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by tadfisher 19 days ago
There's a cool 1990s magazine scan that breaks down the margins for an SNES cartridge: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/11140t0/pricebreakd...
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33.1%: Nintendo's charge

29.8%: Retailer's margin

15.1%: Publisher's margin

14.8%: VAT

That's... 92.8%.

Developer's royalty: 4.6%

"Yikes" -me, just now