Comments on: Bionic Commando Rearmed: the Soundtrack http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259 All sorts of goodness from Capcom Entertainment, Inc. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:30:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Justice Hero http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12646 Justice Hero Fri, 30 May 2008 14:04:11 +0000 http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12646 I was kinda wondering the same thing, but there's a quote from Ben Judd on the official site on the matter: "We are charging 99 cents per song of which we usually make about 60% or so. That's 60 cents. Additionally there are server management fees, the internal staff hours it took to get the contract up and running, and of course a license fee to create the initial contract. All in all, it probably costs us around 10K just to get the product up and running. We would need to sell 15,000 songs to break even and when it comes to game soundtracks that just isn't a number that you can easily hit. Odds are we will take a loss." I'd imagine just the licensing and server fees alone are astounding. :| I was kinda wondering the same thing, but there’s a quote from Ben Judd on the official site on the matter:

“We are charging 99 cents per song of which we usually make about 60% or so. That’s 60 cents. Additionally there are server management fees, the internal staff hours it took to get the contract up and running, and of course a license fee to create the initial contract. All in all, it probably costs us around 10K just to get the product up and running. We would need to sell 15,000 songs to break even and when it comes to game soundtracks that just isn’t a number that you can easily hit.

Odds are we will take a loss.”

I’d imagine just the licensing and server fees alone are astounding. :|

]]> By: Spider-Dan http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12645 Spider-Dan Fri, 30 May 2008 07:32:59 +0000 http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12645 I appreciate the availability of the soundtrack, and I was happy to buy it... but you're "losing money" on it? As opposed to what, pressing OST CDs? Adding a Sound Test to the Options menu? Doing nothing at all? I mean, come on. A $9.99 digital-download-only soundtrack to a game that itself will likely cost $10 is just printing money, plain and simple. There's no need for the sob story. I appreciate the availability of the soundtrack, and I was happy to buy it… but you’re “losing money” on it? As opposed to what, pressing OST CDs? Adding a Sound Test to the Options menu? Doing nothing at all? I mean, come on.

A $9.99 digital-download-only soundtrack to a game that itself will likely cost $10 is just printing money, plain and simple. There’s no need for the sob story.

]]> By: Justice Hero http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12643 Justice Hero Thu, 29 May 2008 22:08:26 +0000 http://blog.capcom.com/archives/1259#comment-12643 Oh, so it IS remixed tracks from the original game... I was wondering that for some time now (too bad I didn't play the NES version much... shame on me. :( ). I love the LEGO picture, by the way... I was actually thinking about building Blodia out of what is now a loose collection of pieces from about two decades worth of LEGOs. Oh, so it IS remixed tracks from the original game… I was wondering that for some time now (too bad I didn’t play the NES version much… shame on me. :( ).

I love the LEGO picture, by the way… I was actually thinking about building Blodia out of what is now a loose collection of pieces from about two decades worth of LEGOs.

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