Microsoft, just announce your damn console already so you no longer have to be that guy who never shows up.
I think EVEN though the nextbox is not announced, they would still mention them here...
Quite weird.
I think this is more of the case of MS not caring about indie developers than Durango not being announced.
They could easily be there with 360 if they truly cared.
Microsoft showed support of the indie developers years before Sony and Nintendo did?
MS out of the picture again LOL.
Are you asking or making a statement? Because that's certainly not true. Just look at the Net Yaroze.
They sort of did but then it seems like they decided that they don't have the energy to do so anymore.I'm talking about this gen and Microsoft created XNA and an entire marketplace for indie games along with a consumer ranking system. Saying Microsoft doesn't support indie games just isn't true at all.
I'm talking about this gen and Microsoft created XNA and an entire marketplace for indie games along with a consumer ranking system. Saying Microsoft doesn't support indie games just isn't true at all.
I'm talking about this gen and Microsoft created XNA and an entire marketplace for indie games along with a consumer ranking system. Saying Microsoft doesn't support indie games just isn't true at all.
People are talking about where things are now. You won't have any difficulty finding quotes from indie devs talking about how MS seemingly doesn't give a shit about them anymore. There's clearly been some sort of shift in their mentality toward indies.
They used to. They don't give a shit any more.
They used to. They don't give a shit any more.
I'm talking about this gen and Microsoft created XNA and an entire marketplace for indie games along with a consumer ranking system. Saying Microsoft doesn't support indie games just isn't true at all.
They used to. They don't give a shit any more.
I'm talking about this gen and Microsoft created XNA and an entire marketplace for indie games along with a consumer ranking system. Saying Microsoft doesn't support indie games just isn't true at all.
And then hid that indie marketplace in the back of their interface, where everyone forgot about it.
Microsoft showed support of the indie developers years before Sony and Nintendo did?
Are indies really this important?
Yeah, it's really well hidden. They chose to hide it in the same place as XBLA games and Games on Demand, just like they hid indies on Xbox.com too: -And then hid that indie marketplace in the back of their interface, where everyone forgot about it.
With the 360, MS was coming off the XBox which bled money. They needed to do something to beat Sony. So, in the beginning, they courted indies and moneyhatted Japanese support. However, something happened. They garnered a huge base off CoD and Gears. Later on, Kinect would sell some systems. So, there process now is entrenched with the establishment, media, and kinect. Indies are no longer important in their eyes. Moneyhatting Japanese developers is no longer necessary. Now, we are here.
Are indies really this important?
Are indies really this important?
Are indies really this important?
Are indies really this important?
Sadly they are becoming more important every second that pass
Sadly they are becoming more important every second that pass
I think the stereotype for indies is they are usually 2D games or games that aren't really that fun, and not everyone likes 2D games, but if you look in the right place, I believe you will find it.
Here are some upcoming 3D indie games.
And tons of others I missed.
I think that middle one may be a unity tech demo
Sadly they are becoming more important every second that pass
Sadly they are becoming more important every second that pass
I like to think that people at the top of both companies were people who made (or wanted to make) games independently, even if the corporate sides of both have gotten in the way of that.Why are Nintendo and Sony supporting Indie Developers?
Nintendo is supporting them because the AAA Gaming Industry has all but abandoned them. By supporting indies immensely, Nintendo hopes that these indies will become the AAA publishers of tomorrow and see Nintendo not as the monopolistic Nintendo of the '80s or the relatively uncool Nintendo of the '90s, but instead see Nintendo as a benevolent gatekeeper who, like the indies, want to make great innovative games and help great innovative games to blossom on their platform.
Sony is supporting them because they learned from the debacle with the PS3 that developers are the key to a platform's success and want to make it easy for all developers to support their system, big or small. Both Nintendo and Sony see potential success in their new platforms in helping the indie developer bring their games onto the systems.
IMO MS is only interested in things that already have been successful/proven. They'll snatch these up then and make them "better".Yet again more proof that Microsoft just doesn't care about some things.
I think the stereotype for indies is they are usually 2D games or games that aren't really that fun, and not everyone likes 2D games, but if you look in the right place, I believe you will find it.
Here are some upcoming 3D indie games.
And tons of others I missed.