EA CEO: We should have bet on the Wii

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ssj12 said:

HappySqurriel said:

slimeattack said:

 

Yes, because owners of HD consoles buy more games and the games are more expensive, giving larger profits.

 

I see this constantly stated, but when you account for the number of months of console ownership the difference in software sales is pretty minor across all consoles. On top of this the $10 extra for a HD game doesn't go (entirely) to the publisher, a large portion of this reflects higher licencing fees which are taken to recover the money from selling HD consoles at a loss.

 

Sony dropped that by like 40% last GDC if I remember right.

That was for the developer kit.  Not the actual liscensing fees as i recall.