The Developer's cut

[grayjo]

Does anyone know the percentage of a game's sale price goes to the developers? I need it to work out a potential marketing model that would almost counter piracy... if it worked.

 

[Fauxity]

You can't really counter piracy. It doesn't work that way.

 

[grayjo]

well, piracy exist because people don't want to pay for games, right? An intelligently setup ad supported system could, theoretically, enable those who want to get the game for free could do so, direct from the developer, all the while supporting them at the same time.

Then if there was a purchasable version it wouldn't need as severe protection because the only people who would pirate it would be people that purposefully don;t want to support the developers.

I know that I for one would rather put up with a few adds than pirate a game, if it was down to those options.

 

[Clyde]

http://vgsales.wikia.com/wiki/Video_game_costs

Does this help?

 

[grayjo]

It does a little, but I guess how much a developer gets out the to $60-$100 for a game purchase would vary game to game, depending n the cost.

Oops, I missed it it's there... ~US$16 a unit

 

[cleverlymadeup]

here's a good article on it and why we pay $60 for games

http://www.crispygamer.com/features/2009-09-23/the-60buck-dilemma.aspx