Sooo 5 Million in first 24 hours..

[Karmaterror 982]

Was good to hear that Dayz pre alpha was such a success. But what will this cash injection actually mean for the project? Will it mean more staff to help advance quicker, or will that be a lot of marketing cash for further towards the game actually coming out?

 

This thread is to speculate, discuss and share info you have found about it. Maybe even a dev response :)

[terrvik 2409]

Lambos and herpes!

[Aussie Bogan 350]

Good question!

 

Rocket/Dev team we require an answer :D

[GOD™ 2795]

Hey guys, remember the last time we had speculation?

 

 

Edited December 21, 2013 by GOD™

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

5 milion? Could i get a source?

[pants! 83]

Good question!

 

Rocket/Dev team we require an answer :D

Hush now. He's busy.

[Inception. 9443]

Hey guys, remember the last time we had speculation?

 

 

Oh dear GOD, please don't make this a rhinoCRUNCH topic.

[St. Jimmy 1631]

Almost 324K survivors already. Not bad start.

[GOD™ 2795]

Oh dear GOD, please don't make this a rhinoCRUNCH topic.

 

Juuuust a reminder.

[terrvik 2409]

5 milion? Could i get a source?

 

My guess is he got it from here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/130679-DayZ-Alpha-Sells-172K-in-Its-First-Day

 

An article isn't really a source though so my guess is that people have just multiplied the number of unique players with the price and subtracted the cut Valve takes. Speculations really. :)

Edited December 21, 2013 by Terrorviktor

[Aussie Bogan 350]

Almost 324K survivors already. Not bad start.

I don't know where the 5million figure came from it's ceratinly not players :/

 

324k players X $30 =9,720,000        <<<< That is not a bad Gross profit

 

So as mentioned before where is all that money going???

 

I think we as the supporters of this great game have a right to know....

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

My guess is he got it from here: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/130679-DayZ-Alpha-Sells-172K-in-Its-First-Day

 

An article isn't really a source though so my guess is that people have just multiplied the number of unique players with the price and subtracted the cut Valve takes. Speculations really. :)

Oh, right, i forgot to use math :/

Thanks mate :)

[Wo3dy 111]

all those millions mean millions of canned beans

[St. Jimmy 1631]

I don't know where the 5million figure came from it's ceratinly not players :/

 

324k players X $30 =9,720,000        <<<< That is not a bad Gross profit

 

So as mentioned before where is all that money going???

 

I think we as the supporters of this great game have a right to know....

http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/18/5224302/dayz-launch-day-172k-copies-5-17m-sales

http://maruksp.tumblr.com/post/70324805302/first-day-of-dayz-alpha-hours-passed-24

 

The copies sold seems to be even bit bigger than the amount of survivors in the first page.

Seems like they've just multiplied the amount of sold with $30.

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

As long as they keep developing the game, I couldn't care less what they spend their money on.

Edited December 21, 2013 by bad_mojo

[FroztyReaper 46]

Well here is the thing. They got a cash injection now. And it will fund development since BI would be insane to cancel a game that made 10mil$ in alpha. So pretty sure we will see a endgame :D :D :D

On the otherhand. Its BI's money now. And they are not obligated to invest further into this project.

 

But as i said. They made alot more money of arma 2 thanks to dean. So end game i belive is guaaranteed

[terrvik 2409]

So as mentioned before where is all that money going???

 

Paying salaries. Paying office rent. Electricity. Valve gets a cut.

 

This is a really good article about how games cost a lot more to create than most understand, more specifically in this case why a new character in the game Skullgirls (a 2D game) needed 100 000 dollars to be made: http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/the-little-fighting-game-that-could/1100-4587/

 

From the article:

• $48,000: Staff Salaries - 8 people for 10 weeks
• $30,000: Animation and Clean-up Contracting
• $4,000: Voice recording
• $2,000: Hit-box Contracting
• $5,000: Audio Implementation Contracting
• $20,000: QA Testing
• $10,000: 1st Party Certification
• $10,500: IndieGoGo and Payment Processing Fees
• $20,500: Manufacturing and Shipping Physical Rewards

(that's just ONE new character!)

 

Obviously this isn't the case with all games but it gives a good idea that just because you make lots of money off sales you don't neccessarily make a huge profit. Think of all the time that has passed without any income from DayZ, and the time that is yet to come!

 

EDIT: But most importantly lambos and herpes of course.

Edited December 21, 2013 by Terrorviktor

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

The think most people don't understand is how a simple feature could be very expensive to develop. I remember in Path of Exile, there were 1000$ donation pack, and if you donated that much you would get to make and name a unique item in the game. The thing is, that 1k$ didn't cover the expenses for making that item most of the time.

 

DayZ did get a cash injection, but i don't think it would be enough to develop the whole game

[Aussie Bogan 350]

I have an understanding to some extent of what it costs to develop a game it is not cheat at all...

Although i strong believe these makers of SA will get their moneys worth..

 

There at 9m already i have no idea how much this game cost to make all up.. But i believe there profit margin will be enormous....

 

Give it time i guess and we will see where it goes :D

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

I think it's going to be just fine :)

Rocket and the crew developed the mod in their own expense for a long time, and they didn't even accept donations. I'm serious, so many people wanted to donate to support it, and i vividly remember seing a thread about it on this forum that Rocket commented he won't accept any kind of a donation.

 

They have Bohemia support for the standalone as far as i know so it's going to be fine

[Psyl3nt 125]

I guess sitting on their yachts int he caribbean snorting cocaine from the buttcracks of morrocan schooolboys . . . ;p 

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

I guess sitting on their yachts int he caribbean snorting cocaine from the buttcracks of morrocan schooolboys . . . ;p 

 

 

Hm, where is that Rocket comment about spending the money on hookers and cocaine....

[psychopigeon 32]

This is a concern with kickerstarter-like projects, the devs could do a sloppy job, or as BI runs things, they could take the money and not spend it on the actual game

[twingunz 308]

I find this interesting and would love to know if the extra money (or a percentage) goes to further development or if the game has predetermined funds to the project by bohemia; meaning all money would be perceived as just profit and goes to CEO's pockets and fancy lunches but this i'm 100% we will never ever know.

 

Anyone saying that because they bought the game they have a right to know.. shut up, no you do not have any right to know anything i hate that weak entitled mentality, i'm surprised you know how to breath so shhhh just be quiet as logic is not your strong suit :)

[shagulon 0]

While this will no doubt lead to more resources available for development in the short term, it reinforces that Dayz in a viable long term project. So in answer to the OP, it no doubt means a better end product. However, huge amounts of the cash goes into the companies/employees pockets. In the real world, people go to work for the purpose of profit....