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Money Spent On Mario Games All Time

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The figures/budgets below may be just estimates, or may exclude marketing or miscellaneous costs.

Todo: update table, check for inflation

At least $50 million [ ]

Title Plat(s) Year Nominal (million US$) Inflation (million US$) (2013) [1] Ref(s)
Development Marketing Manufacture [2] Total Development Marketing Manufacture [2] Total
Street Fighter II ARC, SNES, MD 1991 31 382 413 54 646 700 [3] [4]
Super Mario World SNES 1990 309 309 553 553 [5]
Super Mario Bros. NES 1985 241 241 524 524 [6]
Sonic the Hedgehog MD 1991 225 225 387 387 [7]
Final Fantasy VII PS1 1997 45 100 100 245 68 150 150 368 [8] [9]
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 1998 190 190 273 273 [10]
Grand Theft Auto V PS3, 360 2013 137 120 7.7 265 137 120 7.7 265 [11] [12] [13]
Super Mario 64 N64 1996 175 175 261 261 [14]
Super Mario Bros. 3 NES 1988 25 108 114 47 214 261 [15] [16]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 PC, PS3, 360 2009 50 150 200 54 163 217 [17]
Mario Kart 64 N64 1996 135 135 202 202 [18]
Super Mario Kart SNES 1992 120 120 201 201 [19]
Sonic 3 & Knuckles MD 1994 45 60 105 74 99 173 [20] [21]
Shenmue DC 1999 70 23 24 117 101 32 35 168 [22] [23]
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 MD 1992 10 90 100 17 151 168 [24] [25]
Pokémon Red/Green/Blue GBC 1996 50 48 98 72 75 147 [26] [27]
Pac-Man 2600 1982 1.5 54 56 3.7 131 135 [49] [28]
Super Mario Bros. 2 NES 1987 60 60 124 124 [29]
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES 1991 70 70 121 121 [30]
The Legend of Zelda NES 1986 5 52 57 11 110 121 [31] [32]
Star Fox SNES 1993 15 60 75 24 97 121 [50] [33]
Grand Theft Auto IV PS3, 360 2008 100 6.3 106 108 6.8 114 [34] [35]
Tomb Raider PS3, 360, PC 2013 100 3.6 104 100 3.6 104 [51] [36]
Gran Turismo 5 PS3 2010 80 13 93 88 15 103 [52] [34] [37]
Halo 4 360 2012 100 100 102 102 [38]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim PC, PS3, PS4, 360, XB1 2011 85 7 92 88 7.2 95 [53] [39]
Final Fantasy VIII PS1 1999 66 66 93 93 [40]
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 2600 1982 21 18 43 50 39 93 [54] [41]
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots PS3 2008 50 11 61 55 12 67 [55] [42]
Final Fantasy IX PS1 2000 40 22 62 57 31 88 [56] [43]
Halo 3 360 2007 30 40 5.7 76 34 45 6.4 85 [57] [44]
Final Fantasy VI SNES 1994 52 52 83 83 [45]
Final Fantasy XIII PS3, 360 2009 60 9.6 70 66 11 77 [46]
Final Fantasy X PS2 2001 40 14 54 57 19 76 [47] [48]
Dragon Quest VI SNES 1995 48 48 74 74 [49]
Final Fantasy XII PS2 2006 53 6 62 64 7 71 [58] [50]
Dragon Quest V SNES 1992 42 42 71 71 [51]
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link NES 1987 35 35 70 70 [52]
Crysis 3 PC, PS3, 360 2012 66 1.3 68 68 1.4 70 [53] [54]
Too Human 360 2008 60 0.35 61 65 0.38 66 [34] [55]
Aladdin MD 1993 40 40 65 65 [56]
Killzone 2 PS3 2009 60 60 65 65 [57]
Chrono Trigger SNES 1995 41 41 63 63 [58]
Dragon Quest III NES 1988 32 32 63 63 [59]
Final Fantasy V SNES, PS1 1992 38 38 63 63 [60]
Mortal Kombat II SNES, MD 1994 40 40 63 63 [61]
Wii Fit Wii 2007 40 12 52 46 14 60 [59] [62]
Frogger 2600 1982 6 18 24 16 44 60 [60] [63]
Huxley PC 2007 50 50 57 57 [61]
Dance Dance Revolution ARC 1998 38 38 56 56 [64] [65]
Beatmania ARC 1997 38 38 56 56 [65]
Final Fantasy IV SNES, PS1, GBA 1991 31 31 55 55 [66]
Dragon Quest IV NES, PS1 1990 29 29 55 55 [67]
APB: All Points Bulletin PC 2010 50 50 53 53 [62]
TERA Online PC  2011 50 50 52 52 [63]
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition 360, PS3 2006 20 20 2.2 43 24 24 3 51 [64] [68]
Mortal Kombat MD, SNES, GB, GG 1993 10 21 31 16 34 50 [65] [69]
Tom Clancy's The Division PS4, XB1, PC 2014 50 50 50 50 [70] [71]

