Munkeh111 said: Digital sales? Anyway, decent sales I guess though I'm not sure it will have paid for the high budget. The budget was reportedly $27m http://www.gamespot.com/articles/beyond-two-souls-budget-was-27-million-report/1100-6414844/ That probably doesn't include marketing which would probably mean a small loss I guess with Heavy Rain making money, they'll get another chance to make some money. But you can't keep supporting studios if they don't make any money |
I think Beyond is about to break even or has already. It is still on the market so there is plenty of time to make money off it, Heavy Rain made a lot of doe:
"These projects have been and are profitable, to some extent," he said. "I'll give you one example that I know about: Heavy Rain. Let's say it's $22 million to produce. With marketing it's maybe $30 million. With distribution, $40 million. Sony earned $100 million with the game, so it's very profitable. It's the sort of margin that most publishers would strive for, for any game."
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/heavy-rain-grossed-100-million-report/1100-6407271/
Production of Beyond was higher due to the star actors, but the marketing seems to be a bit lower than HR, its advertised less than HR back then which was pushed as the next big PS3 game, I think the total Beyond budget is around 40 million too.