NPD: Top 10 Best Selling PS4 and Xbox One Games. LTD

[DonFerrari]

LudicrousSpeed said:

DonFerrari said:

Would like to see the cumbersome explanation of the great sales of Cod or Fifa funding God of War, Detroit, Spider-Man, etc.

How exactly is it cumbersome? It’s basic economics. It’s no different than when an actor like William Dafoe says he’ll star in a big budget popcorn flick to make the money that allows for the more artistic roles in smaller films. Or to bring it back to Sony, when Yoshida said 60-70% of Sony games lose money, but the bigger titles make up the cost of all of them. It works the same way in music and film and television.

So yeah maybe God of War doesn’t get directly funded by sales of games like this, but games like Days Gone and deals like Spider-Man get done because of sales of games like God of War or royalties from games like Call of Duty.

So you were basically speaking no-sense right? Because sure if you said that GoW and other sony 1st parties allows then to venture and make risky games and have as Yoshida said 60% of their games not profiting (which isn't really the case this gen anyway) I would have agreed, but when you put that for Fifa, CoD and the like that are most of the top 10 that isn't nearly true as those pubs (EA, Activision, etc) doesn't regularly put their profits on games they know won't profit but wish to expand the console portfolio. Nintendo as another 1st party could be doing similar to Sony but they don't as they release less new IPs, takes less risk on SW and most of their games are profitable. MS have been very low and thin on their 1st party so I can't see how the few success are allowing then various risky projects (it may change with their new acquired studios).

So yes, I keep failing to see how these big 3rd party games are directly paying out for the risk 1st party games or even these studios risky projects. So since it's basic economics you'll be able to explain it quite simple, as I'm pretty sure William Dafoe making a big flick to fill his pockets and have time to do leisure projects for himself doesn't finance another actor in Africa.