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Holy poop, and I thought Apple is being quirky with its App Store! Compared to the Xbox side and its costs, the App Store app review is a walk in the park. I

Holy poop, and I thought Apple is being quirky with its App Store! Compared to the Xbox side and its costs, the App Store app review is a walk in the park. I might understand this for AAA titles, but for indies this must be a nightmare.

hacker_9 10y ago
They probably have bad memories of their last indie store on Xbox 360 which, if you visited it, was full of tutorial games and dating apps...
- inetknght 10y ago
  And Microsoft couldn't employ a few people to curate and administer this service?
  - hacker_9 10y ago
    It was community peer reviewed. As long as the 'game' didn't break in any obvious ways it was allowed on.
SXX 10y ago
At least in past it's was nightmare for everyone. For Xbox360 for instance Microsoft charged developers $40,000 per patch: http://kotaku.com/5884842/wait-it-costs-40000-to-patch-a-console-game http://kotaku.com/5884842/wait-it-costs-40000-to-patch-a-con...