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Indie Developers Shun Xbox One

Added: 15.06.2013 14:17 | 8 views | 0 comments

Whether theyre your bag or not, the popularity of indie games has grown exponentially in recent years, offering all the imagination and emotional themes lacking from many of the big AAA titles. The Xbox 360 certainly played its part in that rise, paving the way for games like Braid and Limbo in the systems earlier years. Independent developers, however, are starting to shy away from Microsoft systems. In the wake of E3, two indies have detailed exactly why that is. The short version: It seems that just as theyre trying with the used game market, Microsoft aim to monetise and control the indie market too.