Namco needs half a million sales to break even
Correction, that is half a million sales on each of the PS3 titles to break even with the development costs. After this low hurdle the company will begin to make a profit on their games.
"We have to sell at least 500,000 copies per title worldwide to make a profit on Playstation 3 games," said Namco-Bandai President Takeo Takasu.
Namco, having released both Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam for the PS3 launch, is hoping that their decent product sales continue, with each of the games selling around 22,000 units over the previous weekend.
There is a good and bad side to this for Namco. On the plus side, there aren't many PS3 games available, so anyone with a console will most likely atleast pick up one of their titles. The downside? The install base for PS3 users is still quite small due to a lack of available systems and the large price point.
I've got my fingers crossed Namco, don't worry, I'll do my part and pick up Gundam.
\\drew
"We have to sell at least 500,000 copies per title worldwide to make a profit on Playstation 3 games," said Namco-Bandai President Takeo Takasu.
Namco, having released both Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam for the PS3 launch, is hoping that their decent product sales continue, with each of the games selling around 22,000 units over the previous weekend.
There is a good and bad side to this for Namco. On the plus side, there aren't many PS3 games available, so anyone with a console will most likely atleast pick up one of their titles. The downside? The install base for PS3 users is still quite small due to a lack of available systems and the large price point.
I've got my fingers crossed Namco, don't worry, I'll do my part and pick up Gundam.
\\drew
posted by Drew at 8:02 AM
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