Indie licenses for multiple games having gross revenue over 200k

FMOD Studio
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Hi,

I’m sort of an indie dev, just starting my journey. The current licensing description is unclear to me, namely the total revenue by developer and the fee(per title). I was hoping someone could clear things for me, cause I didn’t find the answers or didn’t understand the topics regarding my questions.

  1. If I release a game using FMOD and indie license, then my game exceeds total revenue of 200,000$, I must pay the 2000$ for that game, right?
  2. If I release another game, or multiple games, since I have already exceeded 200,000$ threshold (the revenue part says specifically Total gross revenue / funding per year for the developer), that means I must pay for every other of my games 2000$, even if they don’t make money?
  3. If I release a game with FMOD and it makes very low or almost no gross revenue, then 6 months later I release another game and it makes 200,000$+ in 12 month, I must pay the 2000$ fee for the last game and the first one also?

So I don’t understand why would you tie the gross revenue to the developer, not to a specific title, since the fee is charged for a title. As I understand now, once I pass 200,000$ mark in a 12month period, I’m obligated to pay 2000$ fee for every of my existing titles/games where I used FMOD engine regardless if they make any profit or not.

What I was expecting was I release a game using FMOD, it generates 200,000$ gross revenue, then I pay the fee. Then I release another game, it generates 200,000$ and I pay the fee for it also and so on.

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My bad, missed the contact form via email. Answers to my questions were:

  1. No, the license at the time of release is still valid.
  2. If your annual revenue is over $200k, the license fee for each Indie game is $2,000
  3. The fee for each game is determined at the time of release.

Basically, the license(as fees) is locked at the time of release and remain the same. Once $200k gross revenue is reached, new projects with budget below $600k must be licensed with a fee of $2k.

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