View Full Version : Shenmue: The largest costing game ever?
From what I here Shenmue is the largest costing game ever made.
But does anyone know how much it was too make?
And does it still hold the record?
-Shenmue Rocks
Chooky
10-24-2004, 04:50 PM
I don't know how much Shenmue cost to make, but I REALLY doubt it's the most expensive game ever made. I would guess that Final Fantasies or Metal Gears or other super high-profile games would be the most expensive to make. Hours of recorded dialogue, plenty of motion-capturing, and fancy prerendered CGs drive up prodution costs very fast.
Just found is it states...
"20-60 Million Dolllars"
gamergary
10-24-2004, 05:04 PM
Shenmue cost $50 million.
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?ID=53483
Read it and weap :D
Sylentwulf
10-24-2004, 05:13 PM
The Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers has sold a total of 40.23 million copies worldwide. The 26 games featuring Mario, the character who first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1982, have sold more than 152 million copies in total since 1983. More than 40% of US households own a Nintendo game system.
I never knew guiness had such a decent website...
Chooky
10-24-2004, 05:24 PM
"Read it and weap[sic]"
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :bawling:
Ed Oscuro
10-24-2004, 06:34 PM
Hmpf. That's 1999 data.
I seriously doubt Shenmue holds up against MMORPGs - is Guiness counting them?
What's more, would you expect most developers to freely admit they hold a world record for spending the most money? The idea is to MAKE money, not spend it!
The Nintendo game Super Mario Brothers has sold a total of 40.23 million copies worldwide. The 26 games featuring Mario, the character who first appeared in the arcade game Donkey Kong in 1982, have sold more than 152 million copies in total since 1983. More than 40% of US households own a Nintendo game system.
I never knew guiness had such a decent website...
This isn't sales I am talking about develpment cost :/
Gapporin
10-24-2004, 07:51 PM
The way I heard it, is that Shenmue cost $20 million to make, and then Shenmue II cost $40 million to make.
Why did they have to be cheep when it came to the voice actors!? For the love of god I could have done a better job.
izret101
10-24-2004, 08:56 PM
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?ID=53483
Read it and weap :D
Only 20 million that has to be wrong. I am going to try and find more updated figures. There is no way that was the most expensive to make.
izret101
10-24-2004, 08:59 PM
Didnt have to look hard. This says The Matrix at 31.2 million
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/30/1054177720854.html?oneclick=true
Bet if i look more i will find even newer/ more accurate figures.
Perkar
10-24-2004, 09:05 PM
need to register with that page to read that link.... but which matrix game are you referencing? if it's matrix online... yikes. sega spends the cash. wonder why they don't have a console anymore. hmm :angry: :angry:
Ninja Blacksox
10-24-2004, 09:10 PM
"Doom 3?"
"Half-Life 2?"
Those have to be up there.
Or am I crazy?
-A Boy
Duke Nukem Forever anyone?
tholly
10-24-2004, 09:43 PM
Duke Nukem Forever anyone?
technically...no...
its not really a game....just a game in developement....or a bunch of code thats almost a game...
it wasnt released, so, the cost isnt determined, and if it never gets released, then it wouldnt count anyway
izret101
10-24-2004, 10:34 PM
need to register with that page to read that link.... but which matrix game are you referencing? if it's matrix online... yikes. sega spends the cash. wonder why they don't have a console anymore. hmm :angry: :angry:
hmm your right. It didn't make me register when i got the page thru yahoo. Either way it is the first Matrix game.
I think some of the other old games would rank up higher than that if the price of inflation was to be considered.
Sylentwulf
10-25-2004, 08:22 AM
This isn't sales I am talking about develpment cost :/
I know, that was a completely off/on topic sidepost, sorry about that.
SamuraiSmurfette
10-25-2004, 08:55 AM
Nope. Enter the Matrix took the prize, out-doing Shenmue.
So much wasted money on actors...
goatdan
10-25-2004, 10:15 AM
"Doom 3?"
"Half-Life 2?"
Those have to be up there.
Or am I crazy?
Doom 3 would definitely not be up there. Have you seen how big the studios of iD software is? Its about 20 people total.
Don't know about HL2 though.
Hmpf. That's 1999 data.
The data is not from 1999, the game was published in Japan in 1999.
postulio
10-25-2004, 02:14 PM
the data is from 1999, its in my 1999 issue of the actual book!
yeah doom3 while expensive is no where near the costs of other big budget titles. ID does EVERYTHING in house with a development team of only two dozen or so.
Ed Oscuro
10-25-2004, 02:15 PM
I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say by that, but we've already shown that their figures are considerably lower than those for Enter the Matrix.
The game was made prior to 1999; it would seem only reasonable that the count comes from 1999 or soon after.