Now, let's say the expenses are super high! Let's assume Wube has to give 2/3 of its revenue away. Or rather, Wube plan to sell Factorio copies in the worth of $17.5 MILLION DOLLARS THIS YEAR ALONE. Considering the price will soon be increased, let's see how much revenue Wube will be getting from 500,000 copies in 2023, shall we?ĥ00,000 copies X $35 per copy = $17,500,000 projected revenue for 2023.

Exactly 25.5 YEARS.Īlso, according to Wube's OWN numbers, they said they are selling roughly 500,000 copies every year. Meaning, if RiO's assesment of them having $38 million in the bank, they could finance the current level of game development for. Or, multiplied by 12 months, to arrive at the yearly cost for salary expenditures, we get: (Note: this is THREE TIMES MORE than the average salary in Czech Republic!) Let's say those 31 employees get a salary of $4000/month. So let me actually be generous to the fanboys and add stuff in Wube's favor. This is not a company with 2,500 employees and a huge building in Seattle or something. Let's see how 2023 would work out for Wube, according to their own provided data, shall we?įirst, small potatoes? They were a 9 man team until a couple of years ago! (When they made the $101M+ in revenue). You are free to provide your own calculation, though. Which is small potatoes when you run a company, as I understand it. Originally posted by FullFrontal Asschemist: Just FYI, the game's loyal followers will try to convince you that even a profit of $38 million dollars (the lowest possible number they have been able to arrive at, lmao!) is 'small potatoes.' 😁 Is inflation going to even be noticeable to Wube, though? Let's see how this year will work for them below. On a serious note, this move is just an insult to people's intelligence.

It's completely justified and makes total sense.

AND still counting.īut they need to increase the price for $5 to 'adjust for inflation.' I'm sure $100+ million won't be enough for that and can't cover their bills and pay their developers (which, not sure if you know, but they have THOUSANDS of developers for Factorio). So Factorio has sold over 3.5 million copies since its release according to the devs.Īccording to Video Game Insights (link above) = $101,400,000īasically 101.4 MILLION DOLLARS in revenue.

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