ASH: first DS game to hit 256 megs

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LordTheNightKnight said:

couchmonkey said:
In terms of card size, you need to think like Scrooge McDuck. Even if it only costs $1 extra to go from a 128 MB card to a 256 MB card, that's a $1,000,000 lost if your game sells a million copies. And $1 is a random guess - it might be a lot more or a bit less.

The dollar may be worth spending if it's needed to add the features that will make the game a hit, but if the developers can squeeze it into a smaller card, you can increase your profit margin (hopefully I'm using that term correctly, because I'm NOT an accountant. :))

 DS carts are not sold at a loss. They are sold at a profit, even if the profit margin is lower than discs. Hence selling a million copies can only add profit, unless the development of the game itself, not the manufacturing costs of the card, are in the tens of millions.

he didnt say they were sold at a loss, but if you can squeeze your game onto the smaller cart they would get EXTRA profit (in his scenario an extra $1million)