Scoobes on 20 July 2013
| ListerOfSmeg said: 16 dollars? That means they only get 6 as they pay about 10 for the disc. No sorry I am not going to believe out of 60 the people that front the money make the least amount. 16 dollars would not cover production cost or development cycle. |
$10 for an optical disc? Where on Earth are you getting your numbers from? Mass production of a disc with packaging will cost no more than $1, and that's on the expensive side.
Seriously, it's all in the link given to you earlier. Unless you can provide better links and sources, approximately $16 is the most accurate value we have (as to how much revenue publishers get from a $60 game).
In case you want to read:
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2006/05/06/the-economics-of-game-publishing
