XBLA is a "slaughterhouse" for smaller developers

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voty2000 said:

shio said:

voty2000 said:

So 53% sell more than 100,000?  That sounds really good to me.  Either Joe Danger sucks or Hello Games isn't very bright.  I was actually suprised that so many games sell that well(if the data is correct).

No, only 53% sell more than 25,000. 30% sell more than 100,000 copies.

And what's with the insult? Joe Danger is being a success on PSN, and those developers have more insight than most people on the matter.

From the OP "23 per cent sold around 100,000 copies, 13 per cent 200,000 copies and 17 per cent more than 200,000. "  I'm not insulting the game in any way.  I'm saying that their stats seem to suggest that most games do sell well so it should have been released on both.

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Add up the 47% of those that sell less 25k with the 23% that sell up to 100k, and you get 70% that sell 100k or lower. So only 30% sell more than 100k.

I believe the intention of the dev wasn't "sold around" but "sold up to", which makes vastly more sense.