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Surely the difference in overheads involved in physical vs digital would mean profits are increasing at a higher rate then sale price

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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Maybe, development cost hasn’t gone down though, not one bit!

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billiam0202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Not 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.

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- nomnomdeplume@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And selling on steam costs 30%
  
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  - IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    IIRC 30% was also the standard box store cut. Steam just carried it on.
    
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- 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
  
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  - 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.
    
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