Comments on: Xbox One: The Real Reason Why Indie Developers are Still Wary of ID@Xbox

By: Ben Brocka

Ben Brocka — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:19:00 +0000

In reply to HalfBlackCanadian. If DLC hits a Sony platform before Xbox, yes, they blocked it. It's why Skullgirls had to wait MONTHS to sell their color pack DLC, because Xbox delayed the patches.

By: Axe99

Axe99 — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:23:00 +0000

Doubt MS will have the market power to not be forced to change this down the track this gen, unless current patterns change considerably. They’re just too used to acting like a monopoly, and struggle in markets where they have to genuinely compete.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 20:06:00 +0000

The bigger a news story this becomes, the worse it will be for Microsoft. Indie games typically draw a different crowd, one that is more engaged in the industry, and those folks can see what’s going on here. So I think this could backfire, and ultimately lead to another reversal.

By: Maxcer Maxcer

Maxcer Maxcer — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 19:54:00 +0000

i said it before and i’ll say it again. nothing has changed at MS.

By: HalfBlackCanadian

HalfBlackCanadian — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:55:00 +0000

Does this work both ways though? Joe Danger and Chime come to mind, where they released later (on competing platforms) and had more stuff than the original (and the original never had the content patched in). Would this clause also prevent that kind of thing?
It is short sighted though, even if they just allow deviance on the policies for the first 12-18 months than they can at least get everything coming to PS4 (basically)