Pachter's explanation on where your 60 dollars goes

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geddesmond2 said:
So basicly 20% to retailer, 20% to consol manufactor and 60% to publishers. Wow I didn't realise consol manufactors get that much money. So the next time Sony say there loosing money on each consol sold we know its a load of bullshit because they make that back on licensing

I'm not so sure I wouldn't believe them. How many games actually sell numbers high enough to even begin to erode their insane r&d costs? I wonder if they'll even pay off the creation of the cell chip within the next 10 years?