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I got a chance to see some of the XNA content that some people had created for the Xbox Fall Showcase last month - with some proper talent and time, some truly amazing things are going to come out of this.]]>Dec 11th 2006 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Posting and working are not easily mixed.]]>Dec 11th 2006 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/The subscription is to publish, share, and play your games from the comfort of your 360.]]>Dec 11th 2006 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
Microsoft sucks in a lot of ways, but I'm a fan of their development tools (Visual Studio 2005 and C# in particular). And no, I'm not an M$ fanboy (is there such a thing?) -- I use a Mac Pro at home and FreeBSD at work. Anyway, I might pay $100 to be able to make games for the 360 and send them to my friends who also have 360's.

The retro downloads are cool, in theory, but there should be more state-of-the-art 2D arcade games.]]>Dec 13th 2006 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
No, in fact linux under PS3 doesn't even have access to the cores mini processors. Running Linux on the PS3 is kinda like running it on a 3 year old PowerPC mac in terms of performance as it can only run code on the primary core.]]>Dec 11th 2006 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
what's gonna be next, sony giving out 3.02 to 1.50 downgraders for PSP and encouraging DevHook or the MFM?

]]>Dec 11th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 11th 2006 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
"subscription to the XNA Creators Club is required in order to run XNA-based games on the Xbox 360"

In other words, the only ones who are going to pay the fee to be able to play the published games are people who are too busy to because they're developing their own.]]>Dec 11th 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Again, the $99/year is only temporary until XNA Pro is released which if I read correctly, will also allow the devs to incorporate XB Live. ]]>Dec 12th 2006 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
Now they're trying to get young people to play with their free game development tools and learn to develop games for Microsoft. When they go out looking for a job as a game developer they know and want to develop Microsoft games.]]>Dec 11th 2006 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
Once you've done all the hard work and created your own game though, you can give away every bit of it completely exposed to everyone else with a Creator's Club membership though. It's basically forcing you to release everything you do as open source. There simply isn't any other option. You can't put it on the Live Marketplace and sell it, that would lead to a "YouTube of gaming" and Microsoft doesn't want that.

They have announced plans that sometime in the distant future they MIGHT let developers who developed with the XNA Game Studio Express and Creator's Club stuff put their creations on an Xbox Live Community Arcade....... for $1000 a pop. And even then, you'll have to go through Microsoft's approval process and your game will undoubtedly go past their "portfolio management" commitee which makes sure that the games on Xbox Live are only the kind of games they want to be on Xbox Live. Don't expect funny Internet meme games, or politically charged funny games, or anything that would remotely approach a "YouTube" type of community. If we're all very lucky, we'll get some more games like the ones from PopCap, but only ones that are significantly distinguished from the ones already available (MS isn't going to let someone make a Bejeweled clone and get it onto the service obviously).]]>Dec 11th 2006 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/A: XNA’s Not Acronymed

Funny, they went all open-source/community development style with the name.
But not as funny as their Capcom/SF2 style they used for Vista x64 Ultimate Turbo.]]>Dec 11th 2006 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/-----No, in fact linux under PS3 doesn't even have access to the cores mini processors. Running Linux on the PS3 is kinda like running it on a 3 year old PowerPC mac in terms of performance as it can only run code on the primary core.-----

In fact, Dave, you are incorrect. Sony justed added a complete CPU package to the Linux Kernel source tree. Yes, Sony provided free code to the FOSS community. The lacking part of Linux on the PS3 is access to direct drivers for the video subsystem.]]>Dec 11th 2006 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/
Now, they want to give free user created content to those that are willing to pay $100. Trying to mimic youtube. Is anyone seeing the irony? Youtube is free. For users that do submit their work is not worth it, paying $100, to a limited audience. While flash, mods, and etc are out for free. It would be ok if it was 20-30 dollars a year or 10-15 every 4 months. ]]>Dec 11th 2006 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 12th 2006 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/]]>Dec 12th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/Dec 12th 2006 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/11/microsoft-releases-xna-game-studio-express/STOP COMPLAINING, KIDS!! Just ask mommy and daddy for a $9/month raise!]]>Dec 12th 2006 12:54PM