| Squilliam said: @ Shio wouldn't the Co-Publishing and distribution area be of more benifit to a console such as the 360? |
No, because the "Co-publishing and Distribution" includes revenue made from digital distribution ($90 million in Q1 FY09, remember?), in which we know PC makes most of DD's revenue; and EA co-publishes/distributes more PC games than any other platform.
EA launched their own digital store(EA Store) in September 2007 and started releasing their games in Direct2Drive, and you'll notice a huge increase in "co-publishing and distribution" revenue from Q2 FY08 (july-sept 07 - $33 millions) to all quarters after, ending with a 548% Year-to-Year increase in Q2 FY09 ($214 millions). Xbox 360 on the other hand, has 2 XBLA games 2 Xbox Originals from EA being sold online, and DLC + Paid unlockables in some games.
Another part to consider in "Co-publishing and Distribution" is that EA did co-publish and distribute more non-EA PC games than any other platform, probably because there's alot more independent PC devs than Console devs. So in the last 15 months, EA got to publish/distribute these PC games:
Crysis
Crysis Warhead
Orange Box
Portal (stand-alone version)
Team Fortress 2 (stand-alone version)
Half-Life 2: Episode 2 (stand-alone version)
EA Sports Gameshow
FIFA Manager 08
Hell's Gate: London
Rail Simulator
While very few non-EA Xbox 360 games were distributed by EA:
Rock Band
Rock Band 2
Orange Box
Wing Commander Arena (XBLA)
