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ID@Xbox: Developers Come and Talk With Us, We Can Work Together - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 March 2015 / 3,505 Views

Microsoft has faced many issues with their parity clause, which originally stated an indie game would have to come out on the Xbox One first or at the same time as other platforms. However, they are going back on this and the European boss of the ID@Xbox program Agostino Simonetta has told Eurogamer for developers to talk with them.

"Unless a title can never come to Xbox, because a developer has signed a publishing deal with someone else, any title can come to ID@Xbox," said Simonetta.

"We do understand that developers sometimes need to decide which platform to tackle first," said Simonetta when asked if a game came out on another platform first. "Sometimes this is just because they don't have the resources, sometimes because they have a specific agreement with a particular platform or publisher."

"What we say to developers is - come and talk to us. Then we can figure out the best approach for making that title the biggest success it can be on our platform. The message is - talk to us, we can work together. There are no specific limitations on titles that have launched on other platforms coming to Xbox."

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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Michelasso (on 17 March 2015)

PS4 user base: more than 20 million (official)

Xbone user base: more than 11 million (according to Vgchartz)


MS: come and talk to us. Then we can figure out the best approach for making that title the biggest success it can be on our platform.


I'd love some of what they are taking

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TheGreatGamerGod (on 16 March 2015)

It's nice to see Microsoft continue to make more strides forward with Indies so they can be a proper competitor to the PS4, it's good for the customers of both systems as it makes them try harder (except this whole buying exclusivity nonsense on both sides). Personally I loved the original Xbox and the early 360 when MS were either behind or doing their best to push past the PS3 to win as they put out some of their best games. Sony outclassed them when they stopped trying.

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