Microsoft "passionate" about indies, says Lionhead

Ahh so now your passionate...

Microsoft is the EA of console manufacturers.

Microsoft says a lot of stuff. 3% of it is true.

psssh.........Passionate :|

Since when did Microsoft care about Indie

Says the company that is pretty much owned by Microsoft and is their bitch....

They are so passionate that they make it almost impossible for them to release a game on live while making them jump through many unnecessary hoops.

Indies...stay away from Microsoft. You're the only hope I have left for gaming.

Microsoft does need to learn to focus a bit more on the smaller developers and indies, that way we get more State of Decay and less Kinect: Star Wars

It's too late to show your passions about indie games .

passionate huh? Still getting sh***y games on my Surface RT. I could only use this obnoxious device for Office only.

B!tch Please!!!

I'm pretty sure that the only thing Microsoft is passionate about is cash.

Microsoft continually digging themselves out of a hole... but its ok, lots of sheep to make you millions...

Passionate about screwing them, and making them pay to patch a broken game.

Yeah they are passionate about indie devs, after sony made big strides to actually prove they support them.

And of course lionhead would say so, lionhead is in bed with MS.

good

I surrender, just take my money and leave me alone! *throws pocket change at Microsoft*

It's like me I am passionate about Xbox one but I am not buying it

This might have passed before M$ started all the crap, now tho its not even funny....If Indy games are so important then why do they appear too eager to annoy em ?, why force them into signing away their creative works and a sizeable portion of any profits to big company publishers ?.
Gary, your not making any sense with this.

The whole point to indy games is that they are -independant-.

and if indy games as of now are a driving force of commercial games now, two things need to happen.

One, the rest of the industry really needs to pick up the ball, they dropped it, right there, you see it?

Two, you need to keep the environment for them the way it is, because apparently the industry is doing just fine by indy devs. After all, they are the driving force of the industry now. Not to mention the incredible potential for abuse if independent developers are essentially game contractors for sony and microsoft.

if there is a concern over what can get on XBL, do what steam does with Steam Greenlight.

In my opinion Microsoft is has a point in not allowing self publishing/restricting the games devs can put up on Xbox Live. Go check out XBLIG and see what self publishing can do, a couple of great games weighed down by the trash that keeps being uploaded on there, kinda similar to gaming on Android where there are ripoffs and clones of everything. I'm curious how Sony handles this problem, do they fragment the marketplace based on quality similar to Xbox Live or do something different, guess we'll see.

"Microsoft "passionate" about indie TV, says Lionhead." *Fixed the title for you, Gamespot.

Is that $100 a month cover charge for being able to publish a game onto the Xbox Marketplace via XNA still on? Do developers that go this route still make only 70% of the sale from the Xbox Marketplace? Are they still charging an exorbitant amount of money to patch your game 30 days after release?

Uh huh... support. I commend them on removing that last stipulation but I think they still have a-ways to go.

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"Microsoft "passionate" about indies"

That joke made my day thanks

Hmm, You keep using these words, I don't think they mean what you think they mean.

As long as they add all of Microsoft's fees to their game, anyway.

Sure, Microsoft is passionate about indie games alright. Passionate about the publishing fees that they force the developers to pay in order to release the freaking game. Not to mention the extra cash they have to dump out in order to patch it.

Fantastic.

oh the irony Mr Carr....

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121843-Microsoft-Confirms-the-End-of-XNA

More like MS is passionate about the bling indies will generate for MS.

My first reaction after I read the Subject was: LOL

Really Microsoft, do you think people is that stupid to believe your BS?

Lol and the back peddling continues!

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! More back peddling from the Microscam camp. Too late guys.

Is Microsoft reading Sony's press releases? I wish they'd stop talking already. It's embarrassing listening to their bullshit and knowing that they genuinely expect us to believe their lies.

They use Windows to develop indie games. In fact, I think they use it to develop PS games too...

Ted Bundy was passionate too. I guess context kinda matters, Microsoft.

yeah right, thats why they have to be partnered with a big dog publisher instead of being able to publish them themselves.....

who are you trying to scam here M$?