Quoted from pmWolf:

One was meant to be damaging to a company. That's a pretty clear difference in my book.
I have no idea how this (which is admittedly fluff) has generated nearly 600 posts.
Again, at this point the official statement has been made. Start a mod feedback thread if you disagree, or drain this topic, or just let this thread die a natural death without arguing constantly about a point that is dead and buried.
Pete

Quoted from markmon:

Unfortunately, you misunderstood what I said. Software can be written in multiple teams where each team can be working on a game independently of another team. These numbers are examples. Suppose software needs about 1.6 years to complete its job but mechanical engineering only needs 1 year. Suppose the factory must run a minimum of 3 items per year for them to stay in business. Suppose the software cycle cannot begin until the game is 4 months into the mechanics. With this model you can have double the software teams as the mechanical teams and the software will always be done about a year after the game and the factory will always be running on schedule. This explains why the situation is as it is. Otherwise each game would need say another year of time before its release.