ken_cinder Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 Sounds to me to be more of a hardware deal. Software in general probably won't be compatible, but at the lower levels, peripherals and other things will just be inter-changeable "Plug and Play" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Sounds to me to be more of a hardware deal. Software in general probably won't be compatible, but at the lower levels, peripherals and other things will just be inter-changeable "Plug and Play"But XNA is supposed to deal with the software compatibility issue. This is the most important line in that article: Microsoft hopes that the introduction of XNA will help standardize development on both platforms--to such an extent that "you won't have to choose between Xbox or PC" to develop games...and, ideally, so that players won't have to choose between the two platforms to play these games. Making hardware compatible isn't that tough, software is the biatch and the most important part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_cinder Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 (edited) Sounds to me to be more of a hardware deal. Software in general probably won't be compatible, but at the lower levels, peripherals and other things will just be inter-changeable "Plug and Play"But XNA is supposed to deal with the software compatibility issue. This is the most important line in that article: Microsoft hopes that the introduction of XNA will help standardize development on both platforms--to such an extent that "you won't have to choose between Xbox or PC" to develop games...and, ideally, so that players won't have to choose between the two platforms to play these games. Making hardware compatible isn't that tough, software is the biatch and the most important part. I get that part. But that is from a development standpoint, not an end user standpoint.Portability being the word.As for hardware, it's not THAT easy. What if you could use ANY PC controller on your Xbox 2, without any adapter or incompatibilities with games? Not all adapters work properly with every game, and it's not necessarily the adapters fault either, but rather the way the input method was coded for a particular game. Still, you could be right, and it could be interoperable software between systems. And it rather makes good business sense. Didn't MS lose money on Xbox Hardware sales? In the end, if it's software, it's just another ploy for them to try and standardize an industry area to THEIR standards. Something that doesn't please me........MS sucks. Edited September 24, 2004 by IJTF_Cinder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibathedog Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 WTF? if you just unplug the controller from your XB2 and put it in your PC, is the Xbox just going to have regular old USB ports or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 Yeah, all the profits are from games. People who would buy the consoles wouldn't necessarily get a super fast PC. Those with super fast PCs can still play the games so it's not much loss for MS. All this compatiblity will be taken care of in Longhorn...they'll make sure it works. I don't mind ports at all, but I don't like it when PC games are dumbed down for consoles. I just have a bad feeling that's what's going to happen. And this PC Level system is just stupid...PC change all the time so will this system be relative or will they just keep adding levels? Level 10 in one year can be Level 2 the next year, so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 On the upside, people who play mmorpgs can play with other people on other systems. Kinda like what Square-Enix with FFXI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 The only problem I have with all this is tht Microsoft is trying to make that XNA SDK a standard for all consoles. "Make your PS3 games with our software."SONY's not going to fall for that though are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 The only problem I have with all this is tht Microsoft is trying to make that XNA SDK a standard for all consoles. "Make your PS3 games with our software."SONY's not going to fall for that though are they? They better. I wanna see massive suits in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
random guy Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 The only problem I have with all this is tht Microsoft is trying to make that XNA SDK a standard for all consoles. "Make your PS3 games with our software."SONY's not going to fall for that though are they? They better. I wanna see massive suits in the future. what, lawsuits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gryph Posted September 24, 2004 Author Share Posted September 24, 2004 The only problem I have with all this is tht Microsoft is trying to make that XNA SDK a standard for all consoles. "Make your PS3 games with our software."SONY's not going to fall for that though are they? They better. I wanna see massive suits in the future. what, lawsuits? Maybe he means big suits like David Byrne's from Talking Heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizard Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 The only problem I have with all this is tht Microsoft is trying to make that XNA SDK a standard for all consoles. "Make your PS3 games with our software."SONY's not going to fall for that though are they? They better. I wanna see massive suits in the future. what, lawsuits? Corperate rivaleries are the best dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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