Why on EARTH would I pre-order from UBISOFT!!!

[David603]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Developer = maddox games
Publisher = Ubi in the west, 1C in the east

The 60:40 or 70:30 deal is between steam and publisher, not the developer.

Maddox games is not self-publishing, they are using two publishing companies, so they are not the ones getting that 70%.

Just to be clear, Maddox Games is 1C: Maddox Games, owned (at least in part) by 1C. So there will be a predefined scheme to share profits between 1C and Oleg, and this will stand whatever platform the game is then published on.

Based on the article Novotny posted, in a boxed copy sale via Ubisoft the revenue will be split about 60% Retail store, 25% Ubisoft and 15% 1C/Oleg.

Download sale via Ubisoft will probably go something like 50-60% Ubisoft, 40-50% 1C/Oleg, assuming the deal for sharing profits is the same between Ubisoft and 1C/Oleg.

Sale via Steam will however go 30-40% Steam, 60-70% 1C/Oleg, with Ubisoft out of the loop because of 1C's policy of retaining the download release rights for their games.

To sum up, Oleg gets the most money from a Steam sale, might at best get a similar/slightly lower amount from Ubisoft Download, and gets a fraction of the amount from a boxed copy sale.