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Microsoft’s new Xbox One console will not differentiate between indie, arcade, or big-budget games. According to an Eurogamer<\/a> interview with Phil Harrison, there will be no special channels for indie games on the new console.<\/p>\n

Eurogamer<\/strong>: So no Xbox Live Arcade, no Xbox Live Indie Games – just games?<\/p>\n

Phil Harrison<\/strong>: Just games, right. Search, recommendation, what your friends are playing, game DVR – these all go to helping you discover the games you want to play, so I think we solve fantastically some of the challenges that independent developers face, particularly around discovery and connecting their game to an audience, by some of the platform features we have in the machine itself.<\/p>\n

Eurogamer<\/strong>: It does sound more elegant, but I think one of the functions of Xbox Live Arcade and the Indie Games channel was to give undue prominence to those things within the 360 ecosystem; for a game like Geometry Wars to be front and centre when actually, most of your install base would be more interested in Call of Duty day to day – isn’t that something you’re losing?<\/p>\n

Phil Harrison<\/strong>: No, no, not at all. We don’t give that up – we don’t give up the ability to put a spotlight on the products that we think are going to be exciting to our user base, but in addition to that, what your friends are playing, what other people think is hot in your area, your country, your continent, will propagate up the most interesting and exciting games.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additionally, ShackNews<\/a> reports that self-published Arcade games will not be happening on the new console. In contrast, Sony’s PS4 will have a self-publishing program that will allow smaller developers to get their games on the system without going through a known publisher. The Nintendo Wii U already has a program running through their eShop.<\/p>\n

The Xbox Live Indie Games and Arcade programs have been the targets of some well-deserved complaints amongst developers lately because of bureaucratic hoops, patch expenses, and discoverability issues in the Xbox menu. The issues have been egregious enough to make some studios swear off the service entirely opting for more friendly venues like Steam. 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