The famous US magazine Forbes that deals with economics and famous for drawing up rankings of richest men in the world, she wondered why i video games come to cost up to 60$ (from us 60€).
The article refers to Gears of War multi-acclaimed title for Xbox360 created by EpicGames which we also talked about on the Blog of the Gardens in December.
In short, here’s why games cost so much:
Art/Design $15
Programming $12
Retail $12
Fixed for console builder $7
Marketing $4
Market Development Fund $3
Cost of mold, packaging $3
Licenses $3
Profit for the publisher $1
Distributor $1
Corporate Costs $.20
Hardware development < $.03