500,000 PS3 Game Sales Needed for Profit

December 1st 2006 | Games Consoles

Games for the PlayStation 3 would have to sell more than half a million copies to make a profit, a leading game developer has said. Takeo Takasu, president of Namco Bandai, said the average PS3 game now costs 1bn yen ($8.6m) to develop.

He told Bloomberg creating high-definition graphics was responsible for the extra cost. He added that worldwide shortages of the console would also have an impact on game manufacturer’s profits.

BBC

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500,000 PS3 Game Sales Needed for Profit
Published in: Games Consoles on 2006-12-01