| Jaicee said:
I'm sure the decision to post these two articles back-to-back immediately following on the conclusion of this discussion here was just a coincidence and that the first article wasn't intended as a swipe at me, especially considering that, unlike the other one, you'll notice how the first of those two links cites no accompanying article as its source, and was thus implicitly crafted by the VGC staff themselves (i.e. you might say a passion project) by rounding up random posts on social media that fit their preferred narrative. The second, "balancing" one, posted to assure the perception of official neutrality, by contrast, is a lazy, standard-issue copy/paste of an external news article from more credible sources like most stuff posted to the main page seems to be. |
Would either of these be there had this discussion thread never been posted? No. Probably not. Therefore, before posting my own opinions on the contents of these two articles, Gaming news sites in general have picked up the story about Sony and Indies:
https://kotaku.com/sony-charging-devs-at-least-25-000-for-playstation-sto-1847201141
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/06/sony_under_heavy_fire_for_handling_of_indies_on_ps_store
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-06-30-indies-criticize-sony-over-discount-policies-poor-communication-more
https://www.thesixthaxis.com/2021/06/30/playstation-store-visibility-twitter-rant-neon-doctrine-legend-of-tianding/
On Twitter more and more indie-devs are chiming in and it is claimed more stay silent but have similar experiences:
So no, VGC isn't conspiring against Sony or you. The story just broke at this time, as it happens.
EDIT:
I should add: a few years back Nintendo was blasted for their handling of indies (and rightfully so). They had barriers implemented like maximal download size of games and minimal sales before any revenue was going to the dev. And also bad communication as in the current affair. Nintendo improved their handling of indies since then. Maybe Sony reacts to the critic and improves as well.
Last edited by Mnementh - on 01 July 2021
