| pokoko said: A. Link? I haven't heard of this before. B. You're telling me Bethesda gets a cut of online fees for Skyrim? 2k for Borderlands? Prove this to me. |
A. One doesn't exist because such things wouldn't be out in public to see. The inner workings of PS+ and XBL are locked down hard. The only model we have any rough knowledge of, ironically, is the eShop from indie devs talking about it. If info like this were public, it'd ruin the system.
B. They could if its played enough, I'd wager, or depending on what the deals were when the games were published. I suspect low-key/dated titles do not get near the same sorts of deals cut as things like Destiny.
And, yes, before you say it: it's entirely hypothetical because this stuff would never be publically available. But publishers and the consoles are constantly cutting deals, PS+/XBL are, without doubt, involved as part of the profit margins. They are, afterall, free "advertising" for the console holder to leverage their online services and sub-fees, no way in hell does Activision pass up a slice of that pie for a title like Destiny. This is exactly how all sub-fees work. Its a big pie and companies that feed it with games, want cuts of that profit or... no games.
They get paid for the game, one way or the other.
