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[pc999]

"Because it's software, we can add new and improved XNA tools consistently, spurring continuous innovation in games. Developers won't have to wait for new silicon to enjoy the latest advances," said Dean Lester, general manager of Windows Graphics and Gaming Technologies at Microsoft. "The benefit to gamers will be dramatic leaps in production quality and gameplay for the next-generation Xbox and the next generation of Windows. And it starts today."

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/5578/XNA-Announced

Very interesting...

 

[cthellis42]

Dramatic leaps in production quality? Methinks there's just a bit too much marketing excitement involved... (Especially since we don't yet know if there are more licensing costs involved that could be a detractor for developers.) DirectX also provides for "software additions" that developers can access, and we tend to be much more interested in those--which themselves don't cause the Earth to tilt.

For once I'd like to know exactly what's in a package, and what they plan on doing in the near future, as opposed to filtering it through a QVC announcer phrasing.

 

[zurich]

Isn't that what they said about DirectX heh?