This was abundantly evident on the show floor at E3 as well with the Sony booth loaded with indie titles, also present on stage during the PS4 press conference, where all Microsoft had was an updated version of the money-making machine known as Minecraft. With more innovative indie titles on the way and the PS4 being easy to port PC games over, will the Xbox One be a good home for PC titles as well? DayZ creator Dean Hall isn’t sure at this point.
Yes, DayZ is months and months late, but it’s all in an effort to improve the launch version of the product. DayZ creator Dean Hall - whose same-titled ARMA II & III zombie survival mod earned him a chance to develop a standalone game with Bohemia Interactive - is working away still on the PC build, but for quite some time he’s been asked about the possibility of a console version. Knowing the launch version won’t immediately support mods and seeing games like State of Decay perform well on Xbox, if DayZ is a success, console ports are no-brainers (“almost certain,” in fact). But with next-gen hardware debuting this holiday season, what say you, Mr. Hall?
Microsoft fail. Thoughts on Sony?
Let’s all hope that’s the case because the lack of indie support by not letting creative devs self-publish is not good for future development and creativity, let alone future Xbox One owners. And paying for updates when Sony doesn’t charge developers to do so? C’mon.
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Source: Eurogamer