At least $10 million [ ]

  • Game of War: Fire Age (2014) - $40 million marketing[72]
  • Final Fantasy XI (2001) - $26.3 million development[73] [66] (2013 inflation: $35 million)[74]
  • Enter the Matrix (2003) - $30 million [67]
  • Stranglehold (2007) - $30 million [68]
  • Pokemon Go (2016) - $20 million, +$10 million for hitting milestones [75]
  • Yakuza (2005) - $21 million production (2013 inflation: $26 million)
  • Assassin's Creed 2 (2009) - $24 million [69]
  • Brutal Legend (2009) - $24 million [76]
  • Legend of Dragoon (1999) - $16 million (2015 inflation $23 million)[1]
  • Crysis (2007) - $22 million [70]
  • Assassin's Creed (2007) - $20 million [71]
  • Crackdown (2007) - $20 million [72]
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2009) - $15-$20 million [73]
  • NiGHTS into Dreams (1996) - $10 million[77] (2013 inflation: $15 million)[1]
  • Wing Commander IV (1996) - $10 million [74] (2012 inflation: $14.6 million)[1]
  • Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001) - $10 million production [75] (2013 inflation: $14 million)[1]
  • NiGHTS into Dreams... (1996) - $8.5 million marketing [76] (2013 inflation: $13 million)[1]
  • Radar Scope (1979) - $12.53 million[78]
  • Psychonauts (2005) - $12 million [77]
  • Half-Life 2: Episode One (2006) andHalf-Life 2: Episode Two (2007) - $12 million each [78]
  • Red Steel (2006) - $12 million [79]
  • Forgotten Worlds (1988) - $5 million[79] (2014 inflation: $10.01 million)[1]
  • Virtua Fighter 2 (1994) - $5.75million ($2million development,[80] $3,750,000 manufacturing),[81] [82] $10million inflation adjusted[83]
  • Gears of War (2006) - $10 million [80]
  • Left 4 Dead (2008) - $10 million marketing [81]
  • Other games
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas(2004) - $10 million development budget[84]
  • Quake 4(2005) - $15 million development budget[85]

Under $10 million [ ]

  • A Way Out(2018)-SEK 45 million($5.2 million)-[86]
  • Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru (1992) - $5 million production[87] (2016 inflation: $9 million)
  • Resident Evil 2 (1998) - $5 million marketing (2013 inflation: $7.2 million marketing)
  • The Legend of Xanadu (1994) - ¥300 million, or $4 million, for television promotion [82]
    • 2013 inflation - $6.31 million television promotion [1]
  • Grim Fandango (1998) - $3 million [83] (2012 inflation - $4.2 million)[1]
  • Dragon's Lair (1983) - $1.3 million (2013 inflation: $3 million)[1]
  • Ultima VII: The Black Gate (1992) - $1 million[88]
  • Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 (2008) - $1 million and 18 months of development [84]
  • Sam & Max: Episode 1 (2006) - $400,000 [85]
  • Braid (2008) - $200,000 [86]
  • Zaxxon (1982) - $150,000 marketing [87] (2013 inflation: $364,000 marketing)[1]
  • Donkey Kong (1981) - $100,000 development (2013 inflation: $260,000 development)[1]
  • World of Goo (2008) - $96,000 for development[88]
  • MindRover(2000)- 500,000[89]

