WanderingPlotor said:mikachu93 said:I'm not at all surprised to see people (for the last week or two, not just here) asking for some generous fire sale on non-BC games, but Microsoft doesn't determine what goes on sale. Publishers and developers do. Could you imagine if it was the other way around? "We at Microsoft have decided your split of the profits for your game will be $1.50 this week, and you will like it."
I have contacted Ubisoft about DLC that never goes on sale, and they say it has to do with Microsoft. I'm sure it is often actually both parties working together to decide what can be put on sale at what price. For example if no publishers initiate a sale in a given week, I'm sure someone at Microsoft gets on the horn with publishers and helps grease the wheels. Can you imagine what would happen if there was a week with no sales, because no publishers wanted one? Microsoft would not tolerate that.
The person at Ubisoft lied. Imagine if Ubisoft wanted to put AC Valhalla on sale for $30, but Microsoft forced AC Valhalla to remain at $60 for the next 3 years, while discounting Halo and Gears to $30.
What the person at Ubisoft really meant was Ubisoft have full control over the price of their content, but only Microsoft determine which sales will be promoted each week. I have found content on sale that Major Nelson simply did not mention.
Ubisoft is a bad example because they have a great relationship with Microsoft. Ubisoft are constantly putting their content on sale, especially when not much else is on sale that week.
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