Before Ark: Survival Evolved was available for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass, Sony and Microsoft had to pay a heavy price.
last Ethan Gach, journalist from Kotaku Find out interesting information in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Snail Games USA on September 16 revealed that Sony had to pay $ 3.5 million to bring ARK: Survival Evolved to PlayStation Plus in the past month.
Additionally, Microsoft paid $ 2.5 million to keep ARK: Survival Evolved on Xbox Game Pass in the first half of this year. and paying an additional $ 2.3 million to bring ARK 2 to Xbox Game Pass when it officially launches.
Sony paid $ 3.5 million to make ARK: Survival Evolved a March PS Plus game.
Microsoft has paid $ 2.5 million to keep it on Game Pass for the first half of this year and $ 2.3 million to bring ARK 2 to the service when it launches.
Via September SEC filing. https://t.co/dl1VZOpXE8 pic.twitter.com/RSouPcAfyZ
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This is because Sony and Microsoft never divulged any information about the monthly subscription deal because it was a trade secret. Gamers might be surprised not to think that bringing games to play via the subscription system would cost that much.
Neither Sony nor Microsoft have commented on the news and until then, if there is any interesting news about the game, the GamingDose team will continue to report.
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