HappySqurriel on 05 August 2007
| yacjuman said: how much of the RRP does the publisher get ? does anyone know ? like, they sell it to the retailer 1st right ? so a $50 game at retail was sold to the retailer at $35 or something like that ? |
The things I know about this are the retailers do not make that much money off of a game (let than about $10) which is why they push used games so much, and the console manufacturers have licencing fees in the $5 to $10 range (IIRC the XBox and PS2 Licencing fees were $7 with the Gamecube at $8). The problem with projecting revenue from this is licencing fees are dependant on the game and publisher (Nintendo might offer Square-Enix a $2 licencing fee if they brought Dragon Quest to the Wii), not all retailers get the same price on games, and not all games have the same MSRP.
