celine on 04 February 2009
| Pk9394 said: the better way to look at it without putting the $ sign in the formula is calculate units required to make profit. According to bandai HD games require a minimun of 500k to break even and if we use this number to put in the 1/3 and 1/4 ratio, then the wii games only require to sell 170k and 125k to break even. No Wonder Sega is laughing their way to the bank with Mario & Sonic. |
[Ubisoft] CFO Alain Martinez added that DS games, with their relatively low development costs, achieve profitability at around 100,000 units sold, while a next-gen game for PS3 or Xbox 360 needs to sell around 1.3 million.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/ubisoft-well-have-quotnintendo-likequot-quality
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