All of my favorite Xbox games this year came from indie devs — am I old or have AAA publishers completely lost the plot?

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"It was really hard to publish on Xbox. It was our job to make it easier" - inside Xbox's increasingly vital indie publishing operation

How Xbox runs its indie publishing division and what benefits the chosen few games get from being under Xbox's wing.