famousringo on 31 July 2008
| shams said: One comment: only Sony gets "margins" of $35-$40 on PS3 titles (for $60 software). If the software retails for $50/unit, a 3rd-party margin is closer to $20-$23/unit (as they have to pay Sony a license fee/production fee per unit). The reality is, that for *most* 3rd-party, big production titles - they have to go cross-platform to have a better chance of recouping all these costs. |
Yeah, that's what first popped into my head.
Break even point for a 3rd party exclusive of similar caliber probably runs closer to 2 million, without financial support from Sony. Which is why MGS4 is pretty much the only 3rd party PS3 exclusive that hasn't decided to go multiplat.
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