The Wonderful 101 Will Launch With Just 30,000 Copies In Japan

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outlawauron said:

kupomogli said:

Figgycal said:
I hope they don't expect a profit.

People are saying this, but games don't have to sell a kajillion copies to make money.  Being a first party title, in the US Nintendo is probably getting around $45-50 a copy, packing and shipping would be less than $5 a copy, so they're making atleast $40 per game sold.  $1,200,000.  Nintendo probably paid about half a million for this title to be developed, so if 15,000 copies sell they're breaking even.  If all 30,000 sell, they doubled their investment.

Most games don't need to sell kajillions of copies, but 30k is barely enough to profit off of small handheld title (and you're percentages are way off, Nintendo is likely taking $30-35 MAX on first party titles. You're also crazy if you think the budget for this is half a million.

I remember reading Gamestop buys $60 games for $35, and supposedly that's standard with US retailers across the board, so after shipping and packaging costs, that probably leaves $25 - $30 per copy for a first party game like this one to cover marketing and developement costs.

Of course, margins could be completely different in Japan, and are almost assuredly somewhat different.