Indeed we do which means we now have some evidence for lesser selling Wii games making a tidy profit..

I mean Resident Evil: UC probably made more money than Metal Gear Solid 4 which is quite amazing

Rather interesting considering we've had a supposed developer in this forum repeatedly telling up this is not true.

Another interesting bit of sales info:

CoD: WaW on Wii has sold between 600 - 900k according to different sources so anywhere between 2 - 3 million in direct apples to apples comparison to the HD games.

360 is at 4.7 Million
PS3 is at 2.77 Million

CoD: WaW on Wii is actually doing quite nicely

Okay now this shit is going to get dangerous, I don't think you want to go down this road.

But this is how we get people to notice! xD

I agree my 'maths' probably doesn't work out... Sounds good though

No, I think you are close enough for rock 'n roll.

If the Wii version was 1/4 the production cost: (600 - 900k) x 4 = 2.4 - 3.6 million
If the Wii version was 1/3 the production cost: (600 - 900k) x 3 = 1.8 - 2.7 million

Of course, there are likely many other factors that should be considered, but as a "seat of the pants" calculation it is kind of fun. Edit: I didn't calculate for the difference in unit price. Maybe you did and that is why our numbers are different.

@ puffy )

developement costs aren't all the costs of a game

there is licensing fees, production, marketing and shipping cocts which all should be about the same on the Wii as they are on HD consoles and then there is the publisher/dev revenue per copy, which should be smaller on the Wii, because games are cheaper

the sentence at the end doesn't seem to take any of those factors into consideration

Exactly what came to my mind.  I know we've both told him the art assets jack up the costs significantly.

I suppose he's going to tell us John is wrong?

On topic:  Haven't we already known this since 2006?

How much do Wii games retail for, I know its cheaper than PS360 so that must affect profits.

 I think we thought it was half the costs for a typical game rather than a third to a quarter.