Indie developers upset over new XBL Dashboard interface
“Everyone knows the top downloads list is where the good money was made, if you landed high enough you could have sales for a few weeks if not months,” said Neil Jones, Monster Talk creator. “If people can’t get to this list easily then things don’t look good. Even if your game gets top rated it won’t help that much if it takes the user 16 plus button presses to find the indie game top rated list.”
The developers are also concerned over games not being listed under genres other than “indie” and are included in a list with over 2,000 other games.
“This is just a giant F-U to all of us,” lamented a Pouncing Kitten Games developer. “There is simply no other way to put it. Put 2000 plus games in a single list and give less than a half dozen filtering options, not including genre? Good call. Whoever made that decision should be fired immediately.”
Other developers seem pleased with the new interface though, citing its improved rating system and the implementation of an indie games tile.
“Overall I think it’s good – there are much more ways to reach Indie games than before the update, and there are two significant improvements to ratings usability,” commented an Awesome Games developer.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2011/12/09/indie-developers-upset-over-new-xbl-dashboard-interface/
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zAleexPosted:
Best dashboard was the first one, It was just so simple, classic and organized. Also Brings back halo3 and lost planet memories :(
deathbyacogPosted:
I must admit im not as excited about the dashboard as i thought i would be but i guess its good. Besides a few unstable connections with xboxlive and it might just be me but it seams like my system takes longer to respond. (reminding me of early Arcade and Elite days)
OrangemohawkPosted:
LOVEEJESUSMusePlaystation I wish I had the Dashboard.
My console is banned.
Christmas is coming up, you know what that means...
BUY A WII.
i like how the guy with the name playstation complains about having his xbox banned, and then get's told to buy a wii
^^^ this lololol
AnkokuPosted:
I do not mind the dashboard, i dont know why anybody would be upset over the Update, we don't spend Hours on the dashboard, we spend it online on games . Duh
T0xic8earPosted:
oh god the new dashboard is horrible, first super squarish then everything is squarish.
a positive thing though, everything loads faster.
a positive thing though, everything loads faster.
ResolutePosted:
LOVEEJESUSMusePlaystation I wish I had the Dashboard.
My console is banned.
Christmas is coming up, you know what that means...
BUY A WII.
i like how the guy with the name playstation complains about having his xbox banned, and then get's told to buy a wii
Lol first off I do not own a PS3, I own a PS1 and PS2.
Second off all I have Wii, not the best console ever, play it maybe once every 2-3 months.
Third off, I still play Xbox offline and bought MW3 even though my console has been banned since May.
I'm buying a new Xbox 360 Slim.
Xbox will always be the best console.
Need I say more?
British-ArmyPosted:
I have hated the last 2 dashboards and now this one, the very first dash was the best simple and easy to navigate, i enjoy playing alot of indie games and i cant find where they are, very first dash nuff said
System32Posted:
To everybody saying they don't like the new dashboard:
We've all said it about every dashboard update. After using it for a while it becomes second nature. I've had some time to fiddle with it during the Preview ( which is still ongoing ) and at first I didn't like it either, but after a while of using it I've realized it's actually pretty clever.
My opinion, if you disagree that's fine.
We've all said it about every dashboard update. After using it for a while it becomes second nature. I've had some time to fiddle with it during the Preview ( which is still ongoing ) and at first I didn't like it either, but after a while of using it I've realized it's actually pretty clever.
My opinion, if you disagree that's fine.
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