Xbox 360 (Xbox 360)N+ Creators Speak Out On XBLA Quality IssuesGamasutra - March 21, 2008
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at 10:14AM PST on March 21, 2008
As part of an in-depth Gamasutra interview published today, outspoken N+ creators Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard have questioned the state of Xbox Live Arcade, suggesting quality issues and publisher-guided games are overwhelming its innovation.
The duo, which worked with Slick Entertainment's Nick Waanders to publish ninja action game N+ for XBLA release last month, had sharp words for the games released on the Xbox 360 digital download service
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interesting read. this is the second dev team that says that the XBLA is full of a lot of lower-quality games, obscuring visibility of really good games.
if i were microsoft (and don't we all wish we could be the companies to improve what they're doing), i would probably implement a rating system for XBLA games for the next dashboard update.
though I guess the sort orders for the side listings for "featured" and "most popular" do help some.