Plaupius on 30 May 2008
| Killergran said: I have an example for you, sqrl. It's somewhat generic, but I heard somewhere that GTAIV made $100m revenue the first day in US (I think...) I also heard that it cost of making the game was around $100m. Now, how would the statement "GTAIV made 0$ profit 1st day in the US" sound? How do you count AFTERWARDS? Do you NOT detract costs then, because they were already detracted in the first figure? .... it's all messed up. Profits can only be measured after everything is said and done. Revenue can be measured at once, and is exact. I DO agree that revenue is probably being overused by the spindoctors, but especially in measuring sales it's extremely relevant. |
It's pretty hard to disagree with the bolded part since essentially revenue = sales :)
