Epic lawsuit shows Sony asks publishers for compensation if MTX / playerbase ratio falls below certain amount compared to the cross-platform revenue
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Seeing this HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - ATTORNEYS' EYES ONLY document right after binging the Phoenix Wright Trilogy is a bit surreal lmao.
On topic though, this blows. As it turns out, "Play" as legally defined limits.
On topic though, this blows. As it turns out, "Play" as legally defined limits.
It means that if PSN accounts for X% of the gameplay time for a game, Sony expect that they will get close to (or above) X% of the platform holder revenue for that game, and if their share is too far below that, they want royalty money to make up that difference.
So if Fortnite brings in US$100M per month, there's platform holder revenue there of around US$30M. If 50% of the time spent on Fortnite is through PSN, Sony expect to see US$15M as a result of that. If it's less than 85% of that (US$12.75M), they expect payments to make up the difference.
probably a share of MXT of the players of other consoles, is my guess.
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Technically it wants to have the same level of money coming from them as people playing. If the ratio goes below 0.85 (people play but dont spend most on PSN) you need to pay.
any proof? Unless something else comes out, no need to play 'both sides' on this specific issue.
Kinda, but not exactly. If the game is being played more on PlayStation in a given month but the revenue generated is disproportionately low by comparison then the developers incur a fee.
Yeeeep.
Genshin is too big, it's cheaper to buy stuff on adroid for example, and MHY probably would tell them to fuck off with those royalties.
That was already going to be the case considering that the likes of ASW are avoiding Xbox, but this only makes matters worse.
That's not it. If 90% of people play on ps4 and only 40% of revenue goes to PS4, THEN they have to pay.
If 40% play on ps4 and 40% revenue goes to ps4 nothing is paid.
it will come out through the lawsuit as more people see all the industry numbers.
LMAO
Man, this lawsuit has been good solely for exposing shit like this. Hopefully we get a lot more dirty laundry like this!
