Talk:Profitability/@comment-4102115-20110704145211

There was some discussion within the main article between Ezcry4t3d and an anonymous poster about the income per hour of upgraded Burger Restaurants that was going to be moved to this comments section. On the assumption or given that the repair rate is 7.1%, then I agree with Ezcry's calculation of Burger Restaurant's income DECREASING with each upgrade, but remaining positive and giving +291/hour (although my calculation gave $284/hour as I think Ezcry's calculations compunded rounding). Mathematically, the delta (change) between upgrades has to be smooth (for want of the proper mathematical term). But on the graph it makes no sense - the jump from L0 to L1 is a massive swing to the negative, and then from L1 to L2 to L3 to L4 to L5 are just small changes. Unfortuantely obviously ParadijsEiland either made an incorrect calculation or used data from a faulty table. Therefore a L5 Burger Restaurant on the graph would still be placed at the bottom before the Disco Club as being the most unprofitable building of all (incuding villa, see below), but not actually a negative income (based on 7.1% repair rate).

Re: Villa - as per my note (and other peopls notes) below - the repair cost of the villa changed with v1.0.21 to $66,000 for a L0 Villa. That changes it from a negative to a positive income earner also, so you can delete the words "with the exception of the villa over the long term" as even the villa is a positive earner. Villa Profit/hr no upgrades = +$735/hour And upgraded to 5th level gives +$1385/hour which puts it on Paradij's graph at around the Galaxy Restaurant position.