Xbox Live Indie Games Struggle For Profitability
However, as reported by Ars Technica, indie game makers looking to make some money by releasing their creations via Xbox Live Indie Games have mostly been disappointed with the results. Part of the reason is the sheer number of games that are available to purchase and download on the service. As of last February there were over 1,600 games available to download and many of them are not exactly of high quality. The result is that even well reviewed games can get lost in the forest of bad game titles. One example in the article is a game called Sequence from Iridium Studios. A mix of RPG and rhythm game genres, it got solid reviews but in the end the developer has only sold 2,000 copies so far.
There are exceptions to this rule. One recent one is FortressCraft, a fairly obvious "homage" to the best selling PC game Minecraft. It sold 16,000 copies in just its first day. Another is Avater Paintball, which the story claims has generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for developer DigitalDNAGames. But those kind of successes are very rare and it's unclear whether Microsoft might step in to make the Xbox Live Indie Games business more successful for its developers. In the end, making games for Xbox Live Indie Games might be a good learning experience but indie game developers should not expect to be rolling in money when they release games via the service.
http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/07/05/2346239/Xbox-Live-Indie-Games-Struggle-For-Profitability
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KSIxSP33DPosted:
RunnySuspenceMinecraft copied infiminer it even has same menu...Noah-TTG_KiraOX805 Most of the games are retarded and boring. Fortress Craft is probably the only one I play.
Which is also retarded considering it's almost a complete replication of Minecraft.
which is a good thing because most people cant play minecraft on their computer so they have to play on their xbox. also minecraft was a copy of another game so Notch accually copied someone else
Everyone talks of FortressCraft when they think of a Minecraft copy, but have you guys seen Total Miner: Forge? It's a complete copy of Minecraft.
SuspencePosted:
Noah-TTG_KiraOX805 Most of the games are retarded and boring. Fortress Craft is probably the only one I play.
Which is also retarded considering it's almost a complete replication of Minecraft.
which is a good thing because most people cant play minecraft on their computer so they have to play on their xbox. also minecraft was a copy of another game so Notch accually copied someone else
Everyone talks of FortressCraft when they think of a Minecraft copy, but have you guys seen Total Miner: Forge? It's a complete copy of Minecraft.
Noah-Posted:
TTG_KiraOX805 Most of the games are retarded and boring. Fortress Craft is probably the only one I play.
Which is also retarded considering it's almost a complete replication of Minecraft.
which is a good thing because most people cant play minecraft on their computer so they have to play on their xbox. also minecraft was a copy of another game so Notch accually copied someone else
KiraPosted:
OX805 Most of the games are retarded and boring. Fortress Craft is probably the only one I play.
Which is also retarded considering it's almost a complete replication of Minecraft.
RevealPosted:
Most of the games are retarded and boring. Fortress Craft is probably the only one I play.
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