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But it will make zero profit because it costs OMG how much money to produce and looks boring i.e = only 2-4 million sales in max = 2-4*$30 = 60-120 million in earnings while they allready spend $100 mill at the begining of 2008 = zero profit for Sony and guriella.
Gears2 costs only 20 millions to produce with only 30-40 man involved and will recieve about 7-10 million sales = 7-10 mil*30$(developer gets only 50% from $60 you pay)=210-300 millions dollars in earnings for Epic alone in just 2 years. that is real deal for a developer.
So that is why 80% of all developers presented on XBOX360 this gen and Sony lost many 3th party exlusives.
And that is why today it is better to be 3th party developer to make money = all profit is yours, not your mother company.