Third parties not required to release PSP games on PSN

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dsister44 said:

outlawauron said:

dsister44 said:
"We highly encourage Sony to make simultaneous digital releases of PSP games a requirement for publishers, not merely a suggestion."

This is a pretty stupid comment. There are many benefits to not releasing it on PSN. First and foremost they make a little less money on PSN and there are less PSPGo owners than regular PSP owners.

What? You make so much more money off a digital download than a retail release solely because you eliminate retail and the publisher gets all of the money.

I thought the pubishers got the same amount. Just Sony gets more money since they get to set the price. Plus the fact that the publisher has to pay 16¢ for every GB that is downloaded off of PSN. 

But now that I looked it up I see the average PSP game is 800mbs

Actually, its Sony that gets the "same amount" (the license fee).  The publishers get all the other benefits, as far as I know.  And yeah, the 0.15 extra that the publisher has to pay PSN probably doesn't bother them much, with regards to digital games purchases.

I would think that *not* releasing on PSN would be something of a mistake... but remember that if you release a title on PSN, you're allowing 5 copies of that game, tied to devices associated with the PSN account that bought it, to exist.  Maybe some publishers honestly believe that family/friends will buy multiple copies if there isn't a digital version available.