There's a connection between positive consumer attitude and a console's apparent love for the indie scene. It might not be entirely rational, but gamers seem to feel more affectionate towards a console manufacturer who shows they care about indie developers. Maybe it makes a corporate giant like Sony appear more personable, more in tune with the masses, if they make an effort to be accommodating to the hopeful start-ups as well as the triple-A blockbusters. It's not by accident that Sony made a huge fuss over the PlayStation 4's passion for indie gaming. Microsoft made a mess of things at first, but have since also made strides to be make the Xbox One a welcoming home for indie efforts. Nintendo, on the other hand, has just been far too quiet about the indie arena. It's not that they are disinterested. At the 2014 Game Developers Conference they were quite outspoken about their approach to indie gaming on the Wii Shop. But it still feels like an afterthought, at least to us on the outside. Those on the inside, those who have been delivering indie content to the Wii U, claim that Nintendo has been easier to work with than even Sony or Microsoft, but Nintendo seems to have a strange method of choosing what indie games to bring to its consoles. Much of the high-profile indie action which gets people talking on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One is nowhere to be seen. They will need to open those doors and foster a more openly supportive relationship with the biggest players in indie gaming if they are too earn a better reputation in this regard. And they really need to make some noise about it too. Gamers care about things like this, for some reason.
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