Today information leaked on MS enabling self publishing for indie games on the Xbox One and that no developer kit would be needed and the console you have at home can be used.
Now initially that sounds great and people on the internet seem to be happy about this, but there is one thing that might make the news less great. On the Xbox 360 we already have the, probably not well known, XBLIG or long Xbox Live Indie Games. What XBLIG allows indies to do on the 360 is self publish games on the console without the need to have a developer kit and if you had a PC with the appropriate software installed and a 360 you where good to go. The catch on the 360 is that this only applies if your game does not exceed a set amount of MB. If your game would exceed the megabyte limit it would not comply with the requirements and either way the file size needs to be reduced or you can make the game an Arcade game.
There is some important information missing on the leaked self publishing feature for the Xbox One. Right now we don`t know if it is only XBLIG for the Xbox One or if it would apply for all indie games. At the moment I would have the feeling that it is the first option and that bigger indie games will still require a publisher to release the game on the Xbox One.
This isn`t only meant as informative piece, regarding XBLIG program on the 360 that isn`t that well known, and that we still don`t know much yet. I would say even if it is like XBLIG it would be still a good thing, just not as good as people might think right now because the current expectation is that this would apply to absolutely every indie studio and indie game.
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I actually made a little indie game for the XBLA with my brother, it was a pretty decent service other than the bloody mods.
Anyway, you make some valid points but one other thing to consider is what additional benefits or restriction might Microsoft put in place. The people getting excited need to calm down, it's still way too early to know anything for sure
Xbox Live went down!!!