Microsoft lowering royalty fees

[Fox5]

capcom gets a reduced amout of royaltys for all thier games . Rockstar is currently rumored to get the same treatment .

Capcom got to make some zelda games too!

 

[jarrod]

capcom gets a reduced amout of royaltys for all thier games . Rockstar is currently rumored to get the same treatment .

Sega gets the same treatment same on Xbox actually.

Capcom got to make some zelda games too!

Game Boy Zelda codevelopment predates the RE deal, but it likely didn't hurt relations between the companies. Capcom also developed 2 Disney games for Nintendo.

 

[StefanS]

capcom gets a reduced amout of royaltys for all thier games . Rockstar is currently rumored to get the same treatment .

EA got a break from the royalty fees on GCN as well

 

[Fox5]

capcom gets a reduced amout of royaltys for all thier games . Rockstar is currently rumored to get the same treatment .

Sega gets the same treatment same on Xbox actually.

Capcom got to make some zelda games too!

Game Boy Zelda codevelopment predates the RE deal, but it likely didn't hurt relations between the companies. Capcom also developed 2 Disney games for Nintendo.

Capcom has made Disney games since the NES days though.
And didn't Capcom make the Minish Cap, both Four Swords, and the GBA port of a Link to the Past? I think only the Gameboy Color games predated the RE deal.

 

[jvd]

Yes , i'm just showing a few examples that other companys have done in the past . Its not just ms , thats why its laughable that people want to come in and complain about ms doing something that has bene happening for as long as the industry existed

 

[TheNextGen]

I don't know the royalty rate for games but I made up my own rate model. Xenon being 1/4 the cost of PS3. If the reality is anything like my model. Then I see a major advantage for MS. They will have a low cost console. That is cheap and easy to develop for thanks to tools like XNA. But is also cheat to publish games for. And you make a major profit.


Game Development: $5,005,889

Royalty Rate PS3: $30
XB2: $7.5
REV: $25
Games sold: 6,800,895
Disk Price: $50
Amount Sold: $340,044,750

Royalties Made PS3: $204,026,850.00
XB2: $ 51,006,712.50
REV: $170,022,375.00


Profit Made PS3: $136,017,900.50
XB2: $289,038,037.50
REV: $170,022,375.00

After Dev Cost: PS3: $131,012,011.50
XB2: $284,031,248.00
REV: $165,016,486.00

 

[ERP]

Your numbers are way off and they don't take into account many costs not least of which retailer markup.

 

[one]

Then I see a major advantage for MS. They will have a low cost console. That is cheap and easy to develop for thanks to tools like XNA. But is also cheat to publish games for. And you make a major profit.

Are you talking about Nintendo GameCube with very low royalties?
Unless it can sell huge number of 1st-party games and consoles, it won't work like that...

 

[TheNextGen]

Sorry like I said I don't know rates for that so I guessed. Could some one adjust those numbers to more realistic figures.