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'The gold rush is over:' Slay the Spire and Darkest Dungeon devs say that big Game Pass and Epic exclusive deals have dried up for indie devs (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 5 months ago by mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago

I really wonder how the palworld devs feel about being gamepass day 1. I have no idea what the payouts look like for them. It probably got a lot more people to try their game, but would they have done better selling it only on steam? They probably weren't in a position to negotiate a very favorable contract with Microsoft.

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 44 points 5 months ago

I think that's looking at the deal in hindsight. Palworld had just as good a chance at flopping completely as hitting #1 worldwide, I imagine they were grateful for the opportunity to have some guaranteed income at the time.

[-] _sideffect@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Some? Didn't they make over 400m?

[-] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 29 points 5 months ago

I think they meant guaranteed income prior to selling the game, since they had no way of knowing how successful (if at all) the game was going to be once released.