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Probably not. Microsoft has a clause in their contracts where if an independent developer wants to release on the Xbone, they can't have already released on another console earlier... something like "If you want to have your game on Xbone, either it needs to come out on Xbone first, or the same time as other console(s) or else no" or something silly, from what I've heard.

 

Plus with Xbone, you'd HAVE to pay the Xbox Live fee, while on PS4 you don't have to have PS+ to play Warframe online.

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Probably not. Microsoft has a clause in their contracts where if an independent developer wants to release on the Xbone, they can't have already released on another console earlier... something like "If you want to have your game on Xbone, either it needs to come out on Xbone first, or the same time as other console(s) or else no" or something silly, from what I've heard.

 

Plus with Xbone, you'd HAVE to pay the Xbox Live fee, while on PS4 you don't have to have PS+ to play Warframe online.

 

This is also true

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Probably not. Microsoft has a clause in their contracts where if an independent developer wants to release on the Xbone, they can't have already released on another console earlier... something like "If you want to have your game on Xbone, either it needs to come out on Xbone first, or the same time as other console(s) or else no" or something silly, from what I've heard.

 

Plus with Xbone, you'd HAVE to pay the Xbox Live fee, while on PS4 you don't have to have PS+ to play Warframe online.

I like how you say xbone :3... I say that too :3 lol. Just saying.

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I like how you say xbone :3... I say that too :3 lol. Just saying.

Weeelllll, they were sorta asking for it. All the cool possible name choices (Xbox Infinity), and they go with something that easily converts to Xbone.

I still don't really get how the Xbone became as popular as it did. Especially after all that nasty stuff they were trying to pull last year at the reveal. Sure, they changed it, but just the fact that they were totally willing to go in that direction was enough to shatter my trust in them. And this is from someone who only owned an Xbox and Xbox 360.

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Weeelllll, they were sorta asking for it. All the cool possible name choices (Xbox Infinity), and they go with something that easily converts to Xbone.

The console was originally going to be called the Xbox720 to advertise at how easily it could play games at that resolution, the name was canned when the developers realized that was not quite the case

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Probably not. Microsoft has a clause in their contracts where if an independent developer wants to release on the Xbone, they can't have already released on another console earlier... something like "If you want to have your game on Xbone, either it needs to come out on Xbone first, or the same time as other console(s) or else no" or something silly, from what I've heard.

 

Plus with Xbone, you'd HAVE to pay the Xbox Live fee, while on PS4 you don't have to have PS+ to play Warframe online.

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Weeelllll, they were sorta asking for it. All the cool possible name choices (Xbox Infinity), and they go with something that easily converts to Xbone.

I still don't really get how the Xbone became as popular as it did. Especially after all that nasty stuff they were trying to pull last year at the reveal. Sure, they changed it, but just the fact that they were totally willing to go in that direction was enough to shatter my trust in them. And this is from someone who only owned an Xbox and Xbox 360.

As much as I've enjoyed Titanfall on PC, its console exclusivity on the Xbone can be the title largely "thanked" for bringing the Xbone to its current popularity. That, and a lot of Youtube Commentators that cover CoD* and actually make a living off youtube content largely depend on the fact that MS has a contract with Activision that grants the Xbox consoles to receive DLC a month before every other platform, leading them to buy the Xbone and record their content there, so that they get the revenue as quickly as possible before everyone has already seen the DLC gameplay so they can put bread on the table and keep a roof on their heads.

 

*I'm not stating personal opinion on how CoD is, nor do I want this thread to derail into a CoD thread. 

 

My personal thoughts on it, MS is absolutely vicious to indie developers. You pretty much have to be a AAA developer to do well on the microsoft consoles. While releasing WF to Xbone would increase potential playerbase (and revenue), this would also likely force DE to resort to forced transactions to unlock content, and that wouldn't bode well for the game's longevity on the console. 

 

Also, the controller is far too limited IMO for the kinds of combos and the mere amount of things you can do at once in Warframe. 

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