Indie Games – Microsoft’s Honesty Deal

Indie Games – Microsoft’s Honesty Deal

Maddens Raiders|12 years ago|Industry

Microsoft has been criticised for using a Day One Parity clause in its dealings with independent game developers who want to use Xbox One as their publishing platform via @Xbox (the indie developer program). This clause means that anything published on PS4 and Xbox One must happen same day, same time. What's Microsoft's reason for this restrictive practice in the free market it extols?