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"Gamecube costs for developers...."

Taken from CE

"Developing games is an expensive task on the GameCube.
The CESA (computer Entertainment Supplier's Association), has recently conducted an analysis of the Japanese games market and brought up a rather interesting fact.

Games development on the GameCube is currently the most expensive of all the formats with an average cost per game of ¥72Million (€525,000).

The cheapest console to develop for was the PSOne, with an average cost of ¥14Million (€102,000).

This data is based on the analysis of results obtained from 43 Japanese software producers."

*shakes fist at nintendo*

Because it's potentially misleading bad press of Nintendo, when there could very well be pretty much no difference between the development costs at all.

I think the Gamecube has been put down enough without people intent on bending statistics to make it look worse.

Exactly, who cares about it anyway? Its not your problem to foot the bill.

I don't care. Why do you?

And the facts to back it up are... where?

Anything that fails to back up it's claim with corresponding evidence is highly suspect.

Besides, "most expensive" could mean it cost five yen more, five yen being pretty much nothing.

So, where is the proof?

"Games development on the GameCube is currently the most expensive of all the formats with an average cost per game of ¥72Million (€525,000)."

That gives it away don't you think?

And you know this... how?

Well whatever their costs, they're lower than those of the GC.

What a useless comparison to make. I'm actually stunned that the PSOne costs that much to develop for, given that it's an obsolete gaming platform. What about PS2 or XBOX? They're the benchmarks for what Nintendo should be charging, not last generation's machines which will charge less in their desperate bid to cling onto whatever % of the market it has left.

Show me how much Sony and Microsoft charge for their current machines, and you'll have a good comparison.

Disaster Master wrote:
> You can also put it this way:
>
> Cheaper games: crappier graphics and a crappier game
> Expensive games: state of the art graphics and an awesome game.
>
> SO THERE!


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ahha ahaa ha haha .. .. no seriously.

Maverick42 wrote:
> Disaster Master wrote:
> You can also put it this way:
>
> Cheaper games: crappier graphics and a crappier game
> Expensive games: state of the art graphics and an awesome game.
>
> SO THERE!
>
> You don't seem to understand.
>
> This is the development fee Nintendo is charging third parties.
> Charging them lots of money isn't going to help - it'll mean the
> developers won't have the cash for these 'state of the art graphics'
> or 'awsome games'.
>
> Cheaper fees means more and better game

Guess your right.