TalonJedi87 wrote:> I mean yeah...here's an article I found with some absurd gauging licensing fees for
> GP games (present or future). Some are monthly fees, others are 1 time fees. And
> for the record I wouldn't pay 50 cents to have Gotham Knights on my anything... that
> game was just a barrel of disappointment.
>
> "Here’s the full breakdown of estimated costs for including games on Xbox Game
> Pass (whether at launch, or years after launch in the case of GTA V and Red Dead
> Redemption 2):
>
> Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – US $300 million
> Mortal Kombat 1 – US $250 million
> Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League – US $250 million
> Assassin’s Creed Mirage – US $100 million
> Gotham Knights – US $50 million
> Dying Light 2 – US $50 million
> Lego Star Wars – US $35 million
> Grand Theft Auto V – US $12-15 million per month
> Red Dead Redemption 2 – US $5 million per month
> Dragon Ball: The Breakers – US $20 million
> Wreckfest 2 – US $10-14 million
> Return to Monkey Island – US $5 million
> Just Dance – US $5 million
> Net Crisis Glitch Busters – US $5 million
> Blood Runner – US $5 million
> Baldur’s Gate 3 – US $5 million"
>
Yeah, more amazing journalism at work I see. Those numbers are not what they paid, or were willing to pay. Those numbers are what they thought the partner, a.k.a. the developer/publisher, would ask for their game to be on the service. That is all that is. And it has notes about the game and their thoughts on it being on the service. None of it is concrete or shows any of the actual money involved in any deals. They've never actually said themselves how it works or what they pay. We have just gotten little bits and pieces from smaller devs, and mostly all they have to say is it really helped them out due to the deal they made for it.
Here is link to images of the actual emails with the info:
https://imgur.com/a/pHi74DqIts getting pretty bad with all these lame ass gaming new sites. None of them have legit info anymore. Just like all media these days really. They all just change the info to fit their own narrative with little regard for the actual truth.