Games today come with that almost unsettling $60 price tag. Most of you probably wonder — where does that $60 go? Steve Perlman, the founder of OnLive, recently spoke at the Design Innovate Communicate Entertain Summit and gave everyone a look at how that $60 gets broken down.

This is where your money goes
As you can see, that $60 gets split up several different ways and in the end the publisher only ends up with a little less than half of what the retail price is. This should also help you understand why GameStop loves to sell used games. They are much more profitable.
Anatomy of a $60 video game [LA Times]
