XBLIG prices can be changed every 7 days starting May 23

Big news from Microsoft today, as they announced via the App Hub, the official MS forums where XBLIG developers gather, a new change in the pricing frequency. Starting May 23rd developers will have the opportunity to change the price of their title every 7 days, as opposed to the previous standard which was set at 90, stating it “gives [the developer] the freedom to experiment with different price points.”

Microsoft had last made sweeping changes in January of this year, which included larger overall game sizes, games below 150 MB could be prices at 80 MSP, and developers could release more titles under one account. Many developers jumped at the opportunity to drop the cost of their game to the sweet spot that seems to be 80 MSP as soon as they had the opportunity.

How do you guys feel about the change? Is it too little too late, or is it reassurance that Microsoft is listening to the developers?

 

Source: App Hub

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Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave Voyles in News, xblig, XBLIG News

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Dave is based out of Long Island, NY, and is a jack of all trades in all things gaming - but not particularly good at any of them. He's coordinated the Indie Games Uprisings on Xbox Live, wrote the UnrealScript Game Programming Cookbook, Made an XBLIG game, and is currently doing JS / HTML5 dev for browser base games. You can follow him on Twitter, at @DaveVoyles

  • http://www.facebook.com/daniel.robert.campbell Daniel Robert Campbell

    I’m really interested in the changes that have been happening in the Xbox Indie market lately. It makes me hopeful that the new console generation will have a stronger indie showing. If they were going to drop it, why would they still be putting effort into it? 

  • http://twitter.com/techniquea2z Herbert Joseph

    It’s a good move in the right direction. Shows that they at least have XBLIG on their minds.

  • Matteo Nicolotti

    This is AWESOME period!

  • http://knittedpixels.wordpress.com/ Knitted Pixels

    it’s great, but a bit pointless since if you want to sell you need to be at $1,
    bundles and front page coverage would be a great addition

  • DaveVoyles

    They can’t bundle titles into one package because of the way the back-end of the XBLIG system works. It sees ALL of the games as one big game, instead of individual titles. 

    Front page would be nice as well, but it seems as of late that MS is going with more of a media-first approach, and less towards gaming.