God of War 3 had a $44 million budget

PALGN News | Money makes Kratos angry.

Blockbuster video games today often have budgets that can rival Hollywood films. God of War III is no exception, with Max Console reporting that the game cost $44 million to make.

However, to put this into perspective, this isn’t anywhere near the most expensive game ever made according to figures released by Digital Battle. That honour belongs to GTA IV with an estimated budget of $100 million. Even Killzone 2 as the 10th most expensive game had an estimated budget of $45 million, a million higher than the third outing of cranky Kratos.

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11 Comments

Justin_Case

1 year ago

44 million? That would only get 1 Michael Bay explosion scene.

trixSTAR

1 year ago

A little over a week to go before we find out if the game was worth it, though I am sure it was

Just playing through the GoW Collection before GoW3 hits

Fetidchimp

1 year ago

out of interest :
1. Grand Theft Auto IV – $100 million
2. Gran Turismo 5 – $80 million
3. Shenmue – $70 million
4. Too Human – $60 million+
5. Metal Gear Solid 4 – $60 million
6. Halo 3 – $55 million
7. APB – $50 million
8. L.A. Noire – $50 million
9. Final Fantasy XII – $48 million
10. Killzone 2 – $45 million

Benc82

1 year ago

Wow...Too Human cost more than GoW3.... They got ripped off.

el_rezzo

1 year ago

trixSTAR wrote

A little over a week to go before we find out if the game was worth it,

All the reviews and the leaked first 10 minutes (in german which is even more hardcore) seems to point at yes, this game is awesome.

ArcherGrave

1 year ago

Too Human is 4! HAHAHAAHAH

FAIL!

shinhawk

1 year ago

Fetidchimp wrote

out of interest :3.
Shenmue – $70 million

Man, and Shenmue tanked horribly. Didn't even come close to breaking even. Its a shame because Shenmue is pretty much defunct. It really was worth every penny.

Googol

1 year ago

Two Human went through a massive amount of devolopment time over about three or four consoles. It was announced in 1999, for the first Playstation, for God's sake - it's amazing it was ever released at all. The large cost is because it's essentially the cost of three games to start development on three consoles, so in that perspective it only cost as much as an ordinary blockbuster game.

This list only surprises me in that Shenmue is still third after twelve years. That's amazing...