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Subject: Microsoft Points Question for Bungie (or anyone that knows)
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“…On that day, half a century ago, our species was pushed to the crumbling edge of extinction, and as we teetered on that precipice, staring down into the abyss, a hand reached out, and pulled back from the brink, and gave us hope, The hand of a Hero.”

I know how to get Microsoft points, but how does Bungie get their money from the DLC?

Can you "cash in" the points spent on your DLC for money from Microsoft? Or do they pay you a lump sum to make the DLC and then reap all the rewards from your hard work?

I know you're not owned by them anymore, but this would also apply to other game developers.

[Edited on 12.18.2007 9:24 AM PST]

  • 12.18.2007 9:24 AM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

I think what happens is each point has a monetary value attached to it and Bungie gets about half of what the amount comes out to.

[Edited on 12.18.2007 9:35 AM PST]

  • 12.18.2007 9:32 AM PDT

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I believe Microsoft/XBL takes a certain percentage, but the company still reaps much of the reward. If you think about it, it costs almost nothing to host content on Xbox Live Marketplace, so anything they put up is just free money for Microsoft, in a manner of speaking.

I'll know more about the specifics of this in the future...

  • 12.18.2007 9:52 AM PDT
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I'll know more about the specifics of this in the future...


What are you hinting at, Mr. Sofullofsecrets?

  • 12.18.2007 10:19 AM PDT

Frank O'Connor is a 12-year veteran of the videogame magazine industry and has therefore never worked an honest day in his life.

The way MS has put it and how the xbox.com forums have discussed it is that MS is given percentage based on size, popularity and testing the content. This percentage is most likely not a standard flat rate as DLC downloads are going to vary based on game sales and also where you are within MS (so Bungie might not have to pay as much as EA since they were an internal studio)

You then have the normal lawyers and accountants and PR guys and marketing all talking and figuring out what the right charge is. The fee that they are going to be charged is narrowed down pretty quickly as most teams need a budget for DLC so they can make a schedule that makes them a profit. But it is really up to Bungie how much they charge for the maps, As sketch stated in majors podcast the "Halo 2 model" was not well liked by microsoft at first but many games are now using that strategy since it really does bring in more people.

  • 12.18.2007 10:48 AM PDT

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I'll know more about the specifics of this in the future...

What are you hinting at, Mr. Sofullofsecrets?

Secrets, obviously.

  • 12.18.2007 10:51 AM PDT