Torillian on 10 April 2010
| kitler53 said: 277,778 full price sales for every 10 million in investment to break even. So a big budget game like GT ($60M) would need 1.67M sales to break even. wii games would need a few more (per 10 million in investment) since full price wii games are only $50. probably like 300-320k. |
I assume that Wii games have the same percentages for where the money goes, and therefore each is just 5/6 of what it is for 60 dollar games.
As for the break even point, this is true but you have to remember that if the publisher does not make a penny off of their investment then they are unlikely to think of it as a success and the developer may have a tough time getting funding in the future. What I'm unsure of is how much money a publisher needs to make before they're happy but I would have to assume that changes based on the expectations for a particular game.
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