15 Most Expensive Games That Flopped

This is Vegas – $40 to $50 million

Not a whole lot was known about Midway’s This is Vegas, except that following the company’s bankruptcy, the IP was sold to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It was cancelled after roughly $40-50 million was invested in the game. The only thing worse than releasing a game that doesn’t recoup all of its development cost with sales is investing so much money into something that never ends up being released.