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Zen Studios: “No Near Death Experiences! A Good Microsoft Experience”

By on September 8, 2011

Our friends at Zen Studios sent us this email about their experience working with Microsoft. While developing and promoting Pinball FX 2 for Xbox Live Arcade. A response to this drama “The almost-death of Team Meat“.

So this is a bit of a rant on the other side of the Team Meat negativity, a bit from emotion, a bit from truth:

There has been quite a bit of Microsoft backlash recently, highlighted by continous Team Meat bantering about near death experiences during Super Meat Boy dev cycles. While these highly dramatic rants make for controversial headlines and ultimately get good readership, we at Zen can offer a completely different side of the equation.

We had (and continue to have) an excellent experience working with Microsoft. Pinball FX2 came out during the same Game Feast promotion, and we had similiar support and promotion available to us as did everyone in our launch class (Comic Jumper, Super Meat Boy, Pinball FX2, Hydrophobia). If fact, if you want to argue, Super Meat Boy got the MOST promo out of thd deal as they were the poster child for the whole campaign (link).

And sorry, not to brag but Pinball FX2 continues to be a top XBLA game week over week – even in the midst of Summer of Arcade (link). Believe me, we did not figure all of this out ourselves, Microsoft and their brain trust had a LOT to do with it.

So why all the backlash? What are they not telling you? Is this a desperate attempt at marketing, PR…SALES? How come no one has mentioned that these guys have made millions – is it to protect their “we are indie and poor” image?

Thoughts?

Update: oh oh.

@ so, what the fuck is your problem? you obviously have no fucking clue what we went through to talk shit like that publicly
September 8, 2011 5:24 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SuperMeatBoy
Team Meat
@ we have no problem with you, and we're huge SMB fans.
September 8, 2011 5:28 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
Just letting people know that there are those who are having great experiences on XBLA
September 8, 2011 5:28 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
@ You have made your experiences perfectly clear to everyone. Sorry it was so terrible for you.
September 8, 2011 5:29 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
Then give them some credit? Why all the hate all the time?
September 8, 2011 5:30 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
I was floored when I sat in your GDC keynote and heard what you had to say.
September 8, 2011 5:31 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
@ thanks for the heads up, fun fact: MS has been asking devs to speak up about this..so thats why they have. time to talk to Zen now!
September 8, 2011 5:26 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SuperMeatBoy
Team Meat
Because "personal positive experiences with MS" do not get headlines. there is no controversy. to make this point I needed to call you out
September 8, 2011 5:47 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios

No more drama. Good!

@ @ it's in defense of Microsoft. we get plenty of headlines on our own. if you make a good game, headlines will come
September 8, 2011 5:51 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
@ so, now that that's over... how about a meat boy pinball skin!? 🙂
September 8, 2011 6:13 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SuperMeatBoy
Team Meat
@ WOW! you know what, I tweeted to you last fall to try and do it, you probably missed it. but that would be RAD
September 8, 2011 6:15 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@zen_studios
Zen Studios
@ lets do it!, btw are you guys bay area locals? id love to talk to you in person
September 8, 2011 6:18 pm via webReplyRetweetFavorite
@SuperMeatBoy
Team Meat

 

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