Sony: 'Publishers Are Getting the Living Crap Kicked Out of Them by Microsoft'

[Mr Khan]

Darth Tigris said:

PullusPardus said:

Mr Khan said:
I find this entire argument vexing.

I am correct in assuming that publishing =/= allowing the game on the service at all, right?

you are wrong, thats what publishing is.

Actually YOU are wrong this time.  There are many XBLA games that are not published by Microsoft Game Studios.  In fact, the only difference between XBLA and XBLIG titles is that XBLA games require a publisher.

And being published is just about being given a leg up, so my assumption is the studios complaining about Microsoft are complaining that they're not giving them a leg up by publishing for them?

If that is the case, how bad has the entitlement attitude gotten among digital games developers?