GTA 4's Production Budget Estimated at $100M

RecSpec - 600 days 19 hours ago

Well they made half of it back before the game even launched thanks to Microsoft.

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tgh machines - 600 days 18 hours ago

They have to spend money on developing the content though. Probably at least 10 mill of the 50 mill that Microsoft gave will be going back into the development of the DLC.

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butterfinger - 600 days 20 hours ago

GTAIV has more popular and well-known songs than any of the other GTA's. Then again, since you're just a hater, you probably haven't actually played the game and are just basing your knowledge off the soundtrack that came with the CE which is not nearly all of the songs in the game. lol

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kornbeaner - 600 days 19 hours ago

you just became part of Lighting's ignore list, apperently he thinks he some sort of god. If your past his IQ he rather just click ignore, then attempt to keep up.

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HighDefinition - 600 days 19 hours ago

Welcom3 Back.

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kydrice - 600 days 19 hours ago

You're too damn old if you never heard Kanye West. Just stop playing if you hate it so damn bad.

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PLiPhaze - 600 days 17 hours ago

I'm not so sure his/her return is that welcome

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PS360WII - 600 days 19 hours ago

oh give me a break. First it was Zelda that was highest rated not Mario. Second it's the 3rd parties who are skimping the budget on Wii titles and GTA is hardly deep and enriching plot line to be mature. Yes you can kill anyone you want but that doesn't make it a mature high quality title.

You shouldn't be happy that it takes 100 million dollars to make a game. That just means they are going to be even fewer and farther between then they are now and they will only be well established titles there won't be any original IP's with that budget.

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kornbeaner - 600 days 19 hours ago

why the mario hate?? Those "kid" games on the Wii are really fun to play, when the time is available I find myself playing those games as much as the "M" rated titles, unfortunately GTA is not one of them (STUPID BILLS!!!!) but soon enough.

Just don't hate on a game because its meant for a younger demographic cause some of them like Mario are still very well made.

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RecSpec - 600 days 19 hours ago

There Will Be Mushrooms

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MK_Red - 600 days 18 hours ago

PS360WII, I said Mario and...
Zelda falls into that "and". The last one didn't even have a proper music and was a delayed GameCube game.

Sure, Ocarnia of Time was great for it's time but it got highest ratings simply because it was a Nintendo game. Deus Ex, Fallout, Half-Life, StarCraft and many others are the games that deserved the number one spot but Zelda kept it for ages and last year, it was BioShock's right to be the highest rated game of 2007 but Mario won, again a Nintendo game. Sure, MG was a superb game with great level design but game industry needs to grow up and become bigger.
Okami was way better than any Zelda game but didn't rank high enough and didn't sell much because it simply wasn't a Nintendo game.

Sure, money doesn't mean quality and there are free and independent games that are as great as 50 million dollar games. Money sometimes brings nothing like the $30 million Stranglehold.
BUT sometimes money brings progress, Killzone 2 has such graphics because it has money. GTA has overal quality and more than anything.

Sure, non-M games can be fun BUT the games are no longer just about fun. I believe in games as an art form. Something that Zelda director and many Nintendo executives have vocally denied and disagreed with. That's why I hate Nintendo because they have publicly said that they believe games are fun not art and I STRONGLY disagree.

BioShock was art, Deus Ex was art, Okami was art and Shadow of the Colossus was art and most of all, Psychonauts was art. I look at games as an art form and in that view, games like Mario and Zelda shouldn't be on top.
The reason I support GTA is not the killing. My fave game of last gen is PSYCHONAUTS. A non-M game and non-violent title. Psychonauts was true art and people didn't give a chance while Wii Fit, Wii Sports and Marios sell millions. Because majority of gamers are looking for fun, just like majority of cinema goers that make crappy movies like Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans number 1 at box offices.

GTA4 is gaming's No Country For Old Men or There Will Be Blood. They are mature and violent films but they are not best because of them, they are best because of their design and in one word, ART.
GTA4 is compared to The Godfather by many and I agree, Looney Toons are fun but when it comes to art, there will be BLOOD!

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BrianC6234 - 600 days 19 hours ago

Us PS3 gamers thank Microsoft for helping fund our GTA IV. Thanks Bill.

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Gorgon - 600 days 19 hours ago

Brian:

funniest thing I've heard today. I'm envious for not coming up with that one miself. Bubbles mate :)

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Cartesian3D - 600 days 18 hours ago

GTAIV related news are HOT enough to approve twice..
anyway its worthy enough for this Budget.. excellent game ..

@brain .. nice comment. really funny XD

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