Xbox Gaming in South Africa

While many Xbox LIVE Indie developers have been up in arms about the latest Xbox LIVE Dashboard, claiming that its structure makes their titles harder to find, there is now some good news - Microsoft has announced a number of changes to the Xbox LIVE Indie App Hub system, allowing for bigger games, cheaper games, and more games per developer.

Under the new guidelines the maximum size of game submissions has been upped from 150MB to 500MB, giving developers a whole lot more space to play with. Pricing guidelines have been affected too, with developers now able to attach a 80MSP price point on any game up to 150MB in size (previously restricted to games under 50MB). Lastly, prolific developers can now submit up to twenty titles each, double the previous limit of ten games per developer.

All of these changes can only help indie developers to create bigger, better projects, and reach a larger audience in the process. Sadly this news is of no consequence to those with South African Xbox LIVE accounts, since Xbox LIVE Indie games are unavailable locally. Those with UK or US accounts, however, should keep an eye on the upcoming crop of Indie titles to see how developers are capitalizing on these changes to the system.

[via XNA Blog]