See also [ ]

  • Video game costs
  • Video game industry
  • Best selling video games
  • Best selling games worldwide

References [ ]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Inflation Calculator, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Manufacturing costs:
    • Arcade: $1000-1500 per PCB (printed circuit board) (as of 1999)
    • Atari VCS / Atari 2600: $4.50-6.00 ($5 average) per cartridge (as of 1982-1983) [1] [2] [3]
    • NES: $6-8 per cartridge (as of 1985-1987) or $7-14 per cartridge
    • Sega Mega Drive / Genesis: $10-15 per cartridge (as of 1992)
      • Kent, Steven L. (2001). "The Legal Game". The Ultimate History of Video Games: The Story Behind the Craze that Touched our Lives and Changed the World. Roseville, California: Prima Publishing. p. 381. ISBN 0-7615-3643-4.
    • SNES: $15 per cartridge (as of 1996)
      • La Franco, Robert, "Take That, Nintendo", Forbes 157.11 (1996): 96-97, Business Source Complete, Web, 23 July 2013
    • PS1: $1-2 per CD (as of 1996-1998), to $5-10 total per CD/package
      • Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond, p. 179
      • La Franco, Robert, "Take That, Nintendo", Forbes 157.11 (1996): 96-97, Business Source Complete, Web, 23 July 2013
      • Stephen Kline, Nick Dyer-Witheford (2003), Digital Play: The Interaction of Technology, Culture, and Marketing, p. 155
    • N64: $15-20 per cartridge (as of 1996-1998), to $15-35 total per package
      • Mark J. P. Wolf, The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond, p. 179
      • La Franco, Robert, "Take That, Nintendo", Forbes 157.11 (1996): 96-97, Business Source Complete, Web, 23 July 2013
      • Stephen Kline, Nick Dyer-Witheford (2003), Digital Play: The Interaction of Technology, Culture, and Marketing, p. 155
    • Game Boy / Game Boy Color: $1.50 per cartridge (as of 2000)
    • PS2: $1-2 per DVD (as of 1999)
    • DVD (PC / 360 / Wii) (as of 2007)
      • Single-layer: $0.50 per DVD5
      • Dual-layer: $0.70 per DVD9
    • PS3: $1.20-1.80 per BD-ROM (as of 2008)
  3. ↑ Street Fighter II: The World Warrior, costs: $186 million
    • Arcade manufacturing cost: 60,000 arcade cabinets at $1000 each = $60 million
    • SNES manufacturing cost: 6.3 million cartridges at $15 each = $95 million
    • SNES marketing cost: £15 million ($31 million)
  4. ↑ Street Fighter II', manufacturing costs: $227 million
    • Street Fighter II': Champion Edition - 140,000 arcade cabinets manufactured at $1000 each = $140 million
    • Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting - 4.1 million SNES cartridges at $15 each = $62 million
    • Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition - 1.65 million Mega Drive cartridges at $15 each = $25 million
  5. ↑ 20.6 million cartridges [4] [5] at $15 each = $309 million manufacturing
  6. ↑ 40.23 million cartridges at $6 each
  7. ↑ 15 million cartridges at $15 each = $225 million manufacturing
  8. ↑ [6] [7] [8]
  9. ↑ 10 million units [9] at $10 per package = $120 million manufacturing
  10. ↑ 7.6 million cartridges at $25 each = $190 million
