Report: Microsoft Looking to Cut Xbox Store Fees to 12% - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 November 2021 / 4,181 Views
Microsoft last week announced it will reduce its cut of revenue from game sales on the Windows Store from 30 percent to just 12 percent starting August 1st. This reduction matches the 12 percent revenue split that Epic Games offers on its Epic Games Store, while Valve takes a 30 percent cut on revenue on Steam.
Confidential documents filed in the Epic Games vs. Apple case in January, which was spotted by The Verge, suggest that Microsoft had been looking at reducing its revenue cut on the Xbox Store from 30 percent to 12 percent. One table says "all games will move to 88 / 12 in CY21."
Microsoft did tell The Verge that it has no plans to change its revenue share on the Xbox Store right now. This could mean that either the plans have changed and it is no longer happening or it is possible they are not ready to announce the change.
"We have no plans to change the revenue share for console games at this time," said the Microsoft spokesperson.
The report also reveals that Microsoft has been planning to lower its revenue cut with games on the Windows Store, but with one difference. The games would need to work with xCloud for the better revenue share for publishers and developers.
"There is a proposal currently under Gaming Leadership Team consideration to adopt 88 / 12 as a public PC games revenue share for all games in exchange for the grant of streaming rights to Microsoft," reads the document.
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“We have no plans to change the revenue share for console games at this time,” --> so they are not looking into it at the moment unlike what the title says. Unless it is referring to the Windows store.
I believe this is to do with the PC Windows Store.
Isn't it more exciting when you can't tell the difference between "looking to cut" and "had been looking to cut"?
But hey, get dem clickz....
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