Myth busting; 3rd party games are unprofitable on Wii U

[Fusioncode]

eyeofcore said:

Fusioncode said:
Keep in mind that 3rd party games drop in price over time. They may make $27 at the start but that doesn't mean it's going make that amount forever. Once a game drops to $20 the publisher will basically be making nothing per copy. Even if they do turn a slight profit on porting a game to WiiU, how is that worth their time when they're making so much more money on competing systems?

@bold I wrote that in the thread, maybe I poorly explained that... If thats so then I apologize...

@underlined You aren't considering the fact that all major developers have porting team that are mostly filled with newcomers in company, porting is bottom of the barrel and that is where these rookies start and that is where they gain experience and knowledge so it is cheap for them to put a currently relatively inexperienced employees to porting team... It is in a way a win win for the publisher/company. Hit two flies with one swing/strike.

1. Oh I missed that part.

2. Again, those people could be doing something that might make more money that porting to a certain. Especially when the returns aren't that great. Maybe put them on future DLC or get them on another team.