And selling on steam costs 30%
Comment on Madden should not be 70$
billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 year agoNot really.
Optical discs are dirt cheap. This old answer from Quora says physical media (disc, case, artwork, inserts, etc) accounted for $2-$5 of the cost of a game.
nomnomdeplume@lemmy.world 1 year ago
IronKrill@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
IIRC 30% was also the standard box store cut. Steam just carried it on.
Selmafudd@lemmy.world 1 year ago
So that’s like a 2.5 - 7% margin on a $70 game… an extra 7% profit margin at the high end is pretty significant
billiam0202@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yes, if you’re selling millions of units. But if you’re buying just one, $2-$5 probably isn’t going to matter to you. Not many people would buy a game at $68 they wouldn’t buy at $70.