Capcom: Original cool games don't make money, Dead Rising port yes

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BengaBenga said:

NJ5 said:
Somehow I find it hard to believe Zack & Wiki didn't make a profit yet. It sold 0.54 million according to vgchartz, if the publisher gets $20 per copy that's $10 million. Are we to believe this game cost as much to make as Gears of War?

Not only that but I do recall seeing some comments from Capcom about Zack & Wiki being a success. I'll try to find them later.

I asked the exact same thing to Sven of Capcom, but he said I'm ways of....

http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/13078821/Zack__Wiki_didnt_make_money

 

I think that the "ways of" comment was about the USD 20 of profit per copy... Zack & Wiki have sold loads when it reached the USD 20 pricepoint, so Capcom may have made USD 5 per unit at that point, so I think that it's safe to assume that the profit is about USD 10 per unit.