  11. ↑ Sinclair, Brendan (1 Feb 2013). GTA V dev costs over $137 million, says analyst. GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.
  12. ↑ Grand Theft Auto V:
    • McLaughlin, Marty (8 September 2013). New GTA V release tipped to rake in £1bn in sales. The Scotsman. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.
    • Cook, Dave (9 September 2013). GTA 5 most expensive game in history, cost £170 million to make & market. VG247. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.
    • GameCentral (9 September 2013). GTA 5 is most expensive video game ever at $265 million. Metro.co.uk. Retrieved on 9 September 2013.
  13. ↑ 11 million units [10] at $0.70 each = $7.7 million
  14. ↑ 11.62 million cartridges at $15 each = $175 million manufacturing
  15. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/105984777/
  16. ↑ 18 million cartridges at $6 each
  17. ↑ [11] [12]
  18. ↑ 9 million cartridges at $15 each
  19. ↑ 8 million SNES cartridges [13] at $15 each = $120 million
  20. ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1994-10-15/entertainment/ca-50485_1_video-game-technology
  21. ↑ 4 million cartridges at $15 each = $60 million
  22. ↑ [14] [15] [16]
  23. ↑ Assuming PS1 CD-ROM cost of $5 per disc for Dreamcast GD-ROM, 1.2 million units [17] at $20 ($5 per disc) each = $24 million
  24. ↑ Biddle, Frederic M. (1992-12-08). "Sega vs. Nintendo: The Rematch". Boston Globe : p. Economy 43.
  25. ↑ 6 million cartridges at $15 each = $90 million manufacturing
  26. ↑ Tobin, Joseph Jay (2004). Pikachu's Global Adventure: The Rise and Fall of Pokémon. Duke University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-8223-3287-6.
  27. ↑ 31.37 million units [18] at $1.50 per cartridge = $48 million
  28. ↑ 12 million cartridges at $4.50 each = $72 million
  29. ↑ 10 million cartridges at $6 each
  30. ↑ http://www.rpgamer.com/news/japan/rp033104.html 4.61 million] SNES cartridges at $15 each = $70 million
  31. ↑ Sheff (1993), p. 188
  32. ↑ 6.51 million cartridges at $8 each
  33. ↑ 4 million cartridges at $15 each = $60 million
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Top 10 Most Expensive Video Games Ever Made
  35. ↑ Grand Theft Auto IV manufacturing costs:
    • PS3: 2.73 million copies [19] [20] [21] at $1.20 per BD-ROM disc = $3.27 million
    • 360: 4.36 million copies [22] [23] [24] at $0.70 per DVD9 disc = $3.05 million
  36. ↑ Tomb Raider manufacturing costs:
    • PS3: 1.5 million units [25] at $1.20 per BD-ROM disc = $1.8 million
    • 360 & PC: 2.5 million units [26] at $0.70 per DVD9 = $1.8
  37. ↑ 10.66 million units [27] at $1.20 per Blu-Ray = $13 million
  38. ↑ http://www.lazygamer.net/xbox/xbox-360/halo-4-is-the-most-expensive-game-that-microsoft-has-ever-produced/
  39. ↑ 10 million discs at $0.70 each = $7 million
  40. ↑ 8.15 million units (4 CD-ROM discs each) at $8 ($2 per disc) each
  41. ↑ 4 million cartridges at $4.50 each = $18 million manufacturing
  42. ↑ 5.67 million units [28] at $1.80 per BD-ROM disc = $11 million
  43. ↑ Final Fantasy IX manufacturing cost: 5.3 million (4 CD-ROM) units [29] at $4 each ($1 per CD) = $22 million
  44. ↑ 8.1 million units at $0.70 per DVD9
