| Smashchu2 said: I know when a game sells, there is a break down of who gets the money. The problem is I don't know the amount. I thought it was
So what is the real breakdown? Also, who owns the warehouse usually? |
I don't know the details myself, but I know that that is wrong..... the breakdown between publisher and developer will be different with each agreement, sometimes the publisher will just pay the developer a lump sum for the game, so they are essentially out of the system then, so if the game profits more than that lump sum, the publisher gets all those profits.
Sometimes a publisher will pay for the money spent on development, then give the developer a percentage of either the revenue, or the profit they get from the game. Sometimes I imagine it is somewhere inbetween, where the developer is paid a sum that is still more than development costs, but also gets a pecentage of future sales.
