In other cases, however, game sales may grow over time thanks to being included in Game Pass.
As a result, the number of developers interested in working with Game Pass continues to grow."
For developers, that means creating another option for how they monetize their games."
“For them, they’ve protected themselves from any downside risk.
The game is going to get made.
Then they have all the retail upside, we have the opportunity for day and date.
That would be a flat fee payment to a developer,” he said.
Still, other deals involve usage and how much monetization a game has through in-game sales.
If this all sounds like the Wild West, it’s because it is.
Spencer has been frank in acknowledging Microsoft doesn’t have all the answers.
When we started, we had a model that was all based on usage.
The indie game Descenderssaw its sales quadrupleafter it arrived on Game Pass, for example.
publicly share the terms of its deals with developers and publishers.
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