colafitte said: One has to wonder how much profit do Sony really get with PS4 at 200$ instead of the usual price... |
they receive about 20USD per game sold and each console will make at least lets say 10 games sold on average that is 200USD.
They receive 60USD per year and 40% attach ratio for a 5 year period = 60*0,4*5 = 120USD.
So each PS4 sold gets then additional 320USD. Even if they forfeit 110USD with the promotion they would still make additional 220USD.
The question is how much sales would change with this cut.
Let's say they can sell 1M at 300USD and 1.5M at 200USD.
So it's 1M * 430 vs 1.5M*320, which means 430M vs 480M (or additional 50M revenue). So yes they would need much more sales to justify the cut.
duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363
Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994
Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."