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The reason there's no port is that both the XNA and PSN's language are rather... unique, meaning it would be a hell of a lot of coding just to get it workable on either system. Furthermore, the XBLIG stuff is all peer-reviewed, so in order to get something published on the channel you have to convince enough of the community to back you. And it's subject to all kinds of other agreements with Microsoft that can be a bit limiting. Also also, there are plenty of similar games already out on both the indie channel and in the Arcade. Check out Geometry Wars (Retro Evolved, Advanced, whatever) in the arcade, or Radiangames Crossfire and Crossfire 2 in the indie channel. Geometry Wars is closer, but Crossfire is indie.

Originally Posted by Colamisu

The reason there's no port is that both the XNA and PSN's language are rather... unique, meaning it would be a hell of a lot of coding just to get it workable on either system. Furthermore, the XBLIG stuff is all peer-reviewed, so in order to get something published on the channel you have to convince enough of the community to back you. And it's subject to all kinds of other agreements with Microsoft that can be a bit limiting. Also also, there are plenty of similar games already out on both the indie channel and in the Arcade. Check out Geometry Wars (Retro Evolved, Advanced, whatever) in the arcade, or Radiangames Crossfire and Crossfire 2 in the indie channel. Geometry Wars is closer, but Crossfire is indie.

I see what you mean, I don't own an XBOX 360, but a friend does, so I will check out more of them when I get a chance.