Is Ubisoft lying about ZombiU?

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Viper1 said:

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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

It's actually closer to $20.  I've spoken to many publishers through the years and $20 seems to be about the averge rate.  Granted it can indeed fluctuate by several dollars depending on far too many variables to list here.

Important word is approximately

I figured it varied quite a bit and publishers may have negotiated better positions since that article was written fairly early in the gen.