  45. ↑ 3.41 million units (2.55 million in Japan and 860,000 overseas]) at $15 per cartridge = $52 million
  46. ↑ Final Fantasy XIII manufacturing costs:
    • PS3: 4.84 million BD-ROM discs [30] at $1.20 each = $5.9 million
    • 360: 1.76 million DVD-ROM discs [31] at $2.10 ($0.70 per disc) each = $3.7 million
  47. ↑ Development: ¥4 billion = $40 million
  48. ↑ Final Fantasy X manufacturing cost: 6.6 million DVD discs [32] at $2 each
  49. ↑ 3.2 million cartridges [33] [34] at $15 each = $48 million
  50. ↑ 5.95 million DVD-ROM discs [35] at $1 each = $6 million
  51. ↑ 2.8 million cartridges [36] [37] at $15 each = $42 million
  52. ↑ 4.38 million catridges at $8 each
  53. ↑ [38] [39]
  54. ↑ Crysis 3 manufacturing costs: [40]
    • PS3: 520,000 units at $1.20 per BD-ROM disc = $624,000
    • 360 & PC: 930,000 units at $0.70 per DVD9 disc = $651,000
  55. ↑ 700,000 units [41] at $0.50 per DVD = $350,000
  56. ↑ 4 million MD/GEN cartridges [42] at $10 each
  57. ↑ [43] [44] [45]
  58. ↑ 2.7 million units at $15 per cartridge = $41 million
  59. ↑ 3.9 million cartridges (3.8 million in Japan and 95,000 in the US) at $8 each
  60. ↑ Final Fantasy V manufacturing costs:
    • SNES: 2.45 million cartridges at $15 each = $37 million
    • PS1: 170,000 CD-ROM discs at $2 each = $340,000
  61. ↑ Mortal Kombat II: [46]
    • MD/GEN: 1.78 million cartridges at $10 each = $17.8 million
    • SNES: 1.51 million cartridges at $15 each = $22.6 million
  62. ↑ 22.67 million DVD discs at $0.50 each = $12 million
  63. ↑ 3 million cartridges at $6 each
  64. ↑ Outsold Beatmania
  65. ↑ 65.0 65.1 25,000 arcade machines manufactured at $1500 each = $38 million
  66. ↑ Final Fantasy IV manufacturing costs:
    • SNES: 1.89 million cartridges (1.44 million in Japan and 450,000 overseas]) at $15 each = $29 million
    • PS1: 380,000 CD-ROM discs at $2 each = $760,000
    • GBA: Assuming GBC manufacturing cost of $1.50 per cartridge, 610,000 cartridges at $1.50 each = $920,000
  67. ↑ Dragon Quest IV:
    • NES: 3.2 million cartridges (3.1 million in Japan and 80,000 in the US) at $8 each = $26 million
    • PS1: 1.2 million CD-ROM discs at $2 each = $2.4 million
  68. ↑ Lost Planet manufacturing costs:
    • 360: 1.5 million DVD9 copies at $0.70 each = $1.1 million
    • PS3: 591,000 BD-ROM copies at %1.80 each = $1.1 million
  69. ↑ 3 million cartridges sold for 4 consoles (MD, SNES, Game Boy, Game Gear), assuming average manufacturing cost of $7 per cartridge ($15 SNES, $10 MD, $1.50 GB, $1.50 GG) = $21 million
  70. ↑ [47]
  71. ↑ [48]
  72. ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/11/16/a-40m-ad-budget-buys-game-of-war-fire-age-kate-upton/
  73. ↑ IGN Staff (May 10, 2002). Final Fantasy XI—Big Plans, Big Money. IGN. Retrieved on August 15, 2006.
  74. ↑ IGN Staff (May 10, 2002). Final Fantasy XI—Big Plans, Big Money. IGN. Retrieved on August 15, 2006.
  75. ↑ http://siliconangle.com/blog/2015/10/15/pokemon-go-dev-niantic-nabs-up-to-30-million-in-funding-from-google-nintendo-and-pokemon/
  76. ↑ Postmortem: Double Fine's Brutal Legend
  77. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/1996/09/20/nights
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