XBLA is a "slaughterhouse" for smaller developers

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TRios_Zen said:

KylieDog said:

"Of titles on XBLA that were self-published without the assistance of third-parties, Murray claimed 47 per cent sold less than 25,000 copies,"

^^ That is why its an issue.

This discussion (not ours, but the larger one) seems to be spinning out of control.  My only point is, with a lack of numbers for other systems (ie Steam, PSN), how do we have ANY idea if the quoted values above are good or bad?

Unless anyone can definitively say that all self-published titles (on average) will sell more than 25,000 copies if released on "X" system, how is the data here relevant?

I agree. We have been given this data with nothing to compare it to. MrStickball used to post sales for XBLA but we never really had a comprehensive chart for PSN. Even then we wouldn't know the amount of profit each developer is making.