Okay seriously people stop getting angry at Microsoft for providing a service. I have been using XNA for over a month now and love it, I have a few little games of my own made and it has cost me nothing. My friends have played it, it cost them nothing. The only thing that costs money is to put it on the 360, and to access other peoples games on the 360. These are literally tens of thousands of dollars of dev kits for video games just handed for free to the public and you're whining about an optional charge of a hundred a year? If you dont want it, spend millions developing the software and hardware and shut the hell up.
I agree, MrPieGuy. I'm a hobbyist programmer (what XNA GSE is made for) and I can't even believe that these kids are complaining that MS is charging to use a service that'll provide them with endless supply of CONSOLE games. I mean, yea its crappy that we won't get royalties, but XNA is brand new (publicly). I make things for FREE with 100s/1000s hours of my time and people complain that somewhere they need to pay $100/year to play my stuff along with 1000s of other peopls stuff.... all for just $100/year. I'm sure if they also could pay monthly $8.50, you wouldn't see so many complaining. Thats all- for $8.50/mo, people are getting access to infinite games. Once theyre on their XB360, they can play them forever. But $180/year to play one single game (WoW) isn't a problem. STOP COMPLAINING, KIDS!! Just ask mommy and daddy for a $9/month raise!
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Okay seriously people stop getting angry at Microsoft for providing a service. I have been using XNA for over a month now and love it, I have a few little games of my own made and it has cost me nothing. My friends have played it, it cost them nothing. The only thing that costs money is to put it on the 360, and to access other peoples games on the 360. These are literally tens of thousands of dollars of dev kits for video games just handed for free to the public and you're whining about an optional charge of a hundred a year? If you dont want it, spend millions developing the software and hardware and shut the hell up.
I agree, MrPieGuy. I'm a hobbyist programmer (what XNA GSE is made for) and I can't even believe that these kids are complaining that MS is charging to use a service that'll provide them with endless supply of CONSOLE games. I mean, yea its crappy that we won't get royalties, but XNA is brand new (publicly). I make things for FREE with 100s/1000s hours of my time and people complain that somewhere they need to pay $100/year to play my stuff along with 1000s of other peopls stuff.... all for just $100/year. I'm sure if they also could pay monthly $8.50, you wouldn't see so many complaining. Thats all- for $8.50/mo, people are getting access to infinite games. Once theyre on their XB360, they can play them forever. But $180/year to play one single game (WoW) isn't a problem.
STOP COMPLAINING, KIDS!! Just ask mommy and daddy for a $9/month raise!