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Indie Game Promotion on Xbox One Has to Change

With the dawning of Xbox One, Xbox Live Arcade went out of the window. All games are treated the same way, as is Microsoft's want. Indie titles get to fight it out with full price releases in the Xbox One Games Store. That needs to change.

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PistolsAtDawn3261d ago

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but the timing for this is odd...esp considering all the indie titles that have been getting announced lately...then showing up on the console in a matter of weeks.

KMxRetro3261d ago

Yes, but that's the point. The article details exactly why that is a problem.

Volkama3261d ago (Edited 3261d ago )

Really disagree. You can say Microsoft are behind the competition in terms of support for indies, but the ones that do release get a really good deal on promotion. The author says himself, one if his primary recommended games is an indie title and there were others highlighted as new releases or whatever. They even get time on the new weekly videos.

Compare that to xbox live indie corner. Cordoned off into an area nobody cares to look.

Xbox live arcade wasn't the indie platform on 360. A game had to have a publisher to get there, it was a base requirement. It was a curated area fr cheaper games.

The author is arguing for pretty big steps backwards. I do agree that the store tiles are a mess though. The list of best sellers is always filled with whatever is free at the time, and too often you see multiple editions of a title hogging the "coming soon" stuff.

fathertime19803261d ago

People complained about 360 layout, now it's xones layout... Not going to please everyone. All games are treated equally this time so now that's no good either. Could it be better yes, could it be worse YES! Does it really make a difference to the consumers... Nope not really. So unless the developers are complaining and I can personally find the games relatively easy, then I don't care.
More over I'd rather see an update to the store in a meaningful way. Genre search, developer/publisher search.. Something that will make looking back for a game I passed on easier than scrolling through hundreds of games after a few more years go by. Now that would be a hair ripping out experience!

Jmanzare3261d ago

I like the way it is.. It's the segregation that was the problem with indies and arcade on the 360 and now on the xb1 it's a problem that all games are together? It's good how it is new games indie or AAA all get the same treatment

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Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Has Appeared On The Xbox Store

Activision and Raven Software's 2006 action role-playing game, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, has found its way to the Xbox Store.

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LG_Fox_Brazil8h ago

Used to love this one, but X-Men Legends 1 and 2 will always be my favorites, especially Rise of Apocalypse. Would pay some good money to play it today with online multiplayer, back then I had no way to get a modem

ZeekQuattro7h ago

I remember buying them dirt cheap on the PS4 and then a few days later I read they were delisted. I was wondering why the bundle was price so low and got my answer when that happened.

Knightofelemia5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Sad to say this is one game franchise next to the Xmen that needs a sequel. I use to play the hell out of Xmen Legends and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Was great when my cousin had the OG Xbox play with four other people and then playing online. Great games glad to see it reappear even though I own the discs love the mechanics of this game.

Terry_B5h ago

It got a sequel..but for dumbass #reasons as a switch exclusive.

shinoff21835h ago

It looked so horrible to. They should've kept it similar to the first two.

Asplundh4h ago

Because Nintendo funded it, they did the same for Bayonetta.

Knightofelemia4h ago

I totally forgot about the Switch sequel.

jukins5h ago

Misleading. This page is whats available for people who owned the game prior to delisting.

Abnor_Mal4h ago

The first game was the best imo.

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Hades 2 Is Already Fixing The First Game's Biggest Problems

Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."

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Nacho_Z8h ago

There's a reason they're called 'gods' and not 'regular people'. It's nice they've diversified even more but gods looking godly wasn't exactly a glaring issue with the first game.

Juancho518h ago

Hey! Gods suffer from obesity and diabetes too!

Blastoise8h ago

This is the dumbest article I've read in a long time.

Michiel19897h ago

No one had an issue with that besides a very select group of people that try to push their own agenda.

Crows907h ago

Exactly. Not even sure they're necessarily committing to body diversity either.

The designs look fine not stupid.

Inverno6h ago

The writer of the this article clearly doesn't know what a real god looks like and has never seen them /s

Tody_ZA6h ago

Thanks for bringing up a bunch of garbage thoughts that never crossed my mind when playing the first game because I was too busy playing the game to worry about the portrayal of the physical bodies of gods.

Foolish me, when I read the title I thought we were talking about game mechanics.

Piss off, honestly, with this asinine bottom of the barrel try-hard-to-be-relevant trash.

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Fallout 76 needs Ghoulification to make Appalachia more interesting

Players are taking to Reddit to let Bethesda know they want ghoulification added to Fallout 76 in a future update.

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