Mon 18 Jun 2007
3:28 pm
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Well, at least for Microsoft, that is. According to a recent Take-Two Earnings Conference Call, the publisher will be receiving $25 million for each of two exclusive 360 episodes, the first of which is scheduled for March 2008.
Hopefully Microsoft and Take-Two will be able to give gamers an idea of what to expect from these episodes prior to the game’s launch in October. I wasn’t expecting much from these downloads, but at a cost to Microsoft, per episode, of around what it cost to develop Lost Planet in its entirety, they had better be significant.
Maybe they should put that on the box: $50 Million Exclusive Content Coming Soon!
Now the real question is, how much is Microsoft going to charge their customers for these episodes?
[Seeking Alpha via Game|Life]
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June 18th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
50 million? Yikes, that’s a lot of cash. It doesn’t take a marketing genius to figute out that they are looking to steer any interest away from the PS3.
I bet they’ll arrange something similar when MGS4 makes its debut (it’s going to happen… just watch)
June 18th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Wow thats a lot of cash. I hope these episodes are worth that much. Or maybe MS is trying to buy Take Two. Since the rumors are back out that EA is trying to buy Take Two. Hmmm.
June 18th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
I say it’ll be $10 per download for customers. I could be way off, but I think MS is going for the PS3 jugular here. They don’t have a good track record with being fair to customers, but I see them keeping these relatively cheap to really stick it to Sony.
Also, the March date is interesting. that’s a full 5 months after release - that’s some serious legs they think the game will have.