MGS4 doesn't need 5 or more mill sales to break even; Kojima did say they need 1 mill on launch day though..
''Hadouken!''
$70m dev budget.
If the publisher gets $20 per game that's 3.5 million sales needed right there.
add in shipping/marketing costs and we are talking over 4 million and I'm not sure the publisher gets $20 per game. (I woud guess it is between $15 and $25)
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And remember this is a business, Konami cannot survive if they only break even with each game they publish.
source of his numbers...mostly estimates but if you think about it, it's generally true
game costs 1 million to make, the company has to sell enough copies to cover said expenses...
say they get 10bucks per game
100k games = 1 million
game costs 5 million to make... 500k sold
10 million to make 1million
20 million to make =2 million
100 million to make = 10 million sold to Break Even...
etc.
also certain games have the "blockbuster" tags on them
GTA, FF, DQ, etc. those are sequels and they can directly compare prior versions.
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