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Study: Just 4% of games making a profit
Joystiq — ... We've got to be honest, we've tricked you a little bit. We put the most surprising fact from this Forbes story up there in the headline, just so you would read the story. Sure, that 96 percent of games lose money is a shocker, but game publishers are making ...

Gaming A Largely Unprofitable Business?
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... The making and selling of videogames is a tough business. According to research company EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design and Research), it's even tougher than you think. In a recent Forbes article, EEDAR president Geoffrey Zatkin boldy claimed that only "Only 4% of games that make it to market actually make a profit". That figure sounds ridiculous. Thankfully, ...

Game Profitability Clarification
Blue's News — ... . This seemed like a head-scratcher at the time, and sure enough, EEDAR clarifies that they were mis-quoted in the interview, and the proper statistic is that 4% off games "that enter production" return a profit. For clarity, here is the entire explanation: On Friday, November 21th, Forbes.com did an article on Electronic Entertainment Design and Research. The article is located here http://www.forbes.com/ebusiness/2008/11/21/games-eedar-developers-tech-ebiz-cx_mji_1121eedar.html . Unfortunately, there was a miss-quote in the article that a lot of sites noticed and reported ...