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Chris Hu on 24 December 2012
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slowmo said:
DraconianAC said:
Wouldn't a game that sells more at launch and it's first year be better for the developer? The way prices are affected after the first year tells me that the developer doesn't get as much as he did in the first year.

Shouldn't the number of the first year count for more than numbers in 2nd and 3rd year, when a game could be heavily discounted. Are sales numbers the most important aspect, or is it the return the developer receives through revenue?

Example: I finally bought Grand Turismo 5 XL. ($10 from Amazon) 1/6 of the price from launch. Should this sale count as much as a sale of the suggested retail price?


You would indeed be talking more revenue from a game that is front loaded, I don't see why it counts less in total sales terms though as its still a unit sold.  If you were to try crunching the numbers to see which profited more it might matter but then you'd fancy GT5's lower budget would offset that anyway.

Well even if Halo 5 had a slightly bigger budget it will make a lot more money on DLC then GT5 also.   GT5 hardly has any DLC and if you buy the XL edition you get most of the DLC that has was released so far except for car pack #3.