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Gross profit doesn't include dev salaries, marketing or fixed costs such as offices. You're using the wrong metric.

Since when does gross profit not include salaries of employees that contribute directly to the product? Is that normal?

I think because they're a fixed cost they're deducted for net profit.

My mistake, net income is 1.5 to 2.8 billion a year for the past 6 years.

I can't wait for the world to shift to doing things for the good of the product instead of the good of the profit.

When I said it doesn't seem to be working I was referring to the fun not the money.

What makes you think that they care whether things are fun or not as long as they make money?

I think at some level AAA publishers realize that making money does eventually require providing fun, novel experiences.