• joneskind@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    To be fair I think Polygon have misunderstood the email.

    They surely misunderstood the second run Stadia/PC RPG mention.

    That doesn’t mean Microsoft underestimated it

    What does mean Microsoft underestimated it is that part: Expected partner range: ~$5M range

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      1 year ago

      Their publisher also expected the game to have about one-tenth of the actual players. I don’t think anyone knew how big it would be.

      The $5M also refers to what they thought Larian would want for it to be included on Game Pass.

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        1 year ago

        Their publisher also expected the game to have about one-tenth of the actual players. I don’t think anyone knew how big it would be.

        Absolutely.

        The $5M also refers to what they thought Larian would want for it to be included on Game Pass.

        Yes and that’s precisely my point. Because they didn’t see how successful the game would be. Otherwise, they would have thought of a much bigger number.