DM235 on 30 April 2010
| leo-j said: they are making money for sure.. FF VII sold 100k it's first week in the americas alone.. and that isn't the biggest debut on PSN, so I'm sure it's profitable, plus selling PSN cards to retailers really covers up the cost too |
I think Sony only got a small percentage of those sales, as it's Square Enix that own FF7.
And PSN cards are a money losing operation. If a retailer sells you a card for $20, that means Sony would have sold it to the retailer for less than $20 (no retailer would go to the trouble of receiving, unpacking, handling and selling something for free). The only real benefit to Sony would be that they get your money before you actually buy something, so they get to earn interest on it. With today's low rates, I do not know if this would cover the retailer's portion (unless you kept a card for a long time before using it).
