Minter: Microsoft 'sitting on' next Llamasoft title

I agree with Tony's comments. The purpose of the XBLA was to provide developers and alternative outlet to retail, helping out the little guys more like indie developers.

I think it's great that big established developers like Capcom can release great titles like Street Fighter HD but it's also about the smaller developers life Jeff Minter.

There may be more to the story we're not aware of though because I remember Minter shooting off at the mouth life a Jaffe clone shortly after the release of Space Giraffe... who knows whats transpired between Minter and Microsoft since that time.

As Tony said, "Regardless of what you thought of Space Giraffe or what you think of Minter, I think this just comes off badly."

"There may be more to the story we're not aware of though because I remember Minter shooting off at the mouth life a Jaffe clone shortly after the release of Space Giraffe... who knows whats transpired between Minter and Microsoft since that time."

That's what I was thinking too. And I agree that XBLA is a place for small developers to get their games out and that's great, but Minter is a jerk off. I don't care about him or his games. He creates half ass games, and then gets pissed when people buy classics like Frogger over his game. Get real dude.

Yeah, I don't know about any of that. I guess none of us do. Although it's worth noting that he's doing visualizations for other upcoming games, like that Space Invaders XBLA title.

I try to not let the personality of people get in the way of my actual enjoyment of a product. I'd not be able to play a lot of games, watch a lot of movies or enjoy a lot of music if I worried about who was or wasn't an asshole. Even I have a line there, though lol.

What can you do. I imagine a lot of people who put good time into making an original game are upset when a retro arcade port blows their sales away... but for better or worse, Frogger is a popular license and I'd imagine it's expected.

Or XNA. It's easy to get a game published there, especially if you have industry experience. If you are worried about running up debt, XNA is where you should be.

XNA is even less of a alternative than just publishing on XBLA. The problem is that when someone is publishing on XBLA they believe they have a good game already but do not necessarily have the resources to get it published.
Just think Microsoft should get their act together when it comes to certification and try and please both big and small publishers if they are in it for the long haul.

I'd be really surprised if he hadn't. My understanding was that they had to be in communication with MS's teams for this to begin with.

Sometimes getting attention for things like this online gets a lot more traction. I don't blame him for posting about it. It's probably a smart thing to do and I imagine many would eventually do the same. It's not like he did this the next day.

Well, I can see it being a last resort to post something online, but the answer he gave in the interview suggested that he sent it off to them and hadn't heard anything in months. No mention that they were blowing off his many attempts at contact, just that he had sent it off and heard nothing in months. Could just be semantics or an incomplete answer on his part, but it certainly looks like he's taking the wait and pout approach.