And double that of the PSP.
Developers looking to take a slice of the 3DS pie are going to have to open their chequebooks Nintendo’s new handheld is not going to be cheap to make games for.
Japanese blog Hachimaki revealed, as reported by 1Up, that Harvest Moon developer Marvelous Entertainment told investors to expect an outlay of between ¥50 million and ¥150 million per 3DS title. That equates to around £375,000 to £1.1 million.
That’s a sizeable leap up from DS costs. Nintendo’s current handheld is relatively cheap to develop for. Last year Geimin reported that Japanese studios spend between ¥4.4 million and ¥43.9 million on a DS title. That’s £33,000 to £330,000 on UK shores.