Sadly, when trying to get on a console as an Indie developer, this is far better then Sony's or Nintendo's options.
I'm almost thinking a new business venture would be to be a middle man between best of breed indie games and platforms with high barrier's to entry, but I guess this is called a "publisher"
> this is far better then Sony's or Nintendo's options
Hell, Nintendo is practically hostile towards indie developers. But this just goes to show, without competition MS will only treat customers/partners as good as the bare minimum they have to, and no more.
I'm almost thinking a new business venture would be to be a middle man between best of breed indie games and platforms with high barrier's to entry, but I guess this is called a "publisher"