How much does a game need to sell to make a profit?

[yo_john117]

osamanobama said:

yo_john117 said:

It really depends on a multitude of things and there is no way to say what a game needs to sell to make a profit.

But anyways here's a chart with a average breakdown of where your money goes for a $60 game

i wonder what returns means.

so that means sony first party games get around $40 (yes they have to incure shipping costs, but they get that $4 still)

I was going to say I thought it meant people returning the game but then I remembered that you can't return opened games. 

Maybe returns mean retailers sending the game back to the publisher/developer.