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Microsoft Will Allow Indie Self-publishing, Debugging On Retail Xbox One
tlhIngan writes "Microsoft was the last platform manufacturer to require that all games go through publishers, a much hated policy. Indeed, their approval process was one of the harshest around. But now Microsoft will allow indie developers to self publish, and allow retail Xbox One units to serve as developer consoles. Previously, self-publishing developers were relegated to the 'Xbox Live Indie Arcade' section, as well as developer consoles often costing upwards of $10,000 with special requirements and NDAs. This puts Microsoft's Xbox One more in line with Apple's App Store, including Microsoft's new promise of a 14-day turnaround for approvals. Microsoft's retail debug console system is to work similarly to Apple's — that is, to run pre-release code, the individual consoles used have to be registered with Microsoft."
If it gives me programatic access to the video stream as they were showing in some of the demos... it would be very interesting indeed.
If it's just games, that's nice for a lot of people but not as exciting in terms of something really new.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
So objecting to "you bought it but we still get to control how you use it" is somehow "entitlist"?
I agree people shouldn't buy shackled hardware in the first place, but that doesn't mean that it's in any way ethical to sell it. And claiming that the public has made an informed decision by choosing heavily marketed closed systems over the essentially unmarketed open alternatives doesn't pass the laugh test.
-- MarkusQ
It's elitist because GGP is suggesting buying the PS4 instead. After all the crap Sony pulled, I wouldn't trust them either...
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."
dont be such a submissive corporate fuckpig
Says the anonymous coward defending Microsoft over DRM and openness...
I do have to say that I was wrong... I had no idea Microsoft reversed their policies on everything they announced at E3. I haven't owned anything since the Dreamcast, so the console nonsense doesn't matter either way. I did think it was hilarious that those idiots tried to get away with it, though. Additionally, Donn Mattrick's whiney, foot stomping press release is priceless. Imagine how many meetings and buzzwords evaporated just because some executives forgot that they still had to sell their device to people and care about their opinion.
"But, our synergy and best of breed digital lifestyle metrics! Nooooooooooo!"
Oh, thank you, sir! For the privilege of accessing the hardware I have paid you money for, I am forever grateful! Next I should like to beg to turn off the camera feeding directly to the American authorities. Is such a dream possible?
Yes, yes it is. As they have said, countless times, you can disable the Kinect entirely if you so desire. If you have any proof whatsoever that data from XBoxes/Kinects are being sent to any US authorities (without a fully authorised warrant being issued), do please point to it, post it, or something similar. Otherwise it's just rampant, and damaging, speculation on your part.
Except, of course, that you're just a troll, and all you can do is innuendo and speculation to try and shill for your particular corporate overlord.
If at any time during execution of unsigned code your network connection drops, or you sign out of Xbox Live, the hypervisor/debugger forcefully resets the console.
Well that sounds really un-appealing, I have to say... I develop a lot of times in places where I have spotty connectivity. I'll for sure wait and see what reports are like in developing for the system before I spring for one...
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Yes, yes it is
No, no it isn't. You can disable the standby mode in software but the console needs it plugged in to work. Unless you physically unplug it ever single time you turn the console off there is nothing to stop MS inserting a backdoor for the FBI/CIA/NSA/GCHQ that lets them silently turn it back on whenever they like.
If you have any proof whatsoever that data from XBoxes/Kinects are being sent to any US authorities
I think it's safe to assume everything accessible to Microsoft is accessible to them now.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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