Axumblade if a console manufacturer purchased a title in a major franchise it would cost 200+ million dollars. I can tell you Microsoft or Sony or Nintendo would need to pay out the ying Yang to get it. But at 200-300 million from the manufacturer it easily makes up for the other versions.Activision would still generate all the profits from the platform they launch on. As you said selling up to 15 million units. You never know maybe a manufacturer simply buys a timed exclusive for the main game maybe 6-months or a year.
As for DLC I think buying it exclusively for WiiU wouldn't even be so much about sales. It would be a marketing ploy a move that would reassure gamers that Nintendo is a major player online. Nintendo needs to assure gamers that they are taking online seriously and DLC from CoD or GTA exclusively on WiiU for a while, it would show Nintendo is once again a major player to the core gamer! It would help Nintendo so much even if it didn't turn a major profit. The exclusive content would be smart for Nintendo.
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
