![]() ![]() "Others want more based on usage and monetisation in whether it’s a store monetisation that gets created through transactions, or usage. Sometimes the developer’s more done with the game and it’s more just a transaction of, “Hey, we’ll put it in Game Pass if you’ll pay us this amount of money.” That would be a flat fee payment to a developer. Then they have all the retail upside, we have the opportunity for day and date. For them, they’ve protected themselves from any downside risk. They can go sell it on PlayStation, on Steam, and on Xbox, and on Switch. Then they get all the retail opportunity on top of Game Pass. " certain cases, we’ll pay for the full production cost of the game. ![]() They know they’re going to get this return. One of the things that’s been cool to see is a developer, usually a smaller to mid-sized developer, might be starting a game and say, “hey, we’re willing to put this in Game Pass on our launch day if you guys will give us X dollars now.” What we can go do is, we’ll create a floor for them in terms of the success of their game. "That sounds unmanaged, but it’s really based on the developer’s need. "Our deals are, I’ll say, all over the place," Spencer said. For other titles, Xbox is prepared to pay for the full cost of making a game. For some, the Big M will pay out a flat rate for a project to come to the platform on launch – which seems to be a minimum guarantee-type figure, the same as exclusivity on the Epic Games Store. Speaking to The Verge, the Xbox exec said that the deals vary. ![]() The head of Microsoft's games arm Phil Spencer has detailed how companies putting their releases into its Game Pass subscription service are paid. ![]()
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