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Microsoft will no longer charge devs to patch their own Xbox 360 games multiple times

article published on 29 June, 2013

Microsoft has confirmed that it will no longer charge devs to update and patch their Xbox 360 titles, a huge update to previous policy. The software giant has always charged a large fee when developers first submit their games to be certified and approved for release. Microsoft then offered one title update (patch) for free. Any subsequent re-certification, however, could cost tens of ... [ read the full article ]

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Menion

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30. June 2013 @ 01:24

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With no fees imposed anymore why bother taking the time to develop the game right the first time? after all if we happen to notice a mistake we will just continue to patch as we please.

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ajennice

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5. July 2013 @ 17:01

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Menion this works both ways. You are right as a dev can put out an unpolished game and just patch the living hell out of it. But that dev would soon get the reputation of doing so and a lot of their future games would NOT be bought on or close to release, but down the road after the fist few patches come out. As a dev would have to pay these fees, they would wait until a few issues have been rectified before patching. The could be sitting on 3-5 fixes while still looking into another 3-5 and waiting to release them all at once. this could be as simple as a say or two or up to a month (Ghostbusters Slimer cheeve.. bugged for over 5 months.. still dont know if it ever got fixed). Now they can release what they have as soon as they have it. It does mention Excessive patching may bee charged to the devs. Thats a good idea.. Give them a few a year and have them outline what theyre patching. If the patching is not addressing technical issues, then you charge them as their patch really isnt helping the gamers enjoy the proper game play. Ive always felt a XBLA that gets excissive patches should warrant a redeemable code for a discounted purchase of a future title, but that will never happen..LOL.

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