Nintendo Co Ltd. (NTDOY)Developer agree : WiiWare better than XBLA for developerdevelopmag - March 13, 2008
Submitted by apujanata (14935)
at 9:54AM PST on March 14, 2008
Microsoft recently drop royalties paid for Xbox Live Arcade from 70 % to 35 % on games < $4m in revenues (the rate rises closer to 50 % when revenues > $4m). ,,,
"Nintendo explained that we'll not only be making a better royalty rate from WiiWare games, but we'll also have a better chance of selling games, since the service won't be clogged up with the retro titles that have blighted the chances of many independent studios on Xbox Live Arcade," said one studio business development boss.
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About royalty rates, I sure hope that a website with "developmag" as a name know deeply about developer's situation. The other website with good and trustworthy developer grasp is gamasutra.
Personally I am sceptical that MSFT are willing to give 70% of revenue to developer. 50% is more likely, and probably it was halved to 25%. Of course, I am just stating what I BELIEVE might be what really happened, and I don't have any basis / supporting document on it.