Machinarium submitted to Sony after Microsoft refusal

[rocketpig]

Rainbird said:

rocketpig said:

akuseru said:

Seece said:
Why can't they appeal to a third party publisher? Why does it have to be a big one like Microsoft or Sony?

They want to piggy back off the reputation of a big name without a price?

"It means if we want to release the game on XBLA we must throw, probably, most of the profit out of the window -- to the publisher. Just because we created Mac and Linux versions."

That's why. Aren't we always saying here on these forums that everything in this business is about making profit and getting them dollars?

Again, massive misquote. Let's see how much they "throw out the window" by getting a publisher.

Namely, to be on XBL, PSN, or Wii, they NEED A PUBLISHER. THEY WILL LOSE THE "SAME" AMOUNT OF MONEY.

Really? Is this hard?

Wait wait wait, didn't you just bash people for not reading the article and discuss with me how they can't publish the game themselves on XBLA, but can on PSN and WiiWare?

The whole issue here is that they want to publish the game themselves and not pay a publisher, but Microsoft won't allow that, whereas Sony and Nintendo will.

Who "publishes" these games? It seems to me like a strawman argument. If the game was that good, someone would pick it up. MS doesn't publish XBL games. If the dev has to shop around, it's either a a crap game or something that needs a bit of love, one of which I'm a huge fan of coddling and possibly helping into mainstream.