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Microsoft's Tray And Play Unveiled
Gamespot has a look at Microsoft's upcoming plans for PC gaming. In addition to a definite gaming perspective for the Longhorn OS and a commitment to the XNA studios package, they have word that someday we may be loading PC games much like console games. From the article: "Tray and Play is exactly what it sounds like - dropping a game disc into an optical drive and loading it up immediately, rather than having to install it to a hard drive. True to form, the game itself cut straight to a start-up screen in less than a minute (including the game's own built-in load time)."
Dropping a game disc into an optical drive and loading it up immediately, rather than having to install it to a hard drive
As I understand, Microsoft is going to release games on a Knoppix LiveCD?
Tray and Play is exactly what it sounds like
Sliding down stairs at high speeds?
This doesn't have to be an either/or proposition. What's wrong with installing the files on the fly when you put the disc in?
In any case, I don't see what's necessary from the OS side of things - this sort of thing has been possible since Autorun in Windows 95 - it's game developers that need to implement this, not Microsoft.
What kind of copy protection will be used? Is this really just a scheme to prevent people from playing with duped cds, or installing a game and passing the cd on to a friend?
No! Hahahah, we'd never do anything like that.
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