Using the ID@xbox program Microsoft It seems like she demonstrated to the world that she was ready to open her non-station-platform for independent developers. However, as you recall, in fact it turned out that here the Americans could not resist some tricks, so that competitors-God forbid-could not get around them.
Judging by the indignations of some grand-hotel-casino.co.uk developers who have received a chance to publish their creations on Xbox One, the ID@xbox program itself, of course, inspires enthusiasm and hope, while politics Microsoft too limiting and destructive.
We believe that you already realized that we are talking about the very cunning condition according to which, any game made within the framework of ID@Xbox must start at the same time at all declared platforms. So, either you first release your product on the Xbox One, or you canโt sleep at night, strain the team, but you prepare a version not only for the Xbox One for the agreed release, but also for PlayStation 4, for example, for example. Yes, only not all indie girls are capable of such victims.
Of course, such discontent from Igrodel could not be left without attention Microsoft. No, the insidious point from the contract, of course, no one removed. But the manufacturers of the Xbox One made an official statement in which they promised to meet the particularly distressing studios. Unless, of course, they meet certain conditions.
In general, according to the representative Microsoft, The corporation does not intend to limit the developers who are interested in cooperation. So, in cases where the developer signed an agreement on the temporary exclusivity of its brainchild with any other platform, the company is ready to individually consider its situation and, possibly, even allow a number of concessions.