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Machiavellian on 25 June 2013
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Ajescent said:
sales2099 said:
Ajescent said:
sales2099 said:
See. With 5 months to go, thats a luxury MS can take to fix these things before the thing comes out.

Dont know why this is even a issue in the first place......indie devs typically need to be published and only the larger indie studios can afford to self publish.

But w/e, more games and less PS fans using it as a con.

It was an issue because MS were unwilling to move, it's now not an issue because MS are moving their collective asses, why? BECAUSE PEOPLE COMPLAINED!!!

This shouldn't have been one of the points to complain about. MS was the leading supporter of indie games for the entire gen. Only now is Sony levelling the field.

Why not? Just because they were the leading supporters doesn't give them a pass when they suddenly do a U-turn, if anything it makes them more eligible for a "What the hell hero?"

Whoever said they did a u-turn.  This was a quote on the subject from Don Mattrick when they made the X1 reveal(kotaku)

Mattrick: "We're going to have an independent creator program... There's no way we're going to build a box that doesn't support that."

MS already stated a while ago that they were creating a program for indie developers so this is no U-turn from them or something they changed.  When.  At the time they were not ready to talk specifics because they have an event coming up which is build that will go into all the detail.  The reason people got all bent out of shape is when the head of MS studios stated things will not change for XBLA which it will not.  You have always needed a publisher for XBLA and that probably will not change.  MS plan for indie developers and developers in general will change as they will open the platform to everyone.