Delusibeta
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Still nothing on if it's just WinRT.
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Microsoft to announce indie self-publishing, new certification process [Confirmed]
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Still nothing on if it's just WinRT.
KoopaTheCasual
Junior Member
Since CBOAT said 3 gigs, nt fll 5, that implies 3GB or RAM compared to the 5GB available on the XB1.
Do you believe that none will appear over the course of the 6 -8+ year lifespan of these consoles?
Geoff said it's coming to Xbox One...
Seriously?
Do you really not understand that more developers will take advantage of resources that are now guaranteed to be available? Do you really think that indie developers don't continually push to optimize their games and take full advantage of the hardware?
Whether or not such games exist now is completely besides the point. The whole idea of a new generation of hardware is to be able to do new things you couldn't before.
All that can change later on. You seen throughout the 360 life span they are willing to change things when it comes to file sizes etc.
Delusibeta
Banned
Xbone can run WinRT apps. They had a big song and dance about it at their BUILD conference.
The only thing for sure with Microsoft these days is that they really don't know what they're doing themselves.
Policies like this evolve through the life of the device.
Cool, though it's a bit dumb of them to wait another 3/4 weeks to announce it officially.
This is neogaf
According to Klepek this was a big Gamescom announcement that leaked.
https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/360135733303975937
https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/360135733303975937
AlanzTalon
Member
That is certainly how I am reading this thread. Some people with very unnecessary axes to grind.
wowzers. :/
TheRealTalker
Banned
paperwork in changing policies, bigger audience, yadda yadda yadda
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I'm wondering now that they are slowly becoming similar to the ps4 and wii u in policy... when are they going to drop the camera ;D
YOU know you want to MS *
whisper just do it..
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
Because that was their big announcement at Gamescom that got leaked out early.
They really should just get it all out there at this point with the cat already out of the bag rather than trying to stick to the schedule and use the announcement for good publicity at Gamescom. Seems kind of petty.
That was to be their 'big Gamescom announcement'? Jesus christ. I hope they have some other big surprises
Good to see yet more 180s, turning the miserable XBO into a system that can be purchased at some point late next-gen. Glad I don't have to skip it entirely now.
Dreamgazer
Member
Well...what do I have to look forward to then?
I wonder what he means by more details on the "timeline" at gamescom.
But until they did, XBLA games suffered as a result.
They can evolve, but will they, is the question. MS's self-publishing policy didn't change over the lifespan of the 360 (or at least, hasn't yet). Besides, the possibility of a better policy later on doesn't improve the quality of the current one.
That's certainly an improvement over XBLIG.
You don't think being able to play your in development game on your Xbox is helpful?
Seems like Xbox One retail becoming a dev kit is real.
http://twitter.com/scxzor/status/360137169827950592/photo/1
http://twitter.com/scxzor/status/360137169827950592/photo/1
shinobi602
Member
Is it a surprise that they are so dumb? They showed most of their first year products for Xbox One during E3; they had to in order to try to get around the suffocating negativity around their garbage product. Since that failed spectacularly, they've made a 180 on policy after policy (lol @ self-publishing being part of their "vision"), and now on top of that they also don't have a wealth of stuff to surprise people with anymore. I'm sure you know, since you're an in tune sort of guy chubigans, but Sony has revealed 25-30% of their first year PS4 stuff, compared to 85-90% of Microsoft's.
So with that strategy played out, Microsoft is stuck to things like "hey guys we're doing what the other guy is doing with self-publishing" for big news.
Little more info from Crecente.
https://twitter.com/crecenteb/status/360122812561752065
No patch fee, no cert fee, retail Xbox one can become dev kit and he thinks the split is 70/30
https://twitter.com/crecenteb/status/360122812561752065
No patch fee, no cert fee, retail Xbox one can become dev kit and he thinks the split is 70/30
They might have(/had) something more interesting to announce regarding to self-publishing other than that it exists. Like the fact that all retail consoles can be used as a dev-kit is pretty damn nice. Does PS4 work that way? Because if it doesn't, that could be pretty huge. For X1, all you need to do is buy an X1 from the store and presumably pay some small fee and BAM you are ready to create some games. For PS4 you'd have to go through a process to order a dev-kit (and I doubt that just anyone will get one) and pay for it.
What exactly do they mean by "unveiling the timeline" at Gamescom? Isn't a policy change instantaneous?
Encouraging, but I'll wait to see what the terms are before I decide one way or another.
For all we know, they could be taking a larger cut than they would from a publisher-published title. They've done that in the past, and I wouldn't be surprised if they tried it again now.
For all we know, they could be taking a larger cut than they would from a publisher-published title. They've done that in the past, and I wouldn't be surprised if they tried it again now.
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Fixing these things now is good but it also shows that Microsoft had absolutely no forward thinking or backing to their policies. They have so little faith in their own product they have changed practically every aspect of it. It's like they couldn't see this coming.
I don't think it's hypocritical to hate the original policies but also remember that it's still the same company who tried to impliment them in the first place.
I don't think it's hypocritical to hate the original policies but also remember that it's still the same company who tried to impliment them in the first place.
Crimson_Gold
Member
The dev kit thing is really nice. Will have to wait and see how this develops.
How was it done before on 360? Or on PS4?
lol at Blow asking what the split would be.
Yeah, that is fucking awesome.