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Re0sLess
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14 August 2006 13:38
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gamasutra have some nice info for the xbox 360 users amunst us, Microsoft are to release a dev kit for winXP called " XNA Game Studio Express" it will alow indie/home devs to create x360 games  whats the bet someone uses the power of the 360 to make pacman and jetset willy?
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Mani
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14 August 2006 13:39
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Yer seen it on about 50 sites ;-)
Not had time to news post it yet.
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Landen
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15 August 2006 14:04
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Quite a good idea, but it bugs me M$ have to make profit on everything they do, why cant the add content like this for free or at least make the games people make playable for free. Much like the arcade stuff this should be free additional content to try to encourage people to buy a 360 and reward loyalty for those who have forked out £300+ for one.
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15 August 2006 15:24
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its microsoft when have they ever given us anything worthwhile for free
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15 August 2006 16:15
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But if you look at it from the point of view of budding developers, it gives them an easy mass market platform to release their games on, and maybe even make money from their hobbies.
Who knows, there could be some way more original games on that then there are by big games developers, and with financial aid through selling their ideas they could even grow in size.
It's an interesting idea either way.
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15 August 2006 16:21
Edited by Re0sLess on 15-Aug-06 at 16:31
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Yes it is a good thing But there would be a bigger market if thay gave the games away for free, i cant see that many people paying $99 to play homebrew games, they have never tested. I would be mush better to make the devs pay $99 to use the live function for mass distrabution and let the people who have payed for gold live get the games for free (maybe even an optinal small charge if they like the game to get the devs some loot  ) letting dev create dvd iso's would be a good idea too, if they could make it secure, so terrorists did not exploit it to make copies of full games. they then could allow you to be downloaded over the net/ torents.
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Midnight
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15 August 2006 16:49
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That's what reviews are for  Wait for a lot of games getting good reviews and then pay it
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17 August 2006 22:56
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Quote: Re0sLess
Yes it is a good thing
But there would be a bigger market if thay gave the games away for free, i cant see that many people paying $99 to play homebrew games, they have never tested.
I would be mush better to make the devs pay $99 to use the live function for mass distrabution and let the people who have payed for gold live get the games for free (maybe even an optinal small charge if they like the game to get the devs some loot ) Agreed.
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