Dropping Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox Live Arcade humbly began on the original Xbox, but the Xbox 360 is where this program really took off. XBLA games, as many called them, were either smaller current-generation titles or ports from past generations, and the fact that Xbox Live Arcade had its own section in the Xbox 360 store meant that these games had a unique platform to shine. Critically acclaimed titles that found a home on Xbox Live Arcade include Braid, Shadow Complex, and Super Meat Boy.
With the move to Xbox One, however, Microsoft decided to drop the special Xbox Live Arcade moniker and did away with the Xbox 360’s Indie section, as well. What’s left today is a store where smaller titles are side by side with AAA juggernauts, with no section that allows games from tinier studios to taste the spotlight.
