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With the specifications of the X-box, and corporate backing by Microsoft, one could believe that this is the end of PC gaming as we know it. Microsoft have effectively created a 'PC in an idiot proof box'.
The X-Box runs on a Direct X API, as do Windows games. Thus in theory developers could easily port their games over to the X-Box and capitalise on that niche. However, will Microsoft want to destroy PC gaming?
It is axiomatic that the X-Box has unlimited potential as a games machine. But how far will this be exercised? Will the X-Box appear in our offices?
These questions are no doubt being debated in Microsoft HQ as we sleep, and the sole determinant on the limits of X-Box will be Microsoft. This in my mind is the one factor that may hold the X-Box back. If Microsoft feel that releasing a certain piece of software on the X-Box will prove unprofitable weighed against a PC only release, they can put a stop to it.
Games developers such as Nintendo have no corporate pressures except making their consoles desirable to the consumer. Microsoft have two considerations - and this will no doubt affect what we can do with our X-Box.
The X-Box runs on a Direct X API, as do Windows games. Thus in theory developers could easily port their games over to the X-Box and capitalise on that niche. However, will Microsoft want to destroy PC gaming?
It is axiomatic that the X-Box has unlimited potential as a games machine. But how far will this be exercised? Will the X-Box appear in our offices?
These questions are no doubt being debated in Microsoft HQ as we sleep, and the sole determinant on the limits of X-Box will be Microsoft. This in my mind is the one factor that may hold the X-Box back. If Microsoft feel that releasing a certain piece of software on the X-Box will prove unprofitable weighed against a PC only release, they can put a stop to it.
Games developers such as Nintendo have no corporate pressures except making their consoles desirable to the consumer. Microsoft have two considerations - and this will no doubt affect what we can do with our X-Box.
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With the specifications of the X-box, and corporate backing by Microsoft, one could believe that this is the end of PC gaming as we know it. Microsoft have effectively created a 'PC in an idiot proof box'.
The X-Box runs on a Direct X API, as do Windows games. Thus in theory developers could easily port their games over to the X-Box and capitalise on that niche. However, will Microsoft want to destroy PC gaming?
It is axiomatic that the X-Box has unlimited potential as a games machine. But how far will this be exercised? Will the X-Box appear in our offices?
These questions are no doubt being debated in Microsoft HQ as we sleep, and the sole determinant on the limits of X-Box will be Microsoft. This in my mind is the one factor that may hold the X-Box back. If Microsoft feel that releasing a certain piece of software on the X-Box will prove unprofitable weighed against a PC only release, they can put a stop to it.
Games developers such as Nintendo have no corporate pressures except making their consoles desirable to the consumer. Microsoft have two considerations - and this will no doubt affect what we can do with our X-Box.
The X-Box runs on a Direct X API, as do Windows games. Thus in theory developers could easily port their games over to the X-Box and capitalise on that niche. However, will Microsoft want to destroy PC gaming?
It is axiomatic that the X-Box has unlimited potential as a games machine. But how far will this be exercised? Will the X-Box appear in our offices?
These questions are no doubt being debated in Microsoft HQ as we sleep, and the sole determinant on the limits of X-Box will be Microsoft. This in my mind is the one factor that may hold the X-Box back. If Microsoft feel that releasing a certain piece of software on the X-Box will prove unprofitable weighed against a PC only release, they can put a stop to it.
Games developers such as Nintendo have no corporate pressures except making their consoles desirable to the consumer. Microsoft have two considerations - and this will no doubt affect what we can do with our X-Box.
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