Miles Quaritch
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Again, no one is disputing they have made some exceptions. In fact, that's the running joke - that King/Lord Phil Spencer is going to graciously allow a developer to get through the clause if they give a really really good reason and/or have an important enough game.
But the falsehood, the one you keep bizarrely arguing, is this:
Because they don't, and Phil Spencer is not. The numbers support he is not. The number of devs who are making games for PS4 and not XBO due to it support he is not. The number of games that are currently coming to PS4 and not XBO (and it's far more than 47, it's well over a hundred) support he is not. The vast number of developers who refuse to stop making a stink over it, many due to the fact they are not getting exceptions. On GAF. In the media.
The problem is you keep this charade up as if the only issue is that small developers can't speak up for themselves. The issue is the policy itself. Because Phil Spencer is NOT making exceptions for everyone. And nobody should even have to fucking explain in the first place why they can't bring the game day and date, as if indie devs don't have enough headaches to deal with so just throw some more red tape into the mix. Absurd.
I'm glad you want to get rid of it too and think indie devs should show solidarity, but we need to be clear here. Microsoft is not just making exceptions for everyone, big or small.
Fair enough. The only reason I'm arguing that point is based on games like Outlast, Contrast, Stick to the Man, Pure Pool, Olli Olli and Oddworld.
That gave the impression that should one of the bigger indie developers ask for an exception, they could get one. If that was inaccurate or in any way exaggerated on my part, I can only apologise.