Quote Originally Posted by oweb26 View Post
I still don't get why they harp so much on the indie games, a casual fan doesn't give two shits about indie games, which is whom both consoles should be trying to get ; they already have the hardcore crowd no matter which system they use.

Overall it really did sum up CLW and IOU's conversation thread AKA the xbox one thread
All of the harping about Indie games isn't for the consumer, it's for the developer. Sony had went from hardest platform to program for and therefore hardest for an Indie developer to release on to easier to program for and no limitations on releasing on. Microsoft had to follow suit sooner or later or Sony was going to lock down all the important Indie games and leave Microsoft sitting there wanting but not getting any.

As for consumers not caring about Indie games, that's entirely not true at all. That may be the case for you, but the 8 million units that were sold of Mojang's Minecraft on the 360 (at $15 a pop) have something different to say about it. People are more interested than ever in Indie games (myself included) as that is where the truly good games are coming from.

So, Microsoft and Sony absolutely care about Indie games and it's about fuckin' time as they've missed out on some of the best games in the past 5 years because of their shortsightedness.