1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://www.kotaku.com.aukotakuaustraliahttps://www.kotaku.com.au/author/kotakuaustralia/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2DJKOdTOnb"><a href="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/03/braid-developer-says-xbla-is-inhospitable-for-certain-games/">Braid Developer Says XBLA Is Inhospitable For Certain Games</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/03/braid-developer-says-xbla-is-inhospitable-for-certain-games/embed/#?secret=2DJKOdTOnb" width="600" height="338" title="“Braid Developer Says XBLA Is Inhospitable For Certain Games” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="2DJKOdTOnb" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Xbox Live Arcade lags behind other digital distribution services like Steam, according to the developer of Braid, Jonathan Blow. Speaking to The Penny Arcade Report, Blow said that pricing was among the things making XBLA difficult to work with.https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/16/pgroup-googlepublishercentre-kotbrandmark.png?quality=7510001080