ninjabee is a small team(3 employees according to their wiki page) and have made a number of good games for xbla.  they dont feel that need to work in less competitive environment just because they are a small team and clearly dont feel that theyve been slaughtered...

I agree. Thats why i love opinions, one developer can feel a certain way and make their decisions and another, ninjabee i suppose is your reference, can go another route...and in the end no one is wrong and no one is right. Pretty cool.

My guess is because the person who said it isnt the OP and he probably isnt registered at VGChatz nor borwsing the forum anonymously.

but thats just a guess.....

I do because

1. It's a comparable game (it's not a Trials copy and I never claimed that)

2. similar quality (same Metascore)

3. it sold very well for a PSN game, just like Trials sold very well for an XBLA game

Both of which they couldn't have known by the time they made their decision to go PSN only, which he is explaining here.   

The highest chance to break even is a multiplat release.

They have been working for 2 years on a self-financed project, they probably had to release sth. to get some cash flow - multiplat development would've further lengthened the dev time especially for a team of 4 people, but maybe they'll do a 360 version now that they have funds and the recognition.

I'm not criticizing that the developer decided to put it on PSN instead of XBLA, I just criticize the way they're talking about XBLA, because like I said earlier, XBLA is way bigger games wise and even with a third party publisher, they would have made tons of money.
Sean Murray talks about the chances of a self published breakthrough game on XBLA, but he fails to see that his game would definitely count towards the "few" efforts of 200k plus sales.

So what exactly is he bitching about ?
"OMG we could have made some 200k extra sales with a XBLA release, thank god we didn't do that ! Now let's hate the XBLA platform, because other, less capable developers can't make millions of dollars with their mediocre games"

Of course the term "slaugtherhouse" is a strong and maybe offensive one, but I don't think he "hated" on XBLA. I think he just wanted to clarify how they felt when they received those stats (which are not official, but they believe them to be "realistic", no idea if they really are) and their fear to be "slaughtered" if their work didn't receive a high eighties, but maybe a seventies meta. I mean of course they had some feedback, but do you really know it will be reviewed that highly?

Your characterization of him is quite sad. 

and for the last part... who are you to defend them for that decision ? Ah right, just what I thought....

I like to think of myself as someone who thinks decisions others made through, if that makes me a "Sony fanboy" or whatever in your view, then so be it, I couldn't care less. 

i think its pretty safe to conclude that sean murray is very wrong regarding xbla being a slaughterhouse for small developers.

the OP was heavily defending this article/opinion, so I was referring to Shio, not the person who said it. But my guess is you are not that smart to figure that out.

But thats just a guess....

I believe Shio is simply taking what this developer said at face value. Theres already a huge red flag in the OP about the figures being what the developer feels is realistic.....it doesnt take much to infer if the developer feels these are bad sales then he must feel his company is in a better position selling via PSN. 

Sure, i could be gullibe but if this guys making decisions for these people slives and families and they area group of 4 people, who should i believe in terms of whether or not those sales are justified or whether or not its  agood decision? Some random internet person insulting me and argueing for a company they have no ties too....or a developer of a critically acclaimed game speaking at a developers conference? 

I see youre slightly on edge for some reason and cant enjoy a little internet forum humor since this is so serious. But i wasnt trying to be mean spirited with my comment about guessing, so your insults arent really well placed, but carry on with your anger.

@ bolded. I know your not trying to be mean spirited. I was merely responding to a smart ass response  with a smart ass response.

Of course its the developer who knows whether the sales are justified or not. no argument there. The argument is that he provided data for XBLA as a whole and claimed it a slaughterhouse without even providing data for PSN for proper comparisons. It just seems like he is speaking for all developers of XBLA.