DirtyP2002 said:
mirgro said:
DirtyP2002 said:
Okay you made your oppinions and facts seem not to work here.
Financial reports from EA, UbiSoft and Activision are just not enough.
Activision: Mimimimi bad games, mimimimi bad timing (it is the latest!)
EA: Mimimimi they never made good PC games,
They don't include this (FACE IT: EVERY revenue is included. They have to. Check the report:
Year Ended March 31,
2010 2009 2008
Consoles
Xbox 360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 868 $ 1,005 $ 855
PLAYSTATION 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771 776 383
Wii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570 583 307
PlayStation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 405 680
Xbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — 1 20
Nintendo GameCube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 6
Total Consoles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,342 2,770 2,251
PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687 712 702
Wireless Platforms
Nintendo DS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 222 235
Mobile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 189 152
PSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 174 187
Game Boy Advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — — 8
Total Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472 585 582
Licensing and Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 145 130
Total Net Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,654 $ 4,212 $ 3,665
the bolded is the number for TOTAL REVENUE of ELECTRONIC ARTS! There is no "Distribution Section" that generates any kind of revenue.
UbiSoft: mimimimimi they lost money anyway! Talking about Splinter Cell Conviction?! this game wasn't even released in this time.
As I said before: I never doubt that MMOs are huge on PC. They are and are very profitable. Same for Facebook / social network games. But there is not much left.
One guy asked for THQ:
Xbox 360: 237 million USD
PS3: 200 million USD
Wii: 137 million USD
PC: 72 million USD
PC accounts for only 8% of the revenue.
As always the profit is not split by platforms.
But I am thrilled to hear why THQ doesn't count either.
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I actually had no idea for THQ but let me demonstarte why your logic is retarded.
Look at the figures you linked for EA. Look at the PC then look at the Wii then back at the PC. Notice something. By your logic, the Wii is the console that is the most worthless and no one should bother with it. Now if you are trying to tell me that the Wii is less profitable than the PC, the PS3, or the 360, then you are just a damned fool and an idiot, or you are wrong and just hate to admit it.
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That is becuase EA has problems to sell their sports titles on the Wii AND some of their "bigger" games can't be done on the Wii. Like a "real" Dead Space, Battlefield, Dragon Age or whatever. That is why the revenue is lower on the Wii.
I know I can do whatever I want, you guys won't change your mind, but if the PC is so profitable, why aren't developers not focusing on it? Don't they know how to run a business? I think they know it better than anyone on VGC. Why do they support consoles more than PC, when the PC is the place to get the money from?
Why don't we ask another developer like Epic? The answer is: The money is on consoles!
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/05/16/epic-president-the-moneys-on-console/
But I know this will not prove you wrong. Let me know why Epic does not count either. Thanks.
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Over 70% of developers are working on PC games, while only 41% are making for consoles: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/20092010-state-of-game-development-survey-reveals-marked-increase-in-iphone-developers-decrease-in-wii-development-83630472.html
"Just over 70 percent of developers said they were developing at least one game for PC or Mac (including browser and social games), rising slightly from last year, with 41 percent working in consoles."
Note the part where it says that the percentage of PC developers increased! There's almost twice as many PC developers compared to Console developers.
"Within that latter group, Xbox 360 was the most popular system with 69 percent of console developers targeting it, followed by 61 percent for PlayStation 3.
While those figures stayed within a few percent of last year's results, the change in Wii adoption was much more significant: reported developer support for the system dropped from 42 percent to 30 percent of console developers, suggesting a recent softening of the Wii market."
So, the amount of developers can be put like this (with overlap for multiplat console games):
70% PC
28% Xbox 360
25% PS3
12% Wii
PC, fuck yeah!
