Squilliam on 26 November 2008
@Bumidan if you can find a headcount for Sony developers you can estimate how much their 1st party studios are blowing the budget by. As its a continual operating expense you could assume that the cost will be similar year over year/quarter by quarter and once you work it out you could work backwards through your analysis and tighten up your numbers. One things for sure, PS3 games are more expensive than 3rd party games, Sony uses them as technical showpieces/advertising as well as profit sources.
My 100k figure was suggested by a developer on Beyond3d, confirmed by another and EAs recent statements about their savings from the layoffs independently confirm it.
Tease.
