Xbox One Release Date News: Lorne Lanning, 'Oddworld' Creator, Says Microsoft Doesn't Care About Indie Games

In a recent interview with VG 24/7 Lorne Lanning, creator of the "Oddworld" series, discussed the lack of indie games and developers on the next-generation Xbox One system.

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"At the business level, Microsoft isn't acknowledging people like us. It's as if we don't matter." Lanning said. "We're not on the radar. We're little guys. It doesn't seem like any of the little guys are on the radar."

Lanning said he didn't expect to see a bright future for indie games on the new Xbox system. Especially seeing how Microsoft's E3 keynote focused on blockbuster games and only showcased one indie game, "Minecraft: Xbox One Edition."

"Ten years from now, the biggest banners out there, the hundred million dollar games, are going to be what happened in the indie community," Lanning elaborated. "That's the only place we're seeing real innovation because that's the only place people can really afford to."

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Lanning also said, "a pretty good understanding of who makes really expensive great games, but beyond that there's not really any insight into how people get there from nothing." Referring to Microsoft changing their DRM policies on the new Xbox One after the console was criticized by fans who said the policies were too strict.

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Other than changing the DRM policies Lanning said Microsoft is still not listening to the customers.

"It's a bit puzzling. It's clear they're not listening. I'm not sure who they're listening to. Whoever their PR people are, whoever their marketing agents are, they should fire them all. That's where they should start. There should be a big, mass firing and they should publicise that." Lanning said. "Then they'd get people saying, 'Hey, maybe there's going to be a good change.' But if they keep the rhetoric flowing, obviously everyone's looking at it saying, 'This isn't real.' How are they going to keep what they've got today? That's a big question."