Not Very Gentlemanly

Yann Seznec's indie game was downloaded 50,000 times! ...but only 114 people paid for it.

This wasn't EA or Activision, or some other slimey faceless corporation poisoning the hobby. This was a personal project. They are not sticking it to "The Man". I think piracy isn't quite the black and white issue people want it to be, but those 50,000 losers aren't helping. 

Man, why can't Madden or Call of Duty get these kinds of sales numbers?

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~A.H.

Activision Blizzard

Activision is now an indie studio. That is... weird.

Activision paid $8 billion to its' former parent company, Vivendi Universal, and now they're somehow in the same category as people who make games in their garage for pennies on the App store. If I recall correctly, id, the makers of Doom were the last big, AAA independently-owned studio. I don't quite know what Activision gains from this, but apparently that's a thing that's happened.

You guys... this means Call of Duty is now an indie-game. I think I need to lie down...


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~A.H.

Sara Gross' "Indie Elitism"

Being assholes: It's not just for big-name game developers anymore!

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~A.H.

Mi¢rosoft

It was only a matter of time until that new dashboard update for the Xbox 360 produced something legitimately stupid. It seems Microsoft hates Indie games, and doesn't want anyone to find them or play them. It's looking more and more like that they're doing it to pay more lipservice to the games that cost $60 from their major business partners. I guess they just assume they can afford to screw over people who actually have to worry about paying the rent.

Because "Modern Halofield of War 3" NEEDS that $5, you guys.

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~A.H.