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Microsoft Cuts Indie Royalties in Half

Kotaku - February 22, 2008


Submitted by ItachiItachi (463) at 9:38AM PST on February 22, 2008


News of Microsoft's democratization of indie game development was overshadowed this week by an increasing discontent among established indie developers that the company was halving the royalties paid to them for future projects, several well-informed sources told Kotaku. Several developers directly affected by the cut told Kotaku that the once generous royalty share of 70 percent given to them by the company was within the past few months cut down to 35 percent.



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