Microsoft no longer charges developers for Xbox 360 title updates, Eurogamer has been told by multiple development sources.
Microsoft made the policy change on the quiet earlier this year after charging developers tens of thousands of dollars to patch their games.
Microsoft has always charged a fee when developers first submit their games to Microsoft's certification process so they can be approved for release, and the company normally grants developers one title update free of charge. This remains the case, but sources have told Eurogamer that subsequent re-certification as a result of a title update is now free. This applies to Xbox Live Arcade games and full retail games.
This is great news for smaller developers and publishers.
Good, hopefully this will mean faster updates for games rather than devs having to compile a whole bunch to save money.
i cant belive that actually used to do it?
Good to hear. It appears MS is going down a checklist of complaints and acting to correct them.
How about for X Box one games?