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Microsoft pays developers to include their game into Game Pass, some also have extra financial bonuses, such as if a game reaches a certain amount of players/downloads via Game Pass, Microsoft will pay them even more, so if you want to support a developer to the fullest extent, sub to Game Pass, play it via Game Pass and then when you're done, buy it and you cover all angles, if that's what you want to do.