As reported by Kotaku's Stephen Totilo, a Microsoft executive has gone on record saying the Xbox One will incorporate programs to help independent game developers: 

"We're going to have an independent creator program. We're going to sponsor it.  We're going to give people tools. We're going to give more information." -Don Mattrick, Microsoft's Head of Interactive Entertainment.

This is great news for those of us who play games and use apps found on the Xbox Live Arcade/App store.  Mostly created by small, independent firms, some of these games and apps have gone on to have huge success over Xbox Live. There can be no better example than Mojang's popular PC game Minecraft, who has amassed a huge following on the Xbox 360.

Xbox One game development programming is good for developers everywhere seeking to expand their product.  Hopefully Microsoft can mirror many of the developer friendly features found in Apple's iOS and bring the Microsoft and Xbox app market up to that of Apple's and Android's.


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