Indie Games are back in the games section! We ARE having an effect. The new placement isnt PERFECT - but its a huge step in the right direction.

Woo - I'm so happy... Hugs all round.
Microsoft just made it back onto my Christmas card list, so if they ever lift that restraining order I'll send them one full of kisses and puppy parts.
Wooooo!

As an added plus - each time I back out of the game market place and then go back in to access Games and Demos, it shows the inide tab first before flipping back to Arcade games.

Yaaay! We're back in the game! :D

Thanks!

Well done Microsoft!

We really can't complain about being fourth on the list, and we certainly can't expect indie games to be included in the general search function (there are too many of them) so this is as good a placement on the current dashboard as any sane person could expect.

Right, I'm off to give Bill Gates a foot rub.

Wow!  I am shocked.  I mean I voted on the connect issue and tweeted about it like everyone else.  I just never thought Microsoft was actually going to even respond to us, much less put us with the games.

It's kind of funny that they silently fixed it even now without like responding, they have bizarre PR.

anyway, Woooooooo!

Woah!

Super happy! Now I feel motivated in continuing with this journey. Thanks you MS for hearing us.

This is good news. I hope people will continue to post their numbers so we can see what effect this change has.

Two thumbs up.

Thank you Microsoft! I really love how you guys listened to a relatively small community!!! Really shows that you are not "just another big evil company" nowdays!

wow, I'm really shocked. I also thougth that our rants were going to be unheard, but I've really learnt a lesson today! :) Thanks!

I'll join the gratitude wave - thank you MS!

As much as I complained in the past about the workings of the New Arrivals list, it's now due time to give thanks for the change to 50 item-lists and the new placement, which should definitely benefit everyone here.

Really? That's awesome! Good work everyone, and thank you Microsoft!

Nice. I'm amazed it went through so fast, although I think it may have had a bit more to do with the numbers rather than all of the complaints. If they truly were listening to everyone, I hope a lot of the other great suggestions didn't just go in one ear and out the other. Even if they did hear those ones, it would be hard to think that they could possibly be implemented as fast getting the Indie games back into the games section.

What I would like to see is just how this effects the numbers again. Was it truly the placement that caused the numbers to dive so drastically?

Microsoft.

For making that change, I am going to use Bing for a WHOLE DAY. That's how much I love you right now.

Well done Microsoft, you've done the right thing and made a LOT of devs very happy :)  Class act for sure!

We're happy to hear the good news! Thanks for listening, Microsoft :)

This is exactly what I was looking for. Good move MS. BTW, looks like yall made the news once again...

Wow... i mean... wow...
I havnt seen the new placement, but as far as i cen tell from reading this, it's sweet!

Now i can actually resume all indie games projects i quite frankly just put to rest since i didnt see a future in the xblig channel no more.

Thanks Microsoft. I too, will use Bing for an entire day now! =)

I think the thanks also  needs to goto the MVPs fighting our corner behind the scenes :)

Well done everyone though for campaigning - its shows the commitment and dedication that other platforms cannot even start to have. It also shows the the "Creators Club" might be renamed/branded, but the original essence that made it a community in the 1st place is even stronger.

This is great news!

Thanks Microsoft!

But also, thank you for all of the MVPs pleading their case behind the scenes!

And thank you for all of the other devs, working together, making our voices heard!

We ALL deserve a pat on the back for this!

QuimbyRBG:

... and puppy parts.

Yea.. you can go ahead and leave me off that list too :)

Looks like I'll go ahead and buy that Windows Phone 7 afterall.  :-)

Great news! We banded together as a community and Microsoft listened. Happy days are here again.