Quote Originally Posted by Melichoir View Post
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From what I can find SE typically reports an operating income under $15 billion yen a year on all 3 of their MMO titles, that's about $139,140,000 USD and then broken down by 3 you get $46,380,000 USD yearly, by month that's $3,865,000 USD so you're not that far off really, of course the actual amount no doubt differs between the different games. That said the net earnings is above that $15 billion yen marker, so they're probably bringing in more per month, regardless that's not counting the money SE makes on other stuff like mobile games, books, goodies, collectibles, amusement park/arcade stuff, and all the miscellaneous stuff they put out on the market. The employee costs are usually a business side of things so SE can rearrange and redistribute developers as needed on their various products, makes it easier for them to manage crunch and help out struggling teams with extra staff without having to sign up a bunch of new contracts.