I get what you are saying, but there are a ton of other factors. Because I don't feel like thinking too much right now I will just list a couple.
1. How much more money did Sony make on Blu-ray sales because the PS3 won the format for them, these sales will never be captured with the PS3, but are a huge part of its success.
2. 1st party sales. 3rd parties sales you get a cut(royalty) 1st party sales you get full profit after retail cut.
3. Moneyhatting- if you had to pay out the ass to get a game on your console how many of those sales were just recouping the cost of the moneyhat. For instance, does anyone here thing MS will make any money off of the Rise of the Tomb Raider? Yes it may sell a few million LTD but how much did this cost MS?
there are 3 examples of why a simple Software sold analogy is faulty.
psn- tokila
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