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TBH I wouldn't be at all surprised if Microsoft is gearing up for this fight with Sony, given that every Xbox Series does in fact allow sideloading once placed
by mikepurvis 6y ago
TBH I wouldn't be at all surprised if Microsoft is gearing up for this fight with Sony, given that every Xbox Series does in fact allow sideloading once placed into the included-and-supported developer mode.
- mywittyname 6y agoMS is ahead of the curve here. Rather than trying to combat homebrew, they are embracing it within some predefined boundaries. The 360 allowed for homebrew as well. I think they learned a lot from XBMC.
- IntelMiner 6y agoWhat? The 360 never had any homebrew enabled
- kevingadd 6y agoIt was called XBox Live Indie Games, you could sideload anything you wanted once you paid the initial fee, and then you could put it on the store and accept purchases if it got through a peer review system.
- mywittyname 6y agoSure you could! I used XNA Game Studio to produce games and apps that would run on my 360. They couldn't take full advantage of the hardware. But if you paid a fee, you could sell your game on XBL much like the App Store or Steam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_XNA_Game_Studio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_XNA_Game_Studio
- throwaway48201 6y agoMaybe not gearing up for a fight with, but rather making sure they don't get lumped in with Google have made it very clear that you have options other than the Play Store in recent dev docs