MS To Indie Devs: You Have a To Have a Publisher 463
Loadmaster writes "The new Oddworld game New 'n' Tasty is coming to every platform in the current generation and even the next generation but not the Xbox One. It's not that developer Oddworld Inhabitants isn't porting the game. It's not that they hate Microsoft or the Xbox One. No, it's that Microsoft has taken an anti-indie dev stance with the Xbox One. While the game industry is moving to Kickstarter and self-funded shops, Microsoft has decided all developers must have a publisher to grace their console."
Well if you're gonna be an asshole (Score:5, Funny)
Might as well be a total asshole.
Publishers! Publishers! Publishers! (Score:5, Funny)
DEVELOPERS! (Score:5, Funny)
DeVelOpERs! deveLOpErS! dEVLopeRS! deVelo....
Oh sorry, not for you guys.
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BMO
Re:Duh, they are a publisher (Score:4, Funny)
Or they are simply acting sanely.
Holy crap... (Score:3, Funny)
This seriously cannot get any worse. Can it?
Re:Duh, they are a publisher (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I just...what? (Score:4, Funny)
From the look of it, they're trying to make the Xbox One as "big publisher" friendly as possible..... basically doing the stuff of wet dreams of EA, Ubisoft, and all those other big names.
Unfortunately they forgot that they have to sell some consoles too, else it won't do much.
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
m$ have signalled what is unfortunately the end of gaming & our rights
If only there were an open platform with standardized, interchangeable hardware existing in a highly competitive ecosystem, your choice of operating system, and the ability to choose where you get your games and whether to participate in an online community.
Someone should make one of those.
Re:Who cares? (Score:4, Funny)
Microsoft is a sinking ship, there is no salvage.
You mean like SCO ... oh Wait [slashdot.org].
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
The sooner the better. Hopefully a Wii U-boat will take care of the lifeboats.
Sorry, it was bugging me that such a perfect opportunity went to waste. :P
Re:Alternate perspective from an indie dev (Score:5, Funny)
Now what are you hoping to achieve, introducing facts on /. in the middle of a flame fest?
Re:Who cares? (Score:4, Funny)
xbone
Ha, nice. Like a skull and cross-bones. Sums up this system well.
Re:Who cares? (Score:5, Funny)
Microsoft is a sinking ship, there is no salvage.
So Ballmer's just going to rearrange the deck chairs?