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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by stordoff on Monday February 01, 2021 @07:08PM (#25995895)
> How do you pay out developers? I’m a developer, I make a game, I say I’m going to put it in Game Pass, a customer pays [you] $14.99 a month. How do you decide how much to pay me, the developer?

> [Phil Spencer, head of Xbox:] [In] certain cases, we’ll pay for the full production cost of the game. Then they get all the retail opportunity on top of Game Pass. They can go sell it on PlayStation, on Steam, and on Xbox, and on Switch. For them, they’ve protected themselves from any downside risk.

https://www.theverge.com/21611412/microsoft-phil-spencer-int...

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Re:Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing busin... by Danieru on Monday February 01, 2021 @09:15PM (#25996750)
GamePass deals are fixed price, the "full production cost" is not an exact truth. For most indies the deal price represents an over shoot over costs, or just a large percent of cost. This is logical: no one ever shares their internal production costs. Like any business you treat business partners at arm's length.

Source: gamedev who has heard from serveral devs who got offers.

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