Microsoft, taking a page out of Apples book has hit upon the idea of asking developers to make games for the Xbox 360 and get paid for the same. The basic theory is that Microsoft puts your game onto the new Community Game storefront -- which goes live with the Xbox 360 Experience dashboard update in late 2008. Of course the game needs to be of a sufficiently high quality and thus pass peer review before it does get its time in the spotlight.

While the games will be downloadable by users, those who were already dreaming of downloading free games (akin to Apples app store) need to stop day dreaming immediately since Microsoft will not be having any free stuff. At least not initially. The cut that Microsoft takes would also be variable. Certain community games will be heavily promoted in the storefront; in these cases, Microsoft reserves the right to temporarily collect a larger percentage of revenue ; as high as 30%, as low as 10%.

So if you are a developer , head on to XNA and learn more.

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