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		nightski on Feb 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative p... The fact that they provide development tools and almost anyone can write an app for it? Xbox is not open to anyone to develop on. It's very closed to new developers and expensive. FWIW - I think Xbox should be forced to open up it's platform as well, not be used as a justification for closed computing platforms.

threeseed on Feb 4, 2022 [–]

Xbox is very simple and affordable to develop for. On par with iOS actually.

How do you think all of the tiny indie studios build games ?

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/xbox-live/get-starte...

[2] https://www.xbox.com/en-AU/developers/id

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