| King Lee 2005-06-18, 8:35 pm |
| let's hope the use of XNA can help to not increase the costs of development
while trying to achieve the much promised HD-quality. but i am afraid it will
take more time and money to turn a game to HD. pretty 3D in-game evironments
and models just take a lot of time, and when these are displayed in higher
resolution, things like detailed textures are needed to avoid bland looking
models. it just takes a awful lot of time, and that means higher
development-costs, regardless of any tool... 
ok, i just read the article. truly amazing! the next Xbox will have less
annoying features! so expect you can finally listen to the music on all your
CDRs, and no extra remotecontrol is needed to play your DVDs! very nice
indeed! :D
but, will the region-lock on games also be removed? ;)
if they are smart just remove the region-lock on the Japanese games. that
way those games will also be sold outside of Japan, and maybe that will also
motivate Japanese developers to make more games for the Xbox because of
increased sales. trust me, i am not the only one who wants to play totally
new and fresh games. hey, that is a good idea! does anyone of the Xbox-team
read this? and will they give me credit? ;)
"Leon Dexter" wrote:
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> "Paul Smith" <Paul@nospam.windowsresource.net> wrote in message
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> No, they're not--not more than usual, anyway. They come and go, as always,
> but this generation has been kinder than the last two. The budget market
> has grown this generation, with new games arriving at $40, $30, or even $20
> or lower. The studios making those games are doing alright. That's what
> scares EA, Activision, and some others, not high production costs. They're
> losing some business (although not much) to the low-end, and want to make up
> for it by gauging the customer.
>
> I don't know why you want to defend them for it.
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