I honestly don't think MS cares how well HD-DVD does. They have no stake in this format war at all. What they do have a stake in is the console war where Sony is pushing blu-ray big time. If MS supports HD-DVD, even if it loses eventually the damage to blu-ray and Sony from the format war alone is worth it to MS. It's quite clever if you ask me.
Like it or not, our government and our corporations are pushing us towards 3rd World standards of living due to greed. "Let's outsource everything to 3rd World countries where that measly $1,000 a year seems like a lot. Then we get to pocket the difference." Dude, omg I think you're right. Why did I never think of that?!?! All I have to do is not pocket the money and I can take over the industry with my ultra cheap goods and be even richer!! Thank god none of the big corporations know about this...
It will be an extended version of Visual C# 2005 express. That's right, it's all C#... sigh, ah well, guess I'll stick to my pc and visual c++
Here's the FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/faq/
It's completely free to develop games for windows but then if you want the games to be available for download through xbox live you need to pay a $99 subscription fee. Also it appears there may be some kind of revenue sharing.
From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic le/2006/08/14/AR2006081400041.html:
Peter Moore, vice president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, said individuals will own the games they create using the tools and that the company will do revenue sharing deals with people who create games for the Xbox 360.
"I'd love to send a royalty check to a kid," said Moore, who added that Microsoft hopes to get the tool kit into high schools.
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I honestly don't think MS cares how well HD-DVD does. They have no stake in this format war at all. What they do have a stake in is the console war where Sony is pushing blu-ray big time. If MS supports HD-DVD, even if it loses eventually the damage to blu-ray and Sony from the format war alone is worth it to MS. It's quite clever if you ask me.
You mean like forcing you to code completely in C#? Ah well... maybe next time eh
http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/faq/
It will be an extended version of Visual C# 2005 express. That's right, it's all C#... sigh, ah well, guess I'll stick to my pc and visual c++
Here's the FAQ: http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/xna/faq/
It's completely free to develop games for windows but then if you want the games to be available for download through xbox live you need to pay a $99 subscription fee. Also it appears there may be some kind of revenue sharing.c le/2006/08/14/AR2006081400041.html:
From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti
Peter Moore, vice president of Microsoft's interactive entertainment business, said individuals will own the games they create using the tools and that the company will do revenue sharing deals with people who create games for the Xbox 360. "I'd love to send a royalty check to a kid," said Moore, who added that Microsoft hopes to get the tool kit into high schools.