misk@piefed.social to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 days agoThe Video-Game Industry Has a Problem: There Are Too Many Games | Jason Schreierwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down118file-text
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minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoDunno how accurate this is but it says they sold 46k units. Not quite for nobody, is it? Even if everyone got it at 50% off, that’s still 322k after steam’s cut.
minus-squareGoodeye8@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNow factor publishers cut and the cost of development. At 50% they probably didn’t even recoup their costs.
Dunno how accurate this is but it says they sold 46k units. Not quite for nobody, is it? Even if everyone got it at 50% off, that’s still 322k after steam’s cut.
Now factor publishers cut and the cost of development. At 50% they probably didn’t even recoup their costs.