you know…just in case. And in this current climate you will probably need your credit card to buy it. This controversial crime sandbox took 1000 people over three and a half years to complete!

2. Shenmue, $70,000,000:

Released on the Dreamcast back in ‘99/’00, this game most definitely made a dent in the savings and has been the most expensive game ever for the past 8 years. It must have seemed pure insanity to attempt to make a game with a budget like this! Not only that, but it took 7 years to make! Disappointingly, it undersold vastly, only selling 1.2 million copies worldwide. Despite being one of the few Dreamcast titles to sell more than a million copies, gaming website IGN states that every single Dreamcast owner would have needed to buy two copies of the game in order for creators Sega to have even thought of turning a profit!

3. Too Human, $80-$100,000,000:

While the budget of this tale of genetically enhanced humans trying to thwart a machine menace is only rumored, developers Silicon Knights have had to scrap plans to use Epic Games’ Unreal 3 Engine and have had to build their own game engine from the ground up, further adding to the cost of creating the game.

4. Metal Gear Solid 4, $50-$70,000,000:

No exact figure has been found, but anything between $50 and $70 million has been thrown about. When bundled with the PS3 on its debut, the game helped increased the sales of PS3 units from around 10,000 to up to 77,000! As of August, this tactical espionage action game has shifted almost 4 million copies worldwide!

5. Halo 3, $60,000,000:

This highly anticipated installment of the famous first-person shooter franchise reputedly cost just over $30 million, but due to the epic scale of the marketing/advertizing (real-time cinematics, pre-rendered CGI, even a live-action film were all made purely to advertize the game), this added a further $30 million onto the production costs. Luckily, first-day sales in the US reached astounding figures of around $170 million!

6. APB MMO, $50,000,000:

This is an upcoming Massively Multiplayer Online game for Windows that will feature two opposing playable sides: Enforcement and Criminals, both competing head-to-head to complete various objectives. Set to be released some time in 2009, but a beta-test is said to be “very close” with some registrations already having taken place.

7. Tom Clancy MMO, $50,000,000:

Pretty much anything with “Tom Clancy” in front of it is destined to be a big seller, and I imagine the developers of this $50 million online game are hoping the same. Not much else is known besides it being a Clancy MMO with a large budget, as that is all the CEO of developers Ubisoft, Yves Guillemot, had to say when he announced the game was in development.

8. Killzone 2, $40,000,000:

Set for a Feb 2009 release, this is the third in the franchise, believe it or not, having been preceded by Killzone: Liberation on the PSP and with the original Killzone on the PS2 before that. Originally announced at 2005’s E3 with a trailer, fans are eager to experience the HD features of Killzone 2, which will be locked at a reasonable 30 frames per second at 720p.

9. Final Fantasy XII, $40,000,000:

The eagerly anticipated latest installment in arguably Japan’s most popular gaming franchise managed to sell over 1.7 million copies in its first week in Japan alone. The game also sold over 1.5 million units in its first week of release in the US, and with 5 years of development time, it seems the wait was worth it, making it the tenth best-selling game on the PS2.

10. Final Fantasy IX, $40,000,000:

Released in ‘00/’01 for the PS1, FF9 has since become Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu’s 4th fastest-selling game of all time, going on to sell over 5 million copies worldwide, with around 2.8 million of those copies being sold in Japan alone. With the pre-sales of the game topping record highs even before it had been released, the immense budget and the hype were seemingly justified!

Gaming Laptops

10. Dell Studio XPS 1640:

Dell is one of the best companies in the whole world. Dell Studio XPS 1640 is gaming laptop manufactured by Dell with well equipped feature which is perfect for gaming purpose. It has 16″ LCD display with a hard drive of 500 GB.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo(Dual core)
System Memory: 4GB to 8GB DDR3
Video Memory: 1GB DDR3 VRAM

9. Xplorer X7-8500:

Here is another uniquely designed gaming laptop with very beautiful outlooks and awesome specs. With a hard drive of 500 GB and a LCD display of 17.3″, this is an extremely cool laptop for gaming purpose.

CPU: 1.73 GHz Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor
System Memory: 4(2GBx2) DDR3
Video Memory: 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM

8. Acer Aspire AS8943G – 6782:

A cool gaming laptop with a decent design, Acer Aspire AS8943G – 6782 has rocked the market due its highly powered configuration. It has a 18.4″ LCD display and has a hard drive of 500 GB which very big.

CPU: 1.60 GHz Intel Core i7-720QM Processor
System Memory: 4/8GB DDR3
Video Memory: 1GB DDR3

7. MSI GX740 – 235US:

MSI is one of the main competitors in laptop’s market, and there is no doubt that they are currently leading the market of gaming laptops. Here is another awesome gaming laptop by MSI with all the specification that will fulfill the desire of the user. MSI GX740 – 235US is one hell of a gaming laptop and currently it stands in no 7 position.

CPU: 2.4 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-450M Processor
System Memory: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3
Video Memory: 1GB GDDR5

6. Asus Republic of Gamers G53JW-A1:

This laptop here is one of the coolest gaming laptop and my personal favorite. It has 15.6 “LCD display with enormous memory of 750 GB along with all the new and basic specs.

CPU: 1.7GHz Intel Core i7 740QM
System Memory: 6GB Expandable to 16GB
Video Memory: 1.5 GDDR5 VRAM

5. Clevo X7200:

Clevo X7200 currently stands 5th in this list because of its marvelous configurations. It has 17.3″ glossy LCD display and has a huge hard drive of 500 GB. I personally feel that this machine is one of the best in the market.

CPU: 1.7GHz Intel Core i7-980X six-core desktop processor
System Memory: 12 GB DDR3-1333 triple-channel RAM (3x 4GB)
Video Memory: 2GB GDDR5

4. Alienware M17x:

It is one of the hottest laptops in the market and comes in the variety of specifications. Alienware series is the most successful laptop series in gaming genre because of rocking features and awesome specs. The main specs of this gaming laptop are as follows.

CPU: 2.13 GHz Intel® CoreTM i7 940XM, 1.86 GHz Intel® CoreTM i7 840QM, 1.73 GHz Intel® CoreTM i7 740QM
System Memory: 4GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 2GB DDR3), 6GB Memory (1x 2GB, 1x 4GB DDR3), 8GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 4GB DDR3)
Video Memory: 1024 (MB) ATI HD5870 Mobility RadeonTM

3. Qosmio X505 – Q896:

This gaming laptop is beautifully designed and highly equipped which enables the user to play all sort of games. It has 18.4 inch wide screen LCD display with 500 GB hard drive along with other configurations.

CPU: 1.73 GHZ Intel® Core™ i7-740QM processor
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1066MHz memory
Video Memory: 1.5GB GDDR5 discrete graphics memory

2. iBuypower Battalion 101 X8100-U3:

2nd in the race, iBuypower Battalion 101 X8100-U3 is also one of the most wanted gaming laptop of this year. It has a big 18.4 inches LCD display with full HD resolution. In addition to this it also contains a massive hard drive of 640 GB expandable to 1 TB.

CPU: 1.73 GHz Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Mobile Processor
System Memory: 4GB [2GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
Video Memory: 1GB [X8100]

1. MSI GT660R – 004US:

MSI GT660R – 004US is the most powerful laptop that has outlasted all the competitors. This fully equipped machine has all the specs which will allow you to play all the games with high graphics. It has a 16″ glossy LCD display and other basic specs include:

Specification
CPU: 1.73 GHz Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor
Systemy: 6GB (2G*3) DDR3
Video Memory: 1GB DDR3 VRAM