14 - MW2 (40-50 million $)

13 - GOW 3 (44 million)

12 - Killzone 2 (45 million)

11 - FF XII (48 million)

10 - APB (50 million)

10 - L.A. Noire (50 million)

8 - Halo 3 (55 million)

7 - MGS 4 (60 million)

7 - Too Human (60 million)

5 - GT5 (60 - 80 million)

4 - Shenmue (70 million)

3 - FF XIII (70 - 75 million)

1 - Red Dead Redemption (100 million)

1 - GTA 4 (100 million)

Of course, to be taken with a grain of salt.

http://de.ign.com/articles/news/6758/Die-teuersten-Spiele-aller-Zeiten

Shenmue *-*

What amazes me most there is Shenmue being the only game not from the current gen, and ranking quite high. It was just way ahead of its time.

was too human an Massive Failure 

And APB failed too. 

That means Money =/= success 

also there are so many different numbers, like i read that La Nior was at 150 million 

wait can you read it? did they say where they got the information?

i can't read that language... >_>

what is APB?

All Points Bulletin costed 104.5 million dollars.

Red dead redemption,Too human,Apb is certainly wrong

how did HALO 3 cost so much? - thinking game engine cost but even then its too high

Ohh, Shenmue!

Amazing game :D

does this include the marketing budget or only the game development itself?

Shenmue... *breaks into tears*