Farewell, Xbox Live Indie Games, 2008-2017: A Retrospective.

Farewell, Xbox Live Indie Games, 2008-2017: A Retrospective. is a talk currently scheduled to appear at IndieCade 2017.

Summary
The 2008 launch of Xbox Live Indie Games (initially 'Community Games') represented a major step in the democratization of access to the console gaming audience. For the first time, individual creators had a route to getting their homebrew games onto the leading games console. How did this come about and who benefited the most? What were the stand-out games and where did the leading creators move on to? As Microsoft prepares to shut down the platform once and for all, this panel explores the highs and lows of the XBLIG ecosystem from its rocky beginnings through to maturity and conclusion.