You could rephrase the question "Why does it seem like people are scared of indie-movies?" and you would find the reasons were similar ...

Part of being an independant content creator is lacking the resources to create the same kind of experience, or to effectively market the content you created, as the larger (or connected) studios. This doesn't necessarily mean that the content they produce is worse, and if the developer understands their limitations and uses them to their advantage they can produce much better content, but the content is generally less flashy and commercial and can not get as large of an audience.

Bingo. I read that title as "VGC interviews guy from place"

But if he's an important guy from a good place... then sure I'll check it out.

There is minimal interest for indie games on PC. On the flipside look at the hype indie games get on WiiWare, PSN and XBLA. It's not the indie games themselves, it's the fact it's on the PC.

I'm sure it would have helped the article if anybody knew who Game Faction is or what they're making. Are those the World of Goo guys?

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The article was of rather small importance

I know I can't expect long game play, hence why I don't really pay attention to them. I can pay $50 for a 20hr game, or $10 for a 4 hour game. I prefer the former.

and polish isn't just graphics. It can be controls, interface, or plenty of other things. For example, eternities child supposedly has horid controls (not released yet, so we don't know). It may look good, but if the controls suck, then the game will too. Also, yes there are tons of retail games that lack polish, but I ignore those too.

I'm not saying you're not getting a good game experience, it is just that the vast majority of the time I would rather spend more money for a longer game, than less money for a shorter game. I don't play that many games that I can't find a nice long game that is the type of gameplay I would like to experience that is high quality.

I don't understand why people are so fond of Independent games.

They're often poorly designed, glitchy, buggy, a pain to install/run, and pretty much always inferior to a retail game.

There are the exceptions (I've played some very nice Indie games) but for the most part they're giant steaming loads of crap cluttering up my view of good games. Support the little guy trying to enter the market, I get it. That's fine, I'm all about wanting new blood in the market. I won't support garbage though and that's what a lot of independent games are. Garbage.

I see so many people using the excuse "Well it's made by a small developer" to forgive glitches and hassles that they would never put up with in a retail game and I just have to wonder "WTF." When did it become okay to get stuck in a level and have to restart the game or run into a glitch that causes the game to malfunction?

As WiiWare, XBLA, and PSN become more popular, we're starting to see GOOD Indie games. Games that aren't full blown retail worthy but are good and fun games that are worth playing. They're still not the norm though and they're mixed in with a lot of garbage.

The future is bright but for now, I'll support the games worth playing. Nothing more, nothing less.

....Whaaat?Indie?Whaat?

I am not. In fact I look forward to the XNA Community launch for the XBLM.

Cause Indie games hardly ever show up on the consoles unless a big dev picks it up?

Polish doesn't mean graphics.  It means tighetning up everything in the programming and gameplay.

For example a game that's great... but has one or two AI exploits or something else that makes it real easy... or a glitch or two that makes the gameplay harder then it's supposed to be... etc.