The misconception behind Microsoft's lack of Indie support

I was reading an
article earlier that talked at length about Microsoft's supposed lack of indie support and the sudden turnaround about their stance at this past E3. This isn't the first time I have read an article about this subject and it seems odd to me that so many
people, a lot of which are working for mainstream media outlets, would so easily forget about the Xbox XNA program.

Microsoft has supported indie developers for a lot longer than people give them credit for. If you were to search the Indie channel of the 360 Marketplace, you would find tons of games from developers working in small groups (or even by themselves) probably
on their home computers in their bedrooms. If that's not considered indie, I don't know what is.

Thoughts?

:)

 

Interesting Read on MS, Indie Developers, and Self-Publishing

You may or may not have seen this
article before. It's dated May 26, 2013.

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Notwithstanding its title, "The Xbox One Doesn't Need Self-Publishing Indies," it's not really a piece in support of Microsoft's stance (or lack thereof) regarding self-publishing on the Xbox One. However, it does suggest that we won't be able
to immediately determine how Microsoft's support of indie studios will shake out on the Xbox One; a bit of patience might be in order.

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URL for those who may not trust links:

The Xbox One doesn't need self-publishing indies | GamesRadar+

 

Pros and cons for the XBOX One, and the PS4

i'll try and do a comparison

PS4

Pros -

cheaper price with pretty much the same power

PSN+ free games

God of war, uncharted, TLOU,

Lots of F2P PC ports and indie support

Cons

Lack of media support

substandard UI

Inferior online service that now charges to play online

Controller

Inferioir camera/motioin contorls/vocie commands

weak launch lineup

X1

Pros

Best online service

More extras/features

Cloud backup for all games and saves

Free games coming soon

Halo, Gears, Forza, Titanfall, Fable

Kinect

Cons

lack of indie support at launch

More expensive

 

There are a lots misconception behind Xbox one.....

So,i'm not surprise,about misinformations about it,on lot of websites and commentaries.

I'm please with what i got and know why i got it.

 

There are a lot of indie games on the 360 marketplace, Microsoft have been supporting indie developers for a long time now and they have just made things a lot easier for indie developers on the Xbox One.