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Takao · 04-17-10, 10:28 PM

theluckyone17,

Ubi has come up with a way to separate you from your cash
Its called Silent Hunter V!

1/2 a game for full price! No Type II, IX, or XXI. Game ends in'43, when the war ended in '45. Its SHIII with prettier graphics, but a lot less content, Big deal...

If I wanted to play a Type VII only game I'd play "Danger from the Deep", and its free!

That's why I voted with my wallet. As much as I enjoyed SHIII and SHIV, I have no motivation to play SHV.

wetwarev7,

Average retail markup is about 50%. So if local big box store is charging $50 for a hard copy, Ubi is probably only seeing $25 or less. Having helped run a gaming store, long since defunct, we would get games from a wholesaler for, say $20, then sell them for $40. So, if the wholesaler was marking up the games at 50%, then the gaming company would be selling them at $10. Although, i don't know what wholesalers mark up their product at. Also, I don't know if the big box stores are going through a wholesaler or dealing directly with Ubi. Still, I don't see Ubi getting $40 as their cut on a game. Finally, I don't know what the business model is for downloaded games. How is that cash spread around, seeing that it is just data being transferred, with no real hard copy to produce, box, and ship. You would think downloaded games would be much cheaper than they are, since your cutting out the middle man and there is little overhead concerning production costs of a product.

04-17-10, 10:28 PM	#3
Takao Officer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Reading, PA Posts: 244 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	theluckyone17, Ubi has come up with a way to separate you from your cash Its called Silent Hunter V! 1/2 a game for full price! No Type II, IX, or XXI. Game ends in'43, when the war ended in '45. Its SHIII with prettier graphics, but a lot less content, Big deal... If I wanted to play a Type VII only game I'd play "Danger from the Deep", and its free! That's why I voted with my wallet. As much as I enjoyed SHIII and SHIV, I have no motivation to play SHV. wetwarev7, Average retail markup is about 50%. So if local big box store is charging $50 for a hard copy, Ubi is probably only seeing $25 or less. Having helped run a gaming store, long since defunct, we would get games from a wholesaler for, say $20, then sell them for $40. So, if the wholesaler was marking up the games at 50%, then the gaming company would be selling them at $10. Although, i don't know what wholesalers mark up their product at. Also, I don't know if the big box stores are going through a wholesaler or dealing directly with Ubi. Still, I don't see Ubi getting $40 as their cut on a game. Finally, I don't know what the business model is for downloaded games. How is that cash spread around, seeing that it is just data being transferred, with no real hard copy to produce, box, and ship. You would think downloaded games would be much cheaper than they are, since your cutting out the middle man and there is little overhead concerning production costs of a product.