Now this isnāt fair. Itās hard enough for Indie games on the Xbox 360 to be noticed as it is, let alone when crazy gamers are knocking out their only real way of getting in the spotlight: a gameās ratings.
Microsoft is currently āinvestigating a possible misuse of ratingsā affecting a number of titles on the Xbox Liveās Indie Games Section, apparently stemming from an innocent PR event held by the developers of College Lacrosse: The Video Game.
Last week, the gameās Facebook page asked fans to officially give College Lacrosse a 5-star rating. Nothing wrong with that, it happens all the time. The problem seems to have arisen, though, when those fans went a little further than asked, as immediately after the message was posted people began noticing that other XBLIG titles were being given 1-star ratings.
That sounds harmless, but since XBLIG titles live and die on the popularity rankings, itās serious business. Zeboyd Gamesā Robert Boyd says his companyās game Chtulhu Saves the World dropped 13-14 positions on the serviceās charts following the ratings attack, which hits his studio right in the hip pocket.
