It looks like Microsoft made a high steaks deal to get the indie Cooking Simulator onto Xbox Games Pass.
A filing from Polish developer Big Cheese Studio (translated by Twisted Voxel) reveals it was paid $600k by Microsoft, a result of which saw the game making its way onto Xbox’s subscription service.
This turned out to be a pretty great deal for the Polish studio, as the money it received from Microsoft was the equivalent of 22 percent of the company’s entire revenue during the previous fiscal year.