03/05/21
Microsoft will not be reducing their for purchases made on the Xbox store to 12%, despite such an intention being revealed in a previously confidential documents. While the company
is still reducing its fee to 12% on the Windows 10 store as announced last week, they will be retaining the standard 70:30 split for Xbox purchases.
In response to the reporting on the issue, a Microsoft spokesperson told The Verge on Saturday that “[they] have no plans to change the revenue share for console games at this time,” and then followed up with a more definitive “We will not be updating the revenue split for console publishers.”