How much does it cost to offer a game on a subscription service like PS Plus or Xbox Game Pass? There is no universal version because each license or relationship with each company can vary. With the Ark franchise however we can have an example of how much the franchise has been valued by PlayStation and Xbox.
Despite the fact that these types of deals are usually prepared discreetly and without offering any more details than the announcement itself, Snail filed a very detailed report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2022, revealing how much it cost. ‘inclusion of Ark: Survival Evolved on PlayStation and Xbox services.
Sony paid $ 3.5 million to make Ark: Survival Evolved available on the PS4 platform and PS Plus program for a period of 5 weeks. The deal was reached at the end of last year and the game remained available for download for most of March 2022.
“In November 2021, the company entered into an agreement with Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (‘Sony’) to make Ark 1 available on the PS4 platform and PS Plus program for a period of 5 weeks in exchange for $ 3.5 million.“reads the document.
How much did it cost to bring the game to Xbox Game Pass? The short answer is that in the six months in which Ark: Ultimate Survivor Edition was available on Game Pass, Snail Inc. itself recognized in the same document the income of 2.5 million dollars relating to a perpetual license. And what about Ark 2? On Xbox Game Pass, the game will remain available to subscribers for 3 years.
Source: GamesRadar
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