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Re: GP3 for Xbox?

5 posts by 5 people · 06 May 2000 - 07 May 2000 01:09 UTC

Bill 06 May 2000#272419
I'll believe it when I see it. I think PC based gaming is secure for a long while yet. The hype about the death of gaming on the PC are just a bit premature. Pierre Racine <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:060520001254340306%[email hidden]... > Since I sincerely believe the Xbox will profoundly change the game > consumer market in that it will gradually shifts them from PC to > console since it WILL off offer a superior, more stable, easy > programmable and more user friendly platform, I can't see why GP3, or > World Sports Car for that matter, would't do it to Xbox. Any ideas...
Pierre Racine 06 May 2000 16:56 UTC#272453
Since I sincerely believe the Xbox will profoundly change the game consumer market in that it will gradually shifts them from PC to console since it WILL off offer a superior, more stable, easy programmable and more user friendly platform, I can't see why GP3, or World Sports Car for that matter, would't do it to Xbox. Any ideas...
Cliff Roman 06 May 2000 17:45 UTC#272461
Considering that the X-box is only going to be upgraded once every 5 years I really do not think that PC Games need to worry. The X-Box is quote "In addition, the X-Box won't allow upgrades. While X-Box will be screaming fast when it ships next fall, Microsoft doesn't plan to update the architecture for four to five years. During that time, technology on the PC will likely leave the X-Box behind. Also "Microsoft is clear that it's a dedicated console system for the living room. They're focusing on games that appeal to the console gamers tastes, rather than on complex strategy games or simulation" Btw, these quotes came from Computer Gaming World in which they talked to Microsoft. "Pierre Racine" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:060520001254340306%[email hidden]... > Since I sincerely believe the Xbox will profoundly change the game > consumer market in that it will gradually shifts them from PC to > console since it WILL off offer a superior, more stable, easy > programmable and more user friendly platform, I can't see why GP3, or > World Sports Car for that matter, would't do it to Xbox. Any ideas...
Jaye 07 May 2000#272308
There is a high chance that the GP franchise will reach the X box and playstation 2 aswell. It has been announced on some web sites that GP4 will be available on the Dreamcast later this year. "Simon Brown" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:hv2R4.6230$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (7 lines)> Well, the X-Box won't be with us for about a year yet, so GP4/5 would be > more likely than GP3. Theres certainly no reason why we couldn't see a > Crammond game running on X-Box since it has a DirectX / C++ based > developement environment. > Within 6 months of X-Box release, the PC will steam past it in performance > terms. nVidia will release a PC version of the 3d chip technology, and > X-Box only has a P3-600. It also has a small hard drive and only 64 MB
RAM. > Also developers are being told that their X-Box games must not installmore > than 50MB of files to the Hard Disk. > And consider that it will use a tv, which means resolutions of 800*600 and > no higher, and where do you attach your steering wheel if you have to play > the thing sat in front of your tv? > >
Simon Brown 07 May 2000 01:09 UTC#272293
Well, the X-Box won't be with us for about a year yet, so GP4/5 would be more likely than GP3. Theres certainly no reason why we couldn't see a Crammond game running on X-Box since it has a DirectX / C++ based developement environment. Within 6 months of X-Box release, the PC will steam past it in performance terms. nVidia will release a PC version of the 3d chip technology, and X-Box only has a P3-600. It also has a small hard drive and only 64 MB RAM. Also developers are being told that their X-Box games must not install more than 50MB of files to the Hard Disk. And consider that it will use a tv, which means resolutions of 800*600 and no higher, and where do you attach your steering wheel if you have to play the thing sat in front of your tv?

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