Phil Fish has spoken to Polygon about FEZ 2 and the game's release platforms saying "not Xbox" due to Microsoft's policies of charging for game patch fees – which resulted in the original FEZ going unpatched on XBLA.
Fish has been an outspoken critic of Microsoft ever since and following the company's decision last night to reverse many of the most contentious changes being made with Xbox One he insists his view of Xbox hasn't been altered "Nah, I don't think it changes much for me. They didn't change anything about their anti-indie policies."
However, he has a much more favourable view of Sony – which does not charge for game patching and, unlike Microsoft, does not require a publisher – saying "PS4 seems to be doing everything right. It's too early to tell how everything is going to unfold but their heart definitely seems to be in the right place.
"Which is a weird thing to say when talking about a giant monolithic corporation, but there's a handful of people working at Sony today who are really trying to do some good. And whether or not I would for it comes down to how the platform holder treats me.
"With Microsoft they've made it painfully clear they don't want my ilk on their platfor. I can't even self-publish there. Whereas on PS4, I can. It's that simple. Microsoft won't let me develop for their console. But Sony will."
Constrasting Sony and Microsoft he said PS4 is "a big live-in orgy" while the Xbox One "is doing another f**king Minecraft port."
Commenting on the decision to make a sequel to Fez, which is unusal for indies, Fish explained "The biggest reason is that I just wanted to go back to that world. I want to expand on my little world and its mythology. It's not a case of wanting to recycle ideas we didn't get to put in FEZ I. Since the games are going to be so different, there's not a whole lot that could just carry over."
Sony has highlighted a number of console exclusive indie games coming to PS4 including The Witness, Ray's the Dead and Octodad: Deadliest Catch. Transistor is also only planned on PS4 despite the fact that Supergiant Games' previous game, Bastion, was released on XBLA first. Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty is also skipping Xbox One over Microsoft's policies, despite the fact that Oddworld Inhabitants helped launch the original Xbox with exclusive title Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.
