Over 200 devs working on MGS4...

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HappySqurriel said:

Estimated Wage: $50,000 per year (let's assume they're all junior and poorly paid)
Benefits : $15,000 per year
Office Space: $15 per square foot per month by 50 square feet (crappy office building, tiny cubical, no hallways or washrooms); $750 per month or $9,000 per year
Computer: $1000 per year (in hardware and OS)
Software: $5,000 per year

So if I lowball every number I come to $80,000 per year per developer ...

Didn't you see the sign outside this forum that reads "Common Sense Not Permitted Within Ten Feet of Forum"?

Obviously Konami pays all their developers $22k a year with no benefits and they all program on Mac OS 4.1 with crank-operated generators for power. They also do all their work under a tarp in an alley.