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Super Meat Boy dev: XBLA is no longer a way to success
Team Meat co-founder and Super Meat Boy developer Tommy Refenes advises developers to make deals with Steam and avoid Microsoft, in a recent interview with ology. "XBLA isn't a golden ticket to riches anymore," Refenes said. "Just ask any of the numerous games that came out on XBLA that haven't broken 50k copies sold." After a troubled partnership with Microsoft in 2011, Refenes has been singing this anti-Microsoft tune for a while, but it's refreshing to see him elaborate and offer an alternative to developers -- Steam is an obvious choice, but it's nice to hear it from an indie developer who found success through it. "I do not recommend XBLA for developers. Stick to Steam," Refenes said. "Steam gives you more sales and there are no hoops to jump through to sell your game on Steam. XBLA wants control, they want to tell you want to do and at the end of the day they have control over aspects of your game that they shouldn't...like the price, release date, marketing support, etc," Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
2:30 PM on 06.18.2013 Microsoft: Crackdown might return when the time is rightMicrosoft's E3 came and went without any mention of Crackdown, a franchise that many thought might return to help bolster the Xbox One's software lineup. It looks somewhat likely that there may be some hope for future install...
5:00 PM on 06.17.2013 Microsoft confirms price points of Xbox One gamesFollowing confirmation via a company spokesperson, Microsoft has confirmed that first-party Xbox One games will retail for the previous generational standard of $59.99. It's worth taking note though, third-party publishers ca...
3:30 PM on 06.17.2013 Microsoft: Xbox One 'overdelivers value'Microsoft's Don Mattrick is at it again, defending Xbox One in such a way that ensure I'll never get a vacation if he keeps it up. This time, Lil' Donny claims the Xbox One is cheap at $499, with Microsoft being way too gener...
1:30 PM on 06.17.2013 Sunset Overdrive's Xbox One exclusivity explainedIn retrospect, if there was one game I would've liked to hear more about at E3, it was Insomniac's Sunset Overdrive. The vibrant open-world shooter was a standout title at Microsoft's press conference early last week and, unf...
10:30 AM on 06.17.2013 Forza Motorsport 5 is set to lead the next-gen packWe'll start by saying that what we were able to see of Forza Motorsport 5 was not nearly enough. Though Turn 10's next game is slated to be a launch title for the Xbox One this fall, they were only offering a sneak peek at E3 2013. Still, what we saw was enough to know that we're in for something bigger and better with Forza 5.
10:00 AM on 06.17.2013 Xbox One has 'single handedly alienated the military'Regular gamers have expressed quite a bit of upset at Xbox One's ridiculous DRM policies, but nowhere is the disdain more keenly felt -- nor more justified -- than that coming from America's armed services. Considering the tr...
8:00 AM on 06.17.2013 Xbox Live bans won't kill your Xbox One game libraryAs if to further demonstrate how Microsoft lacks any sort of unity in its Xbox One message, the company's online support recently led everybody to believe that the Xbox One's DRM strategy could strip gamers of their purchases...
11:30 AM on 06.14.2013 Abe's Oddysee: New N' Tasty won't 'sell out' for Xbox OneAbe's Oddysee: New N' Tasty is coming to the Wii U and PlayStation 4, but neither the Xbox 360 nor the Xbox One will get a lick of Abe's meat. Lorne Lanning's reasoning is simple -- Oddworld doesn't sell out, and an indie has...
11:52 PM on 06.13.2013 Get your own Dew n' Doritos Xbox One package yeah!Microsoft has revealed the fruits of its disgusting sex with PepsiCo, announcing its special "Dew n' Doritos" Xbox One cross-promotion will let you win a special box of vaguely edible items. Major Nelson is giving some of the...
6:30 PM on 06.13.2013 Game Debate to the Death! If you only get one E3 console?First, a reminder that the debate format has changed to a PollDaddy voting system, followed by a massive thank you for making last week's Half-Life debate the largest Game Debate Destructoid has ever had since I started this ...
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