| -Newcloud- said: I'd say they'er kicking themselves for putting it on PS Plus |
Why? If Sony pays them $2 per PSN+ download and PSN+ downloads are 4 million that's still $8 million in the bank from PSN+. Would Rocket League have 400K $20 downloads off PSN if it didn't come to PSN+? Maybe, maybe not. But we can be pretty damned sure it wouldn't be 4 million+.
It's beyond doubt that Sony is paying something for each PSN+ download, the game isn't a free giveaway. It might be that Sony can convince 3rd parties that PSN+ downloads of old games don't need Sony to pay for each download. But a new release game, no way Sony is getting that for free.
Games are not free on PSN+, we're just paying for [renting actually] them by a different model. It's quite possible that the developer could get the full 1st month PSN+ sub if someone subscribes to PSN+ for the first time and the first download is Rocket League. So that might be as much as $5. We have no idea what the agreement is with a new release game going up on PSN+, but it'll sure be a bigger pay out than a year old game going up on PSN+.
I'm shit at playing this game, but I really enjoy the twitch streams of the top players.
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