Final Fantasy VII Revelation Hype Thread! Release Date Confirmed (4/8/27)

[Cerebralbore101]

Kyuu said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

No, retailers do not get a 40% cut. Jason Schreir had a good source on this a few weeks ago. Retailers get $15 of a $70 sale. 

Btw I do love the stupid false dilemma that pro-digital people give. It's either "retailers are cutting stock because they only make $15" or "Sony is cutting discs because they only make 50% as much revenue as digital". Whether retailers not getting enough money or Sony not getting enough money is the problem the conclusion is always "so it's a good thing that physical is going away". 

IIRC he said retailers take around 30% vs the 15% that goes to platform holders. He only corroborated what others before him said. Who mentioned anything about a 40% cut?

Platform holders and publishers want to eliminate retailer cuts, physical printing/manufacturing costs, and trading/sharing from the equation. COD blatantly chose code in a box over GKC, probably because they don't like the trading/sharing aspect of GKC.

It's crazy that GKC which was frowned upon a coupe of months ago will soon be seen as the best option!

Here's the article Jason was quoting. https://www.serkantoto.com/2020/12/30/price-video-console-game-digital-physical/

Retailers do typically get a 30% cut and Platform holders do get 15%. So you were right. At least with 3rd party games. Otherwise 1st party games keep a much bigger share of the money since they do double duty as developer and platform holder. 

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