Namco must sell 500,000 games to make a profit

**Anilrgowda** · 01-Dec-2006, 09:19 PM

Namco must sell 500,000 games to make a profit
by Bhavin Shah

The president of Namco Bandai, Takeo Takasu, has suggested that it needs to sell over 500,000 units of its PlayStation 3 titles before it makes a profit.

A contributing factor to the high development cost is the graphics. According to Bloomberg, the investment in graphics costs twice as much on PS3 than with Nintendo's Wii.

"We have to sell at least 500,000 copies per title worldwide to make a profit on PlayStation 3 games," said Takasu.

Namco Bandai had two titles available at PS3's launch in North America on November 17th: Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam. Both were the top selling PS3 titles, with approximately 22,000 units of each shipped.

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Anilrgowda Administrator Posts: 18,702 Join Date: Jan 2006 Rep Power: 10 IM:	Namco must sell 500,000 games to make a profit Namco must sell 500,000 games to make a profit by Bhavin Shah The president of Namco Bandai, Takeo Takasu, has suggested that it needs to sell over 500,000 units of its PlayStation 3 titles before it makes a profit. A contributing factor to the high development cost is the graphics. According to Bloomberg, the investment in graphics costs twice as much on PS3 than with Nintendo's Wii. "We have to sell at least 500,000 copies per title worldwide to make a profit on PlayStation 3 games," said Takasu. Namco Bandai had two titles available at PS3's launch in North America on November 17th: Ridge Racer 7 and Mobile Suit Gundam. Both were the top selling PS3 titles, with approximately 22,000 units of each shipped.

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