| Ronster316 said: You raise some fair points Madworld. But indie games (and a lot of them exclusive) continue to release on 360 on an almost weekly basis. There's a HUGE amount of indie & XBLA games in general available. They just never got the attention they deserved on places like here because they did not apparently matter at that time during the console wars. The wars are changing though. People are backtracking on what is important or not. |
There was also *alot* of crap on there, and i mean a lot of crap (XLBA).
Who says people are backtracking. If said people didnt have a Xbox before perhaps they were getting indie games on PC or iPad before. Perhaps people have decided its time to get a new console, and indie games being available is an added dimension. People seem to forget this current generation has been going on far too long. So perhaps BOB had a PC and a console (maybe an Xbox360), and got most of their indie games on PC... they've had their console for quite a few years and are getting pretty bored with it. They see two consoles, they don't have a preference in terms of online or AAA games, but look at indies and think wow cool..
I guess what I am saying is, what was important to gamers before may not be important to them now, or may have more importance. It's a new generation and people might have different requirements from their console than they expected before. In the last 12 months I have purchased more indie games on PSN/Vita than i have this last generation. I think things are changing, and MS dropped the ball by not even considering the indie market as part of their strategy. I am sure they will hit back, but I think they are on the back foot and considering the launch window is so similar between both consoles, price/indie games is just another thing in Sony's favour.
I am really excited about the next big game... WatchDogs/Infamous/Destiny, but I am also pretty excited by Octodad...lol.
Making an indie game : Dead of Day!
