NowGamer: "Indie developer Vlambeer has been critical of some of the terms of Microsoft's ID@Xbox programme, but the developer does feel that Microsoft is taking steps to fix the "train wreck" that is the Xbox One."
On this week's episode of The 1099 Podcast, co-founder for indie studio Vlambeer and speaker/world traveler, Rami Ismail, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the state of independent game development. Rami explains the benefits of being open to your audience, the biggest misconception the average "gamer" has about how games are made, how he deals with media criticism, the impact geography has on game design, how to predict new genre trends, and what it was like watching his mom play a video game for the first time.
Vlambeer has only two people, but he Dutch indie game maker has managed to draw outsized attention to itself during its six years of making games.
"Maybe you've noticed that a lot of indie games end up on PlayStation 4 before Xbox One, and one of the studios that has partnered with Sony time and time again has shared one of the reasons for this."
To clarify:
"If you look at the Microsoft announcement of the Xbox One, that was a train wreck if I’ve ever seen one," Vlambeer's Rami Ismail told VG247."
And yes, it was a train wreck. But boy was it interesting. The industry was more alive than I have ever seen it, gamers bandied together and revolted against the policies, MS started to become more and more transparent as the pressure on them increased greatly and we all let these corporations know that we would not just keel over and be railroaded.
I think they're on the right path but I'm intrigued as to how they will try and catch up with Sony and the PS4 which is gaining more and more momentum than The Juggernaut.
That's the thing, we as gamers hold so much power, but instead we bicker amongst ourselves not realizing that our actions have dire consequences! Just look at the media site like this where supporters of differing consoles are at each other throats, yet we never take into consideration consoles makers and developers use this as fuel to try to slip us mickeys, because they think we are pre-occupied with fighting the battle for them. But like Septic said, I don't think anyone expected the response and outcry that came after Microsoft reveal! For the first time in a long time, there were no sides, there were just gamers.
For all anyone knows, the response that Microsoft recieved is what prevented Sony from following the same path! Who's to say? In the long run I think what has happened in the past months will make all parties better for it, but it is up to us as gamers to keep them on their toes! This is for all of them.
i won't comment when they call it the idiotbox
"If you look at the Microsoft announcement of the Xbox One, that was a train wreck if I’ve ever seen one"
Talk about taking liberties with a quote to create a catchy headline. Yikes.
The same way Sony did everything possible to get back on track after the dismal launch and overall performance of the PS3, I have no doubt in my mind that MS will do what they must to win over any of their naysayers.