Documents leaked in court revealed that Microsoft's game subscription ``Xbox Game Pass'' was generating revenue of about 28 billion yen per month



In January 2022, Microsoft

announced the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, a game company that develops games such as 'Diablo' and 'Overwatch,' but the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ruled that this acquisition may violate antitrust laws. filed a lawsuit against Microsoft . Microsoft's claims were accepted in the trial, and an appeal by the FTC has already been dismissed , but Microsoft's internal documents leaked in connection with this trial reveal that Xbox Game Pass , a paid game subscription service provided by Microsoft, is worth a large amount of money. It turned out that they were making a profit of .

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In the lawsuit between Microsoft and the FTC over the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft's claims were fully accepted, and the acquisition of Activision Blizzard moved forward. However, in connection with this case, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California inadvertently released internal Microsoft documents that should not have been made public. In addition, in this trial, the masking process of confidential documents submitted by Sony was lenient, and important confidential information related to the game business, such as game development costs and 'Call of Duty' revenue , was leaked .

You can understand more about how Microsoft's confidential documents were leaked by reading the article below.

Confidential documents related to Xbox plans until 2030, including new Xbox Series X, new controller equipped with gyro, next generation Xbox, leaked due to Microsoft's mistake - GIGAZINE



Microsoft's internal document that was leaked this time also included a slide regarding the revenue of Xbox Game Pass, a game subscription service developed by Microsoft. Xbox Game Pass has a plan for PC, a plan for consoles, and a plan called Xbox Game Pass Ultimate that combines both.

According to game-related media TweakTown, which obtained the slide, Xbox Game Pass generated an average revenue of $9.26 (about 1,370 yen) per subscription. TweakTown said, ``As of January 2022, we know that there were approximately 25 million Xbox Game Pass subscribers, so Xbox Game Pass will be worth approximately $231.5 million in April 2022 (at the then current rate). It may have generated revenue of approximately 28 billion yen).'



Also included in the leaked documents was an email estimating the cost of adding various game titles to Xbox Game Pass. In an email sent in May 2022, Sarah Bond, Xbox's vice president of games, listed 18 third-party game titles that could be offered through Xbox Game Pass and noted their expected costs. About.

Bond's team estimated that it would cost as much as $100 million to add Ubisoft's new game, later named Assassin's Creed Mirage, to Xbox Game Pass on the day of its release. Ta. However, this speculation is based on the game being scheduled to be released in early 2023, and at the time of writing, the expected release date is October 5, 2023, so this speculation may have changed later. There is a gender.

In addition, if EA tries to add the game ' Star Wars Jedi: Survivor ' released in April 2023 to Xbox Game Pass on the day of release, EA will demand a contract fee of $ 300 million (about 45 billion yen). It was estimated that there was a possibility that Mr. Bond acknowledged that ``Star Wars Jedi: Survivor'' has high value, but predicted that the profit rate would not be high due to the high cost.

Other games such as `` Dying Light 2 '' and `` Gotham Knights '' were estimated to cost $50 million (approximately 7.4 billion yen), while `` Grand Theft Auto V '' costs 12 million to 1,500 per month. It is predicted that the price will be 10,000,000 dollars (approximately 1.8 billion yen to 2.2 billion yen), and it is suggested that there will also be monthly contracts with variable amounts.

What is attracting particular attention is that Microsoft at the time announced that the cost of adding Baldur's Gate 3, an RPG based on TRPG's Dungeons & Dragons, to Xbox Game Pass on the day of release was $5 million (approx. 40 million yen), which was a significant underestimate. 'Balter's Gate 3' has received overwhelmingly high praise since its release, with the peak number of concurrent users on Steam exceeding 870,000 .

Regarding this prediction, Larian Dowse, publishing director of Larian Studio, which developed ``Balter's Gate 3'', said, ``In defense of Microsoft, other parties had the same evaluation.'' Divinity: The same goes for 'Original Sin 2, ''' he said, admitting that it would have been difficult to predict Baldur's Gate 3's huge success before its release.



In addition, Microsoft's internal documents leaked in connection with the same lawsuit revealed that Microsoft was considering acquiring not only Activision Blizzard but also Nintendo.

Leaked internal emails reveal that Xbox's top executive wanted to buy Nintendo - GIGAZINE



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