Nath@aussie.zone to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 hours agoIt took 3 years for PlayStation to earn $300 million in PC saleswww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up145
arrow-up145external-linkIt took 3 years for PlayStation to earn $300 million in PC saleswww.gamesradar.comNath@aussie.zone to PC Gaming@lemmy.caEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareGrofit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·15 hours agoA lot of the buyers on the PC won’t have a PlayStation so as long as it cost them less than 300 million to create the ports etc then it’s still a profitable endeavour for them.
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-214 hours agoYes but a lot of people will buy a PlayStation just for the exclusive games. I know lots of people that do exactly that. Which inevitably leads to them buying a bunch of other PS games. Which means more subscriptions and higher profit margins where they don’t have to pay Steam’s outrageous commissions.
minus-squareRbnsft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoAh yes the outrageous commissions that almost every store has? Psn has 30% so does xbox…
minus-squareartyom@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours ago Ah yes the outrageous commissions that almost every store has? Correct.
A lot of the buyers on the PC won’t have a PlayStation so as long as it cost them less than 300 million to create the ports etc then it’s still a profitable endeavour for them.
Yes but a lot of people will buy a PlayStation just for the exclusive games. I know lots of people that do exactly that.
Which inevitably leads to them buying a bunch of other PS games.
Which means more subscriptions and higher profit margins where they don’t have to pay Steam’s outrageous commissions.
Ah yes the outrageous commissions that almost every store has? Psn has 30% so does xbox…
Correct.