Xbox Live Arcade is losing indie developers, says 2D Boy
In addition, Carmel asked those same indie game developers how easy or hard it was to develop games for a variety of platforms. Valve's Steam was called the easiest to develop for by 64 percent of those surveyed. By contrast, 48 percent of developers surveyed called making games for Xbox Live Arcade "excruciating" with none of them calling it easy. Carmel says that if this trend continues, "I believe the diversity of games available on XBLA will diminish, quality will suffer, and revenue numbers will drop as players start to move away from an unremarkable portfolio of games."
Carmel does offer a number of ideas on how Microsoft can improve Xbox Live Arcade and make it easier to attract quality games from indie developers. Some of these ideas include allowing games to be self-published without the need for a third party publisher or a Microsoft publishing deal, making it easier for consumers to find Xbox Live Arcade games, and improve the contract to distribute games on the platform. Carmel says, "Microsoft proved that indie games can be million sellers on consoles, and then sat on its laurels for half a decade as more nimble and innovative companies like Valve and Apple took the lead. I would love to see Microsoft rise to the challenge of adapting to new digital distribution landscapes. More healthy platforms means more interesting, creative games that push the limits of our medium."
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TTG_DeluxePosted:
Well of course PC is going to win all small game developers go to PC to start there games and get popular on PC not 1 game dominates all the others everyone plays and buys diffrent games and shares there opinion on them its perfectly reasonable that they would develop games for PC, unlike consoles players On PC actually play diffrent games and hardly anyone plays COD on there Consoles is a tough one to release games just because they are dominated by COD and other FPS.
GFXPosted:
When you have more people coding with Linux, then maybe it's time to step it up Microsoft!
hustlinonradioPosted:
How can any indie developer say that they plan to release their games in Sept 2011 the Vita or the WiiU when the things aren't even released? And while i appreciate 2D Boy's intensive assesment, it's not like they have even developed on the platform as an indie developer (they have worked through as EA which is a totally different situation) so if we got first hand experience from them then what they are saying may have more weight to it (plus the fact they have only made 1 game)
TheBrownGuyPosted:
th3xgamingclan Im not worried. some indie games are good. but others are retarded and a waste of money
I agree some of the indie games were really fun
MPAAPosted:
I just noticed even Linux is getting more attractive than Xbox 360, the future of XBLA is starting to look bad.
-fazeHD-Posted:
yeah, xbligs aren't that good any more there just stolen ideas and not original. like fortress craft and total miner, there just copies of minecraft.
total miner forges update for multiplayer was supposed to come over a month ago!
I hope that there will be more good non-copied indies like castle crashers and limbo...
total miner forges update for multiplayer was supposed to come over a month ago!
I hope that there will be more good non-copied indies like castle crashers and limbo...
th3xgamingclanPosted:
Im not worried. some indie games are good. but others are retarded and a waste of money
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