Shenmue: Most expensive game to ever be produced.

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(11-06-2012 05:51 AM)DidYouKnowGaming Wrote:  Some old gold right here. This is one of those things that was viral 10 years ago, then people just forgot.

Edit: It's only $47,000,000, not $70,000,000

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33329...JglEcUxr5w

$47,000,000 was the cost of the Dreamcast version, the Saturn version was near completion before Sega just said to put it on the Dreamcast, so they already spent about $23,000,000 making the Saturn version, then just ported it.

Oh, and also, another Did you know.

In Ryo's house, in the main room, there is a TV, and under the TV in a cupboard is a Sega Saturn. The game is set in 1986, which is about 8 years before the release of the Sega Saturn. The Saturn is a reference to the fact that Shenmue was meant to be on the Saturn, before it was ported, and this is a little homage to that.