Markus Persson's Twitter has strong reactions from Mojang's Markus 'Notch' Persson to the oddity of the
EA Indie Bundle on Steam, as it would be a stretch to refer to anything related to the giant Electronic Arts as "indie" (in the same stretch of tweets he objects to even calling Mojang an "indie"). Beginning
by saying: "EA releases an 'indie bundle'? That's not how that works, EA. Stop attempting to ruin everything, you bunch of cynical bastards," he
follows with "Indies are saving gaming. EA is methodically destroying it." He
caps this off with a clarification of what he's faulting here: "I got into trouble on the interwebs again! The games in the bundle are good, I'm not questioning them. I'm questioning EA." Thanks
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I don't really know how to define "indie" either. You could say it's any developer who isn't beholden to anyone external to their own organization I suppose, but then that would make companies like Valve and CCP indies.
But when you say the word indie it conjures up an image of a single guy or a small team working out of a home or small office making games with limited budgets. Valve and CCP don't really qualify in that respect.
But beyond the development structure, there's also these sorts of artsy "indie" games that may have a publisher like EA through EA Partners for example, but the games themselves have the "soul" of an indie title.
Lots of ways to look at it, but one thing is certain: Plastering a giant EA logo next to your game bundle means you don't want to be considered indie. |
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May 3, 09:53 |
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May 3, 11:11 |
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May 3, 10:05 |
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May 3, 10:18 |
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May 3, 10:35 |
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May 3, 10:51 |
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May 3, 11:58 |
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May 3, 12:49 |
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May 3, 15:34 |
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May 3, 12:14 |
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May 3, 12:19 |
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May 3, 15:37 |
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May 3, 16:18 |
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May 3, 18:09 |
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May 3, 18:15 |
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May 3, 19:16 |
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May 3, 19:44 |
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May 3, 19:51 |
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May 3, 19:19 |
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May 3, 17:01 |
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May 3, 18:19 |
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