Microsoft Stops Charging Devs for Xbox 360 Patches.

Microsoft has reportedly stopped charging developers to update their Xbox 360 games, according to a number of sources. Eurogamer reports that multiple developers have said Microsoft is no longer making them pay tens of thousands of dollars to patch their titles. Until recently, Microsoft made developers pay when submitting games for certification but would then offer one title update free of charge, before making them pay for any further re-certification. This is apparently no longer the case for both Xbox Live Arcade games and full retail games. The fee was originally introduced to try and discourage developers from releasing unfinished products that would require lots of updates. While Microsoft still reserves the right to charge any company deemed to be making excessive requests following a failed certification, the new normal is that no fees will be charged. wrote:

-IGN

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/27/microsoft-stops-charging-devs-for-xbox-360-patches

I didn't even know they did that. Atleast they changed it.

What? They charge devs for patches? Did Sony do that?

To be fair, they only did that so they can discourage developers from releasing unfinished games.

The reason they have probably dropped the fee is because of background updates