Indie games are 99.5% trash and not even worth a Dollar.
Somehow indie developers are the most vocal ones. They talk so much nonsense about something they have clearly no idea about.
I am glad MS divided the indie and XBLA section. I always thought that the really good indie games out of the 1000 trashy ones are on XBLA and not in the "indie" section. I browsed the indie section and it was such a nightmare. I mean, how many firework simulators do we really need?
Yesterday, I just made a thread about how much I enjoy State of Decay. This is one of the <10 indie games for an entire generation (8 years!) that is worth your time. Normally indie games get away with everything, because they are indie games. And self-publishing would notbe beneficial for the consumer, because all this will do is push so much crap in the market that really quality titles will be overshadowed.
I don't get why indie developers try to hate on MS anyway. Most of the "big" indie games are either MS exclusive or timed exclusive. Minecraft, State of Decay, Braid, Limbo or Fez for example.
In a word: I hope MS keeps on supporting the indie games like they are doing it now. Scout the best games, fund and release them. If there is a publisher for this game, let them release it on XBLA, because the publisher will do the same things MS did (scout, fund and release). Keep the indie section for the self-published trash.
Imagine not having GamePass on your console...
