Resident Evil 5 PS3 Bundle Announced

[NJ5]

FilaBrasileiro said:

NJ5 said:

I'm guessing they're just going toe to toe... These bundles must be costing them a bundle (sorry for the lousy joke, it's late and I obviously gotta sleep).

 

 

How is it costing them?

Because instead of collecting royalties from Capcom, they pay Capcom instead for each copy they bundle. Capcom certainly is not losing money with this, so who else than Sony/MS does?

Seihyouken said:

NJ5 said:

I'm guessing they're just going toe to toe... These bundles must be costing them a bundle (sorry for the lousy joke, it's late and I obviously gotta sleep).

 

Actually it's the opposite. Sony likely won't be losing a thing off these bundles. They're selling for ¥48,980. That's rougly equivilant to $500. Assuming that iSupply's estimate that PS3s cost Sony roughly $440 to manufacture and taking into account that it's cheaper to ship the consoles that are made in China to Japan as well as the roughly $60 that they have to pay Capcom for every copy of Resident Evil 5. This bundle is actually more cost effective than selling the 80GB model by itself.

 

OK I didn't know these particular bundles were more expensive than the PS3 in Japan. Here in Europe I've seen a lot of bundles at the same price as the console.