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3A 游戏的开发成本

21. Developing and producing AAA games often costs over $100 million, requires hundreds or thousands of developers, and takes years. For instance, development on Horizon Forbidden West, a 2022 SIE first-party release, lasted a total of 5 years, starting in 2017 and ending in 2022. The game cost $212 million to develop, and peak headcount was over 300 full time employees. Development on The Last of Us Part II, a 2020 SIE first-party relcase, took longer at 20(?) months, starting in 201? and ending in 2020. Developments costs were around $220 million, and headcount peaked around 200 full time employees. In addition to development costs, global marketing costs for AAA games are large, even for established franchises.

21. 开发和制作 3A 级游戏的成本往往超过 1 亿美元, 需要数百或数千名开发人员, 且需要数年的时间. 例如: 2022 年 SIE 第一方发行的《地平线: 西之绝境》的开发共持续了 5 年(从 2017 年开始到 2022 年结束), 这款游戏的开发成本为 2.12 亿美元, 高峰时期有超过 300 名全职员工. 《最后生还者2》是 2020 年 SIE 发布的第一方续作, 从 201? 年开始到 2020 年结束, 历时 20(?) 个月, 耗时较长, 开发成本约为 2.2 亿美元, 全职员工人数峰值时期在 200 名左右. 除了开发成本外, 3A 游戏的全球营销成本也很高, 即使是已有平台独占在先.

平台内容与玩家实际游玩内容

In 2021, over [14?] million users (by device) spent 30 percent or more of their time playing Call of Duty, over 6 million users spent more than 70% of their time on Call of Duty, and about 1 million users spent 100% of their gaming time on Call of Duty. In 2021, Call of Duty players spent an average of [116?] hours per year playing Call of Duty. Call of Duty players spending more than 70 percent of their time on Call of Duty spent an average of 296 hours on the franchise.

2021 年, 超过 1400(?) 万用户(按设备计算)花费 30% 或更多的时间游玩《使命召唤》, 超过 600 万用户花费 70% 以上的时间游玩《使命召唤》, 约 100 万用户只玩《使命召唤》. 2021 年, 《使命召唤》玩家平均每年花费 116(?) 个小时游玩《使命召唤》. 《使命召唤》的玩家将超过 70% 的时间都花在了《使命召唤》系列作品上, 平均每部作品游玩时间达到 296 个小时.

平台总玩家与使命召唤玩家

36. In addition to the harm to consumers who would no longer have the option of playing Activision games on their console of choice, the potential implications for SIE and its competitiveness are ???. As noted, since 2019, Call of Duty has been played by over 32(?) million PlayStation users (by device) in the United States alone, and over 89(?) million PlayStation users worldwide. In 2021, Call of Duty directly generated over $800 million in United States spending for SIE, and $145(?) billion in worldwide spending. Further, the PlayStation users that play Call of Duty generated average annual platform spending of around $15.9 billion worldwide from 2019 to 2021, accounting for their spending on hardware, accessories, subscriptions, games, and other PlayStation services. As Call of Duty players leave PlayStation for Xbox, much of this spending on hardware, subscription services, and other games would be lost.

36. 除了对消费者造成伤害(他们不能再在自己选择的游戏机上游玩动视游戏)之外，对 SIE 及其竞争力的潜在影响是 ???. 如前所述, 自 2019 年以来, 仅在美国就有超过 3200(?) 万 PlayStation 用户(按设备计算)玩过《使命召唤》, 而全球 PlayStation 用户约 8900(?) 万 . 2021 年, 《使命召唤》为 SIE 在美国直接带来了超过 8 亿美元的收入, 在全球带来了 145 亿美元的收入. 此外, 从 2019 年到 2021 年, 游玩《使命召唤》的 PlayStation 用户在全球范围内的平均年度平台支出约为 159 亿美元, 其中包括他们在硬件, 配件, 订阅, 游戏和其他 PlayStation 服务上的支出. 随着《使命召唤》玩家离开 PlayStation 转向 Xbox, 硬件、订阅服务和其他游戏上的大部分收入都将会流失.

平台方与第三方发行占比

For first-party and second-party games, SIE typically retains the full sales price of the game. In the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, first-party games accounted for 14%(?) of total game units sold. On third-party games, the amount SIE typically receives would be the margin between the retail price SIE charges on the PlayStation Store and the wholesale price negotiated with the publisher. Typically, this margin is around ???

对于第一方和第二方游戏, SIE 通常保有游戏的全部销售价. 截至 2022 Q2 (2022 年 3 月 31 日)财年, 第一方游戏占游戏总销售量的 14%(?). 第三方游戏方面, SIE 通常收到的金额是 SIE 在 PlayStation Store 零售价和与出版商协商的批发价格之间的差额. 通常情况下, 这个比例约为 ???

参考文章

• Sony’s confidential PlayStation secrets just spilled because of a Sharpie - The Verge

• 1 million PlayStation gamers play nothing but Call of Duty. - The Verge

• The Last of Us 2 and Horizon Forbidden West's Budgets Accidentally Revealed in Poorly-Redacted Document - IGN