BengaBenga on 15 October 2008
| Kyros said: Companies use ROI targets to plan their investments Exactly a company uses ROI to plan FUTURE investments although you pulled the 40% number out of thin air. But if you read closely that's exactly what I wrote. But MGS4 has been done. Finished, finito, sunk cost. So the investment they made into it is completely irrelevant to the question on what platform they will port it etc. They will make a port if it is legal and profitable. Not because they somehow need to recover development costs. They might not make a MGs5 if MGs4 was not profitable though. |
I think we're talking different things here. I haven't said anything about porting, I only stated that I doubt that MGS4 will have made a decent (40%) profit. As far as I'm concerned this has nothing to do with an eventual port, since I'm sure it would take quite some time and recources.
Sure all the costs have been made, so a profit is a profit. However it is important for future projects. If MGS4 performed according to plan, we'll likely see more PS3 exclusives.
The 40% is not pulled out of thin air. It's a very suitable number for projects, like game development, that take several years. (for example some other possibilities for Konami to invest their money: ~5% -> put on the bank, ~10% -> invest in government bonds, ~15% -> shares).
