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[daREALhomercles]

So a few days ago i saw the M$ E3 publicity event and havent slept much since. Seems that they want to not only crush Sony, but PC gamers as well. XNA is the code word, i guess, for the next manifestation of Direct X. Heres, the kicker though, its an integral part of xbox2. M$ is planning on merging the software for xbox AND PC! To make matters worse this new software will have an integrated controller--so long keyboard and mouse! Whats really troubling for me though is that consoles are on a 5 year development cycle while PC graphics cards are on a 6 month development cycle (i personally upgrade my rigs for 3 years then buy new--a profoundly more rapid upgrade cycle than consoles). This means that truly great games like FC would have NEVER been developed until the next iteration of consoles, and now by default the next generation of DX, came out (remember that xbox only does DX8, and FC is a DX9b/c game). I for one am truly hoping this means death to DX in adoption of OpenGL for the PC market. Some developers have sold-out PC gamers for consoles (dumbing down, craptastic graphics, etc) and now it seems that M$ is following suit! Any and all PC gamers should be outraged!

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I hope Kimi doesnt edit this for "flaming"....

[daREALhomercles]

So a few days ago i saw the M$ E3 publicity event and havent slept much since. Seems that they want to not only crush Sony, but PC gamers as well. XNA is the code word, i guess, for the next manifestation of Direct X. Heres, the kicker though, its an integral part of xbox2. M$ is planning on merging the software for xbox AND PC! To make matters worse this new software will have an integrated controller--so long keyboard and mouse! Whats really troubling for me though is that consoles are on a 5 year development cycle while PC graphics cards are on a 6 month development cycle (i personally upgrade my rigs for 3 years then buy new--a profoundly more rapid upgrade cycle than consoles). This means that truly great games like FC would have NEVER been developed until the next iteration of consoles, and now by default the next generation of DX, came out (remember that xbox only does DX8, and FC is a DX9b/c game). I for one am truly hoping this means death to DX in adoption of OpenGL for the PC market. Some developers have sold-out PC gamers for consoles (dumbing down, craptastic graphics, etc) and now it seems that M$ is following suit! Any and all PC gamers should be outraged!

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I hope Kimi doesnt edit this for "flaming"....

[big fat and lazy]

You mean that future PC games will require a controller? There's no way I'm playing my PC games with a ****ing controller.
No way, Microsoft isn't that evil.

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[TheAquaticApe]

PC 4 lyph3! Ever since I got my comp up to a decent gamming rig, I've put down the console. Hell I just sold my gamecube so I can upgrade to AMD 64! From what I've seen console isn't going anything great with games, their are some exceptions that I still play, like the MGS series and the Jak n Daxter series, but....I stopped with all that FF/RPG hype, tired of little kids that summon monster from a necklance around their neck and have a giant sword that they most likely wouldn't be able to yeild. Anyways, PC is awesome, and besides, only with a PC can I also have a giant scat collection
~ Ape ~

[thewizzeone]

Get rid of keyboard & mouse? Never happen.

[mr.amphibian]

but thats not actually REPLACING pc games... right? they couldnt... they dont have the money.. or the guts (o wait... THEY DO)

but even so therell b mice n keyboards for every console if the mood demands it (u buy your console then ur extra controllers = more money for the sellers = everyone happy cept we have to pay more!!!)

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[Deadpreacher]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by thewizzeone:
Get rid of keyboard & mouse? Never happen. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Agreed !

Last thing i heard that Xbox next was going to bring in somthing like a K/M. Its said to maybe have internet surfing of some kind i believe they said. I think they want to make Xbox Next like a house hold Media center that does more than just play games. The future for K/M seems stronger on more platforms than ever before and we all know for the PC it ain't going nowhere!

As for the next generation of DX well thats still yet to be seen and i still think we well be fine...

[Suli (was taken)]

this is only merging dx with xbox, making both xbox and pc more compatable. they have been integrating a number of things for years. it gives devs more reason to use there api which reinforces there market share.
i just dont think we have anything to worry about for a while.

[CletisMckloskey]

just as long as they dont take away my mouse and keyboard. if they do, then millions of gamers will be raging outside of microsoft's hq