EA expresses 'concern' about next-gen technology
by James Ransom-Wiley 
{ Aug 30th 2004 at 12:20PM }
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…
