EA expresses 'concern' about next-gen technology

In an interview with BBC news, Electronic Arts' VP of Corporate Communications, Jeff Brown, suggested that next-generation consoles will have a negative impact on the videogame industry. According to calculations, it may cost up to 200% more to develop games for the PS3 or Xbox 2 than it does for current systems. What does that mean exactly? Well, to be sure, EA isn't really complaining because (at an estimated $15 billion market value) the company won't have any trouble covering the costs. But for smaller third party developers, next-gen development may be out of the picture (without selling out), forcing comsumers with an ever-narrowing choice of games—and also a lack of healthy genre competition between companies. Ladies and gents, welcome to capitalism…