Is a dowloadable title actually less risk then a retail release?

[noname2200]

mrstickball said:

noname2200 said:

mrstickball said:


And for what its worth, the 3DS market is growing. Dillon's Rolling Western sold somewhere around 25,000 copies its first month. Given the growth of the 3DS, it's about assured to eventually hit 100,000 or more due to its great review scores from users. With the publisher getting a 70% cut of revenues, that is a nice chunk of change for them.

I'd imagine the publisher in this case is taking more than just 70%.

Generally, 70% is the universal cut between the distributor of the content (Nintendo, Apple, Microsoft, Google, ect) and the developer/publisher, or whomever is getting checks sent to them. Comparatively, the split is about 50/50 for retail content once you add in all the things that go into a cartridge or disc-based title.

So if you have a digital game at $10 and a retail game at $15, the developer/publisher is likely to make the same money on both platforms (well, 50 cents less on digital).

It was a joke: Nintendo is publishing Dillon's Rolling Western, so they're probably getting all of it, minus whatever cut of the gross they agreed to send the developer's way. Which, from my understanding, is traditionally a small amount. Or is that incorrect?