• schmidtster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think gamepass doesn’t fall under you charging yourself for the game, so those devs may not be affected.

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      1 year ago

      I’m not a lawyer who can properly interpret the legalese but I don’t think this is the case.

      Selling your game to a publisher or a third party to distribute it counts as the developer making revenue off the game.

      Edit: Actually I may be incorrect - The apparent wording of the license says the publisher or distributor would pay the per install fee. I’m not sure how that would work, unless they’re planning to send a bill to Steam/Microsoft/EA/etc. I will have to reread the terms.