Microsoft made a big announcement today when Xbox Live Director of Programming Larry Hryb (a.k.a. Major Nelson) revealed that the policies surrounding the Xbox One have been overhauled yet again.



From Techradar:

In a massive shift, it turns out the Xbox One actually will support self-publishing, a welcome boon to indie developers. Previously Microsoft stated that releasing a game on Xbox One would require a publishing partner, creating a huge barrier for indies.Today's change broke at Game Informer and Hryb discussed it later on his blog, tweeting that more details will be revealed at Gamescom in Germany next month.' Every person can be a creator'Sony's PlayStation 4 won the popular vote at E3 for many reasons, one of them being its emphatic support of indie developers.

  Microsoft pulls another Xbox One 180, says it will allow self-publishing