crho on 15 November 2008
http://geimin.net/da/expense.php
- Development costs are calculated using the average from a number of titles.
- Development cost (title count). "―" Data not counted.
(Development cost unit: millions of yen)
- From 2001 to 2004, standard titles are combined with budget titles.
- From 2005 onwards, top represents standard titles and bottom represents budget titles.
(Budget titles: priced below 3,000 yen or inexpensive Best editions, etc.)
2008/11/15: Development costs for 2007 published.
| Sys. | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| PS | 20.00 (―) | 14.00 (―) | 5.00 (44) | 8.00 (1) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) |
| PS2 | 123.00 (―) | 59.00 (―) | 39.00 (240) | 96.00 (194) | 139.10 (186) 3.90 (12) |
75.30 (148) 3.20 (104) |
72.60 (95) 3.70 (41) |
| PS3 | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | 72.00 (1) ― (―) |
305.10 (7) 3.00 (1) |
| N64 | 60.00 (―) | 28.00 (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) |
| GC | ― (―) | 72.00 (―) | 38.00 (38) | 90.00 (11) | 60.80 (16) 20.00 (1) |
57.30 (3) ― (―) |
26.00 (3) 14.50 (19) |
| Wii | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | 103.20 (5) ― (―) |
111.20 (34) |
| Xbox | ― (―) | 35.00 (―) | 22.00 (27) | 202.00 (13) | 22.50 (14) 0.10 (1) |
42.00 (3) ― (―) |
― (―) |
| Xbox360 | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | 187.00 (21) 0.00 (1) |
268.00 (12) 0.00 (2) |
| DC | 48.00 (―) | 48.00 (―) | 18.00 (6) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) |
| PSP | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | 90.00 (6) |
63.20 (40) |
34.50 (80) 3.40 (31) |
70.50 (19) 1.00 (19) |
| GB | 4.00 (―) | 25.00 (―) | 25.00 (1) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) |
| GBA | 41.00 (―) | 25.00 (―) | 32.00 (39) | 53.00 (47) | 40.40 (39) 3.10 (18) |
32.10 (15) |
― (―) ― (―) |
| DS | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | 37.00 (3) | 39.80 (48) 9.60 (6) |
35.80 (94) 7.30 (26) |
47.60 (154) 3.00 (9) |
| WS | 47.00 (―) | 20.00 (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) | ― (―) |
