shikamaru317 said:
That makes me want to buy digital games a whole lot less. I know physical has alot of upfront costs as well; the disc, the in-case inserts, the case itself, the cost of shipping the game to retailers, and the retailers cut of the sale, but there's no way they're losing 30% on physical sales, or else they couldn't afford to sell physical games at $10 late in their life. |
Publishers only get around 50% on physical sales. There's no guarantee retailers make money when selling games at a low price, but taking a small loss is still better than these games occupying so much inventory space or outright destroying them. Many games are sold below price to attract people to buy other stuff.
It also depends on the price retailers are buying stuff from the publishers. Obviously if a game has been out for years, they have to pay a lot less and thus can still profit, even when selling stuff for $10.
