alessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months agoIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1803arrow-down115cross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1788arrow-down1external-linkIn 2018 a group of Valve staff tried to figure out just how efficient they were being—and found they were making more money per head than Apple, Facebook, and nearly every tech giant out therewww.pcgamer.comalessandro@lemmy.ca to PC Gaming@lemmy.ca · 8 months agomessage-square205fedilinkcross-posted to: games@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareecho64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months ago… like a disk or cart? Yes that’s fine. I do that.
minus-squareBrokkr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoSure, that’s fine for a release that has a physical edition, but many do not. Also, when buying physical copies I’m guessing that the dev gets an even smaller cut, but it probably depends on the retail location to a large degree.
minus-squarethe_crotch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWhat percentage of the sales price do you suppose goes towards the outside companies that print the disks and make the packaging?
… like a disk or cart? Yes that’s fine. I do that.
Sure, that’s fine for a release that has a physical edition, but many do not.
Also, when buying physical copies I’m guessing that the dev gets an even smaller cut, but it probably depends on the retail location to a large degree.
What percentage of the sales price do you suppose goes towards the outside companies that print the disks and make the packaging?