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source of his numbers...mostly estimates but if you think about it, it's generally true

game costs 1 million to make, the company has to sell enough copies to cover said expenses...

say they get 10bucks per game

100k games = 1 million

game costs 5 million to make... 500k sold


10 million to make 1million

20 million to make =2 million
100 million to make = 10 million sold to Break Even...

etc.

also certain games have the "blockbuster" tags on them

GTA, FF, DQ, etc. those are sequels and they can directly compare prior versions.