A new report by Japan's Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association(CESA) states that out of all the current generation consoles the Xbox is the most expensive when it comes to Dev. bills in Japan.
CESA calculated that the Xbox runs on avarage 202 million yen (USD 1.82 million) to produce a game. This amount comes after 28 companies their figures to the association. On the opposite side of things it costs an average of 96 million yen (USD 877,000) to develop a game for the PS2. PSP games cost around 90 million yen (USD 822,000), as do GameCube titles, while each Game Boy Advance game costs the developer 53 million yen (USD 484,000). The Nintendo DS on the other hand cost's the least to make games for at a 37 million yen (USD 338, 286) point.
I think the CESA like the Xbox much.