The devs over at World of Goo did an unscientific survey of 200 or so indie developers and the results aren’t looking good for what used to be the flagship in Indie development platforms. It would appear, according to their data, that people are deserting the XBL system in their hundreds and moving to more flexible systems that allow for greater freedom and less administrative work. The World of Goo team even go as far as saying:
Everyone I know who’s been handed Microsoft’s boilerplate distribution contract for XBLA was angered and offended. It’s the most exploitative, one-sided distribution contract I’ve seen.
Which is a bold statement to make about the platform that made you rich. However, this echoes sentiments that Daniel Truong, the developer of Pixel Blocked! stated in our interview recently. Microsoft are hard to work with.
Further, it shows that the PSN is a force to be reckoned with and iPhones, iPads and Android devices are getting bigger and better games from the indie scene by the day.
The full article can be read over at 2D Boy’s blog, here.
