http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft shows off single game running on Windows, Windows Phone and Xbox http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/The game is on...]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
I am just excited that they finally seem to be integrating their systems. I mean, you have the world most popular OS, a top gaming system, and a quality audio device -- took them long enough to faciliate their interaction.

But I'm glad they finally did. Can't wait for WP7!]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Wait... I can create 3 versions of the same game while keeping 90% of the code? Why are my nipples so springy all of the sudden?]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
not only is it cool, but it's something that android/blackberry/palm/nokia can't even begin to implement. apple MAYBE could do something to link iphone and macOS, but this is actually where MS re-inventing their platform is to their advantage. developers won't have to go back and port their apps to the computer, they'll just develop them simultaneously.

also, does anyone else see this as the last straw in apple's reluctance to enter the game console market? or at least to add these arcade-type games to appleTV or something?]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2010/03/06/windows-phone-7-series-mix-sessions-details-announced/]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Well, with Qt being already ported to Windows/Linux/OSX and being the future platform for Symbian and Maemo(MeeGo), we could actually see something like this by Nokia too.]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/While not completely new, the saved state across platforms is a new feature at least from the last time I looked at XNA. That IMO is the coolest feature.]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/This is going to fail as hard as Java. Write once, runs nowhere but the original platform.]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Clearly you have never used C# and XNA. They are what java wishes it was. ]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Pascal became Delphi and Basic is still alive inside MS-Office. There's no line numbers in BASCI now though.

This is HUGE 90% common code. Apple can't do that across the same OS (well at least not until they went Unix).]]>Mar 6th 2010 4:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Finally 3 years after their initial promise of this sort of integration, its being done!]]>Mar 6th 2010 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Yeah, just remember integrating into the worlds most dominant OS, is the kind of this the Justice department tends to clamp down on.

As for Xbox and Zune, they're not successful devices, but you're right that MS should have offered integration long ago. If nothing more than to streamline their workflow.]]>Mar 6th 2010 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
You sir are trolling HARD tonight]]>Mar 6th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 7th 2010 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 7th 2010 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Not sure how you define success ...

The Xbox is very successful based off the typical argument of usage and adoption.

The Zune is very successful based off reviews and loyalty by those that own it. Sure it doesn't have huge marketshare but is that really the criteria for success? If so, then we have to conclude that Macs and their sub 10% marketshare are also failures.]]>Mar 7th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/what did you think they were trying to do with the XBOX... their initial goal was to put out a catchy console that grabbed a user base and got them hooked to Microsoft, then make it xplatform with all of their OS's and consoles and phones... just like a dealer on the street...]]>Mar 7th 2010 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Sorry, I don't know how old you are, but sales, marketshare and profit are the measures of success.

All cases where those products really fall down. Obviously.]]>Mar 7th 2010 6:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/This isn't a new possibility. If you used Qt, you could deploy to all MeeGo/Maemo devices, Symbian devices, WinMo devices, Windows devices, Unix devices, Linux devices, and MacOSX devices.

So while this is cool since they have an Xbox, there's the possibility someone steps out with a gaming console running MeeGo and Qt, or maybe a TV with the gaming engine embedded.

So alot of nipple tingling tech coming in the next few years, and most of it isn't from Apple, but Microsoft, Intel, Nokia, and Adobe. As usual...]]>Mar 7th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
"apple MAYBE could do something to link iphone and macOS"

This shows complete ignorance. In many ways iPhone OS and Mac OS X are more alike than Windows and Windows Phone because they use the same kernel. Apps are developed using the same developer tools, the same language and many of the core frameworks are shared. And it works both ways iPhone frameworks go back to the Mac (CoreLocation) and Mac frameworks go the the iPhone (CoreData).

There's no maybe about it. They are linked.]]>Mar 7th 2010 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Pretty much everyone I know who has a Zune loves it, same as for people I know who have a Mac. Their market share may be low, but it doesn't mean they aren't successful. Something like the AppleTV and the idea of Media Center Extenders seem like failures to me, but that is just because they are before their time, general consumers don't understand how to use them effectively. It's what Tivo struggled with when it first came out, people just didn't understand the concept of DVR's for awhile.

Zune isn't going to be an instant success because the idea of it already exists elsewhere, iTunes. But, that doesn't mean it can't be successful (to the masses) over time which I think it will, as a service.]]>Mar 7th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/to start. I think MS has done a pretty good job to show 'simplicity' over this platform. Reactions: http://bit.ly/windows-phone-seven-opinions]]>Mar 7th 2010 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
You're absolutely right haha. Take that apple. This is really cool.]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Is it possible to have any of these threads without descending into fanboyism and ripping on other companies/products?

I'm guessing by your name and avatar that you never really consider that huh? I'm also guessing you're about 14...]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Haha, I guess I should expect it eh!]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
/sarcasm in case you couldn't tell]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
It's quite impossible to be on a tech website and not show even slight bias towards one device or another. I just value stating my opinion. How others take that is not in my control. Sorry if it makes ya feel that way.
]]>Mar 12th 2010 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
Hahahaha]]>Mar 12th 2010 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
I still think windows phone 7 is going to be amazing though...]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/Mar 6th 2010 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/You aren't creative enough.]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/No, I actually didn't. I see what they are trying to do, and it works great. I've been wanting them to connect their platforms forever, but what I'm saying is I'd be more impressed with maybe a better game....]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/06/microsoft-shows-off-single-game-running-on-windows-windows-phon/
This is a proof of concept, not a game exhibition. It's up to the developers to make the better games.]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:24PM