MS on parity clause: to make sure that players get the best Indie games. admits problems

[SvennoJ]

I saw this on Eurogamer. I find it kind of funny that in he promotes paid alphas in the same breath.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-03-21-phil-spencer-on-bringing-vr-paid-alphas-to-xbox-one

Microsoft's Phil Spencer has spoken about the possibility of bringing VR and paid alphas to Xbox One during a talk at this year's GDC.

Speaking to Gamasutra's editor-in-chief Kris Graft on-stage, Spencer said that Microsoft is looking into how it can bring experiences like DayZ and Rust - games which are unfinished yet still attract a huge userbase - to the Xbox One.

"I think there's an area of evolution that, as platform holders, we'll go through this generation in helping developers fund their games socially," Spencer said. "You don't really have that in place on console as you do in some other places. I think that in order for great diverse content to exist, it's going to be important that us as platform holders think about how we can allow gamers invest in things that they want to see built, so that developers have the funds to bring those things to market. Paid alphas I look at one of those things."

So on one hand they want to bring the best indie game experiences to XBox One, but if they can make money, unfinished games are welcome too. At least leave one single little convenience of console gaming intact vs PC gaming, games that are intended to be finished and work on release.