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13th January 2011, 09:01
Chez
Where does my money go?
I probably could comment, but my brain is frazzled at the moment, so I'll just paste a link to this article from over at Eurogamer on the cost of computer games, and who's getting what out of the pie.
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13th January 2011, 12:21
DY357LX
Where does my money go?
Good article.
Reminds me of when the dude from OnLive (the game streaming service) gave a (long) presentation and one of the things he mentioned was where the money spent on games goes.
I can't see the figures on the slide properly because it's grainy but here's what I can see:
Game sells for $60, publisher gets $27, retailer gets $15, publisher has to allocate $7 for returns, $7 for advertising, $4 distribution costs, $3 platform royalties, $12 piracy, $12 used games.
Big companies like EA get less than half of the $60.
http://kotaku.com/5436703/onlive-boss-gives-live-and-long-onlive-presentation
(28 minutes in.)
But if the game is sold OnLive, then OnLive get $25 and EA + co get $35.
OnLive = no used games, something publishers like... and no piracy, something publishers LOVE.
Reminds me of when the dude from OnLive (the game streaming service) gave a (long) presentation and one of the things he mentioned was where the money spent on games goes.
I can't see the figures on the slide properly because it's grainy but here's what I can see:
Game sells for $60, publisher gets $27, retailer gets $15, publisher has to allocate $7 for returns, $7 for advertising, $4 distribution costs, $3 platform royalties, $12 piracy, $12 used games.
Big companies like EA get less than half of the $60.
http://kotaku.com/5436703/onlive-boss-gives-live-and-long-onlive-presentation
(28 minutes in.)
But if the game is sold OnLive, then OnLive get $25 and EA + co get $35.
OnLive = no used games, something publishers like... and no piracy, something publishers LOVE.
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