The Xbox One beat the PS4 in November, but at what cost? We do the math

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MoHasanie said:

Goatseye said:

If you break down the $60 price, you would know that not all of the pie goes to the publishers. Especially, when the games are digital.

Ok, but how much do think goes to publishers in this situation? $20? $40? 

What people fail to understand is that for say AC:Unity retail release the amount may be $40 to the publisher. For a packin like what is occurring with AC:Unity and AC:Black Flag the publisher is going to accept far less.  MS goes to Ubisoft and says research says that you will sell say 1 million copies of AC:Unity and another 100K units of Black Flag this year.  How about we bundle them both in with the X1 from November through December and we will pay you the full publisher amount for every single one of the consoles sold and in exchange for that we also get to package in Black Flag.  Ubisoft is going to jump at a deal like that.  No one would suggest that Ubisoft expected an attach rate of 1 AC:Unity for every 1 X1 sold, and thats what they basically end up with.