Xbox most expensive console to develop for

THE Japanese Computer Entertainment Suppliers Association has reported that in Japan the Xbox is the most expensive system to develop for.

28 companies voluntarily disclosed their figures to the association, revealing that the average cost of producing an Xbox game is 202 million yen ($1.82 million) as opposed to 96 million yen ($877,000) to develop a game for the PS2, making the Xbox on average just short of $1 million more expensive to develop for.

The report also revealed that PSP and GameCube games both cost around 90 million yen ($822,000) to develop, while Game Boy Advance titles generally cost about 53 million yen ($484,000) with Nintendo's DS being the cheapest to develop for at only 37 million yen ($338, 286) a pop. µ