XNA Community Games Not Economically Viable

If MS were to get behind XNA properly, and promote the good ones, then it probably would be economically viable. Although I do agree that trying to make money from an XNA game is kinda missing the point of XNA.

Um, I am not a programmer, but if i were going to make a small, independant game with low hardware req, I would not do it on XNA.  People don't buy a 360 on for community games, in fact, before I read this article, I thought community games were all controller rumblers and fish tanks.

Jeff, perhaps these developers were thinking this could be like the iPhone App Store.  But Apple gives 70% of the revenue to the developer of the gaame on the app store, so you make way more money per sale there than anywhere else (except Stardock's Impulse) to the best of my knowledge.  Plus, people love cheap, silly things on their phones, not on their game console.

I've never even found the community games section on my Xbox.

Take that as you will.

"Um, I am not a programmer, but if i were going to make a small, independant game with low hardware req, I would not do it on XNA.  People don't buy a 360 on for community games, in fact, before I read this article, I thought community games were all controller rumblers and fish tanks.Jeff, perhaps these developers were thinking this could be like the iPhone App Store.  But Apple gives 70% of the revenue to the developer of the gaame on the app store, so you make way more money per sale there than anywhere else (except Stardock's Impulse) to the best of my knowledge.  Plus, people love cheap, silly things on their phones, not on their game console."

I think the name change to "Indie Games" shows that Microsoft may be changing their look at the whole thing. I hope so anyways.

TO THE IPHONE APP LAND OF GLORIOUSNESS

I actually just watched Falling Down yesterday, spooky timing!

They should've done an iPhone App store model. Would have been better for everyone.

no, i disagree. you should make a ton of money with these games. look at all the movie tie-in video games that they make! those are 99% utter crap and they make fortunes off of the cattle!

Maybe the problem is that Clover is a pretty terrible game.

Here, I'll put on my wannabe game critic hat and elaborate: http://www.redringcircus.com/2009/05/clover-aka-58-never-forget.html

Clover is an ugly game, it wouldn't do that well in any market.

Iphone is the place for this

Score! Fallingdown is my favorite film about Michael Douglas.

I've never understood the point of Community Games myself.  I checked out perhaps a half dozen titles or so, and I never looked back.

I remember that movie

I think Giantbomb should do a video feature about community games on a weekly-bi-weekly basis. Some of them are worth the $5 some of them aren't, is not meant to be a huge money maker. But is very hard to see which ones are worth it and I don't have time to play them all. The XNA show by nickthedude is pretty good.