Comments on: SCEA Home Top Ten Items For October

By: johneboy1970

johneboy1970 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:46:13 +0000

Interesting numbers…I just hope they arent really that low. At 4 mil a year, once you take out the overhead, that’s not really much of a profit margin…more so for a mega corperation like Sony. Unless, of course, they are looking at Home as a mechinism for in house advertisment, then any profit is simply gravy.

By: NorseGamer

NorseGamer — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:03:19 +0000

Just did a little bit of math for fun here. Assuming that the average virtual commodity realizes about five-thousand transactions, and a real megahit might be about twenty-thousand transactions, that means that the cumulative total of gross revenue generated by this list is probably somewhere in the neighborhood of $200,000 or so. Granted, I skewed conservatively, and without concrete data it’s just guesswork on my part, but it means that Home might be raking in about $2.5M to $4M annually off of microtransactions.

Hence why something like the Mansion or the Gold Suit bundle can really skew the numbers. I doubt the price has a huge impact on the number of transactions, and it generates a lot more revenue per user.

I’m sure there are other revenue streams in Home, but it’s worth thinking about just how much (or, more accurately perhaps, how little) money is actually being netted from this channel.

By: johneboy1970

johneboy1970 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:24:17 +0000

I, for one, am very happy to see the Cutteridge Estate on the list. I bought this on day one, and it’s become one of my favorite personal spaces. Sure you get a nifty reward -- but its the place itself which keeps me comming back. The amazing attention to detail (have you taken a good look at the wallpaper), the occasional ghost sightings, intermittent rainfall, the sheer size of the place, and the gloomy ambiance just keeps me comming back for more. Add to this that Juggernaut games mantioned something about future upgrades on thier Facebook page, and we just may have something which is not only good at first blush but may also have some endurance on the sales charts. A very good entrance into the Home market indeed.

By: darksoldier23

darksoldier23 — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:34:54 +0000

I just love those cute kittens!!!!

By: Kassadee Marie

Kassadee Marie — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:26:59 +0000

Oh dear, Norse. I own over 20 companions! What can I say, I’m a sucker for them. The cute ones, especially.