Although I agree with your post, this was not expected from a mod.

Suppose this thread brings out the worst in everyone ^^'

I'm I am not wrong, how is it unexpected?

This entire thread is a farce, created by someone that wanted to prove a point without doing the math. Simple as that.

Also, if your mad at me....What did you say about what Mr. Montana said?

Um, if there's a lifetime gap and the gap is relatively smaller for one week, then the lifetime profit gap still gets larger.

Example:

Lifetime before this week:
800 and 2000 = 1200

This week:
90 and 100

Total:
890 and 2100 = 1210

Now, once the costs of development are met, which they have been, it almost all profit in this industry.  So this thread makes no sense.

Unexpected being the part I quoted. From what I read Montana did not associate owning a Wii to failing at Math.

There is no merit to saying that the wii version only cost as much as straight up porting.

The entire entry had up front costs of development which is shared, not given to the hd consoles. then the wii had its own costs associated with making the engine and making the game work on the wii.

the hd consoles also have less costs than a brand new game since it was their second entry on the 360 and the cod 4 engine made things cheaper.

yes the wii game cost less, but even percentage wise the hd consoles likely made more money. in hard money, its not even close.

That was really not necessary at all. Especially not for a mod.

Anyway, from a pure business standpoint bigjon is right, so let's not start about math. The thing that's not mentioned is that the porting to the PS3 will likely cost even less than to Wii and will therefore have by far the highest ROI.

Other than that the thread is ridiculous, cause ROI really is only important for the financial departments in this case, not for the strategy because I'm pretty sure projects won't get ranked on ROI, since all we would see is ports then.

What everyone seems to be failing to grasp is that even if the profit in terms of raw numbers on the PS3/360 version is better than on the Wii, what matters more is the profit compared to the investment. The point is if a Wii version of a game costs 1/4 as much to make but ends up making 1/2 as much profit as its HD cousin, it is a better investment. because EVEN THOUGH it made less money, you could make 4 of those games for the same price in the same time and end up with 2x the profit. Ignore raw profit numbers, ROI is the important factor.

That being said, CoD Wii sold crap, and I would put good money on the ROI being higher for the HD versions. This thread fails because no one knows what they're talking about.

Don't forget the PS3/X360 version costs more in the store and the DLC it will get.

This thread comments shocked me, I thought members on VGCHARTZ were gamers but it looks like some care more that a game sells well then being fun to play.

 uh we are on the VGChartz forum board. If you want video gamers that dont care about sells and stuff then go to one of hte million other gaming forums.

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What if the Wii version of COD:WAW is taking away sales from the HD version? And what is the oppurtunity cost of producing a Wii version of the game? You can't just say oh it makes money so let's do it. You dont know where those resources are being pulled from. What other options they have. I doubt infinity ward would want to use their resources to create a wii game when they are the force behind one of the most critically acclaimed and successful HD games in a long long time. Forcing Infinity Ward to make a Wii version could ruin the good thing that htey have going now. If Tryarch wants to do it then let them. But there is more to it than just figures.

Ha, look who's talking.