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Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy it was one of the best games of 2021, but the sales numbers didn’t back it up. That’s why it wasn’t a huge surprise to hear about its arrival on Xbox Game Pass. That said, it’s unlikely that Microsoft would have been cheap to pay what it takes to offer it on the service, and one analyst thinks he knows how much he paid.
The thing is, David Gibson, an analyst at MST Financial, recently posted a tweet that caught the attention of Xbox Game Pass users and gamers in general. In it he mentions that it is very likely that Microsoft paid between $5 million and $10 million to carry Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy to your gaming service for Xbox and PC.
For all those who wonder where these numbers come from- I have been covering Square Enix as an Analyst for 15yrs and talk to them regularly. Terms of a Xbox agreement are confidential but these are my estimate based in discussions with Square and others .
— David Gibson (@gibbogame) March 26, 2022
Taking into account the upper limit of this range, this means that Square Enix received from Microsoft what it would have generated from the sale of approximately 166,666 copies of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy at full price ($60 USD). With that in mind, it would be interesting to know how many players decided to give the game a try just because it hit the service.
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It’s important to note that, to date, Microsoft hasn’t confirmed how much it pays different distributors to make its games available on Xbox Game Pass. So how does Gibson have this information? The analyst assures that he is an estimate based on talks he has had with Square Enix “and others”.
Now, while this is an estimate and should not be taken as confirmed fact, this figure is worth paying attention to. We say this because Gibson is an analyst who has covered Square Enix and the gaming industry in Japan for more than 15 years. Thus, he is a person with good contacts.
It is worth mentioning that, a few days ago, Microsoft made a blog post talking about Xbox Game Pass. In it, he noted that he has paid “hundreds of millions of dollars” to bring games to Xbox Game Pass since the service debuted. Considering this, it is not unreasonable to think that Microsoft has paid close to $10 million to have a AAA production of a Marvel franchise.
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