[Gllug] X-Box linux

[Steve Goodwin]

> 
> PS. