Software and Hardware costs for game development

Software/Hardware Costs (game development)

Maya:- Maya costs £97 per month and for a year it costs £1,160.
GameMaker:- Game maker has 3 different prices for 3 different versions. The first version is for free, this includes registration, made with GameMaker Splash Screen in game, unlimited resources, GameMaker: Player Export and Windows Desktop Module. The second version of GameMaker (Professional) costs $149.99 which includes a lot more features and the third and final version of GameMaker (Master Collection) costs $799.99 which includes everything GameMaker can offer.
UDK: - (Unreal Development Kit) UDK is free to download.
Unity: - Unity has two options in which you can download. The first version is the free download which is called the personal edition and has a limitation on the features and the second download is the professional edition which costs $75 per month and comes with all the features.
Unity system requirements: - To run Unity, you will need the minimum of Windows XP, 7, 8, 10 and graphics card with DX9 (anything made since 2004). Lenovo H30 Desktop PC costs £449.99 includes, windows 10 free upgrade, I3 intel core processor, 8GB RAM, dedicated NVIDIA GT 705 direct X 9 compatible graphics card and 1TB HD.
In my opinion, I wouldn’t go for a PC with NVIDIA GT as I feel the GTX graphic cards work a lot nicer and makes it all look a lot nicer. This system is also suitable for GameMaker too. UDK system requirements: -
For the system requirements to use UDK you will need the minimum of windows 7/8 64-bit OS, Quad-Core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible graphics card. The cheapest computer I have found costs £499.99. This PC has 8GB, AMD FX-4300 Black edition processor, AMD Radeon R7 250 which is direct x 11 compatible, comes with windows 10 free upgrade and 1TB hard drive. This system is also suitable for Maya.

Publishing:
ID@Xbox: - It is free to apply for ID@Xbox. If you are a developer with an approved concept for Xbox one then you will receive two dev kits for free.
 iOS: - For the Apple Developer Program it costs $99 per membership year. You are able to download and install the latest beta OS releases simply for development and distribution, advanced app capabilities, testing and support app which allows you to invite users to test your iOS app and then you are able to distribute your app. Android: - For the android developer you need to pay $25 as a one-time registration fee that can be paid with various cards. Androids developer console offers you to set up a google payments merchant account if you want to sell priced apps, in-app products or subscriptions.