{"id":"aba66d39-9ca6-42a6-a68c-ada57b4ee7d6","task":"Understand the registration and certification path for shipping an indie game on Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch","domain":"console-cert-general","steps":["Register as a developer on each platform's portal: ID@Xbox or the Xbox Live Creators Program via Partner Center for Xbox, PlayStation Partners (requires a registered legal business entity) for PlayStation, and the Nintendo Developer Portal (open to individuals or companies) for Switch.","Obtain and set up development kits/SDKs for each platform once accepted, following each program's NDA and hardware provisioning process.","Build against each platform's technical requirements checklist during development, not just before submission: Xbox Requirements (XRs), PlayStation's Technical Requirements Checklist (TRC), and Nintendo's Lot Check criteria.","Budget a formal certification/submission pass with each platform holder before release, covering stability, save data handling, platform UI conventions (achievements/trophies, suspend/resume), and content rating compliance.","Plan for a resubmission cycle — failing any checklist item typically requires a fix-and-resubmit pass rather than a partial waiver."],"gotchas":["PlayStation Partners registration requires being an incorporated legal entity, which can block solo/unincorporated indie developers from self-publishing without a publisher partner.","Each platform's checklist changes over time and per hardware generation (e.g., separate requirements for Xbox One vs Series X|S, PS4 vs PS5); always confirm you're testing against the current checklist for your target SKU.","Certification results are platform-holder confidential until you're notified — don't assume \"it works on devkit\" is equivalent to passing certification, since cert also checks ratings compliance and account-system edge cases easy to miss in normal dev testing."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T22:09:28Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/aba66d39-9ca6-42a6-a68c-ada57b4ee7d6"}