A current SEC submitting has revealed how a lot Sony and Microsoft paid Ark: Survival Evolved developer Studio Wildcard to carry the multiplayer title to PlayStation Plus and Xbox Game Pass.

The submitting was noticed by Ark YouTuber “GP” (as highlighted by Kotaku senior reporter Ethan Gach) and was submitted in September 2022 as a part of Studio Wildcard guardian firm Snail Games’ current IPO bid.

The submitting reveals that Wildcard had a “long-term title license settlement (sport cross)” with Microsoft for a interval of three years ending December 31, 2021, which was then amended in June 2020 to “lengthen the Ark 1 sport cross perpetually efficient January 1, 2022, and to place Ark 2 on sport cross for 3 years upon launch.”

In phrases of how a lot these offers price Microsoft, the submitting notes that Wildcard obtained $2.5 million referring to the Ark 1 perpetual license for the primary half of 2022, and a deferred $2.3 million associated to bringing upcoming sequel Ark 2 to Xbox Game Pass.

In distinction, Sony paid Wildcard $3.5 million to carry Ark 1 to PlayStation 4 by way of PlayStation Plus for a interval of 5 weeks.

“Sony launched the 5-week program on March 1, 2022 and the Company acknowledged the complete quantity of income from this contract for the six months ended June 30, 2022, as the numerous efficiency obligation of constructing the sport accessible on the platform was met on the primary day of the contract,” continues the submitting.

There are another attention-grabbing tidbits too. At the highest of the doc, Snail explains that Ark has generated over 76.5 million console and PC installs, with 38.4 million of these ensuing from free promotions.

It added that by way of the six months ended June 30, 2022, Ark averaged a complete of 395,150 every day energetic customers (DAU) on Steam and Epic, delivering a peak of 755,000 DAU throughout that interval.