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gooch_destroyer on 06 March 2015
true_fan said:
Euphoria14 said:


Agreed.

Getting the games now, rather than what it was before (never getting them at all) is terrible news for any XBox One owner.

Personally I don't care about indies, but I will play them if they are good though (2 per year maybe). Now can you name 1 indie that was actually good that skipped XB1 becuase of the parity clause? 

PS I doubt you find one becuase MSFT would let the good games through the clause.

Transistor.



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arcane_chaos on 06 March 2015

so indie games matter right? :p



LivingMetal on 06 March 2015

Parity clause? What parity clause? Microsoft has no parity clause. They're not that mean company that treats other companies unfairly. Besides, aren't indie and games and indie developers overrated anyway? I call this article BOGUS!

/sarcasm



true_fan on 06 March 2015
gooch_destroyer said:
true_fan said:

Personally I don't care about indies, but I will play them if they are good though (2 per year maybe). Now can you name 1 indie that was actually good that skipped XB1 becuase of the parity clause? 

PS I doubt you find one becuase MSFT would let the good games through the clause.

Transistor.

I just read an interview and they never mentioned anything about not coming to xbox one becuase of the parity clause. They just have a relationship with sony, xbox one has a few of those type of indies as well. Judging by history the devs that complained about the parity clause never even contacted MSFT. Chris Charla blasted some dev recently.

http://gamingbolt.com/transistor-interview-1080p-and-60-fps-no-xbox-one-version-ps4-and-pc-differences-and-more



Aura7541 on 06 March 2015
gooch_destroyer said:
true_fan said:

Personally I don't care about indies, but I will play them if they are good though (2 per year maybe). Now can you name 1 indie that was actually good that skipped XB1 becuase of the parity clause? 

PS I doubt you find one becuase MSFT would let the good games through the clause.

Transistor.

Don't Starve was also good.



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MoHasanie on 06 March 2015

Finally. It was such a dumb rule to have.



    

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Euphoria14 on 06 March 2015
true_fan said:
Euphoria14 said:


Agreed.

Getting the games now, rather than what it was before (never getting them at all) is terrible news for any XBox One owner.

Personally I don't care about indies, but I will play them if they are good though (2 per year maybe). Now can you name 1 indie that was actually good that skipped XB1 becuase of the parity clause? 

PS I doubt you find one becuase MSFT would let the good games through the clause.


I'm not going to even bother to begin checking indie game lists and what platforms they were on and why. Point is that it was a dumb policy and getting rid of it can only benefit the XBox One owners.



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true_fan on 06 March 2015

I will count this as a win for ps4 owners, definitely not a win for indie fans on XB1. Simple business sense tells me to release my product first on the console with the widest audience. XB1 indie fans have fun being second fiddle.



BMaker11 on 06 March 2015
true_fan said:
Euphoria14 said:


Agreed.

Getting the games now, rather than what it was before (never getting them at all) is terrible news for any XBox One owner.

Personally I don't care about indies, but I will play them if they are good though (2 per year maybe). Now can you name 1 indie that was actually good that skipped XB1 becuase of the parity clause? 

PS I doubt you find one becuase MSFT would let the good games through the clause.

The Swapper and Towerfall Ascension. The Swapper even made it to the WiiU. Now that's saying something.



gooch_destroyer on 06 March 2015

 

true_fan said:

I just read an interview and they never mentioned anything about not coming to xbox one becuase of the parity clause. They just have a relationship with sony, xbox one has a few of those type of indies as well. Judging by history the devs that complained about the parity clause never even contacted MSFT. Chris Charla blasted some dev recently.

http://gamingbolt.com/transistor-interview-1080p-and-60-fps-no-xbox-one-version-ps4-and-pc-differences-and-more

It's a good game though.

Aura7541 said:

Don't Starve was also good.

Wasn't a fan of it; but i'm not gonna shit on it though.