Reasonable said:
Remember his numbers are based on his sub-set, so while they may be correct for the sub-set they may not reflect a larger trend - i.e. he may just, by coincidence, got replies for 200 developers who were slowly moving more towards PSN vs XBLA while missing 400 developers going the other way. All survey's are a sub-set and you need to be careful how you apply them to the ful set. But, at least for the 200 interviewed, there clearly was a skew taking place from PSN to XBLA although I'd note it wasn't wholesale. Indie developers always move around a bit depending on platform, and TBH my reading was their main focus actually remains outside consoles and with mobile/tablets, etc. and that probably due to competition a number are focusing a bit more on PSN where there is less competition vs XBLA. And if PSN get's too competitive and XBLA less they'll swing back. Pretty normal back and forth sea-swell you expect from small organizations in most any industry not just indie developers for games. |
It is also possible that, while there are still more games released on XBLA on a weekly basis, it's still a relatively lower amount compared to PSN than it was before. The trend may be roughly accurate, while the totals (ie, PSN being more supported than XBLA) are not.