Over 200 devs working on MGS4...

[sieanr]

Mars said:

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 ...

 

So now its speculation as fact.

i'll start you of, ¥4,712 Japans minimum wage thats $40

And healthcare services are provided by national and local governments.

Wait, how did you refute what he just said?

The most obvious problem is how often those 200 people work on the game. Sure, some people have been with it from the begining, but others may have been called in to do some grunt work for a couple days. I'm also curious as to wether or not some of those people are just QA testing - basically what is a "developer" in this article.