GTAIV: Candidate for most costly game to develop

by Dustin Burg { May 1st 2008 at 9:30AM }

If you had to take a guess, how high would you say Grand Theft Auto IV's development budget went? We'll wait for your answer ... Have a guess? Good. Now this is where we tell you that GTAIV's producer Leslie Benzies "hazards a guess" that GTAIV took around $100 million to create. A number that, if true, would make it the most expensive game to develop ever beating out longtime record holder Shenmue which rang up a $70 million development bill back in the Dreamcast days. But don't feel bad for team Rockstar and their (potential) $100 million GTAIV development debt, because it's 98.5% certain that they already made their money back plus a hefty profit. Liberty City works money magic.

Tags: grand-theft-auto-iv, gtaiv, rockstar, rockstar-games

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DjDATZ @ May 1st 2008 9:37AM

I would DEFINITELY not be surprised.

sacaranda @ May 1st 2008 9:39AM

i woulda thought it was duke nukem forever. 11 years with no product to sell; how does the company manage to stay in business?

danny. @ May 1st 2008 10:21AM

Yeah, I was thinking Too Human might have it beat.

NegativeZero @ May 1st 2008 9:43AM

Why is no one on the Xbox 360 Fanboy, PS3 Fanboy, or Joystiq staffs writing about the fact that the Rockstar Social Club is still down? No one wants to contact Rockstar for comment?

IncredibleBulk92 @ May 1st 2008 2:04PM

Works fine for me man. Thats about all I can say tho, its pretty crappy actually, the multiplayer section isn't up yet either.

Phil J W @ May 1st 2008 9:45AM

NegativeZero still down??? works for me...

NegativeZero @ May 1st 2008 9:59AM

A friend of mine said just told me he got on there with no problems whatsoever, too.

Hmmm...I'd better start clearing my browser's cache and temp files and see if I can figure out what's up.

NegativeZero @ May 1st 2008 9:52AM

Really? I can't even get to the front page on there.

Gemini Ace @ May 1st 2008 9:57AM

Does every story have to be GTA related?

Phil J W @ May 1st 2008 10:03AM

no but its just nicer that way :-) im dieing to see sales numbers....

ZEBRA NINER @ May 1st 2008 10:07AM

Yes.

Didn't you hear? They are changing the site to GTAfanboy.com, so get used to it. ;) Besides, GTA is what it's all about right now. Come on! Catch the fever!

Gemini Ace @ May 1st 2008 10:40AM

The moment I catch the fever, I will kill myself.

TORO @ May 1st 2008 10:59AM

Yes.

ZEBRA NINER @ May 1st 2008 10:59AM

Oh, so you DON'T like GTA? ;)

Bravo6 @ May 1st 2008 10:01AM

I was gonna pick this up lastnight, went to Best Buy and they were completely out of 360 versions, but had PILES of PS3 ones laying around.

Loban @ May 1st 2008 10:33AM

That's because hardly anyone actually owns a PS3, and those that do bought it for the blu-ray player and don't even know what GTA is.

D Boy Flex @ May 1st 2008 10:20AM

I have had only one, well two, problems with the social club. Occassionally I need to close my browser completely (I use Avant, better than IE of firefox, really) and re-open the social club and I am good to go, with access to it all. The other problem is that I cannot get my music uploaded from the game, the clips I mean. Oh well. All in time I guess.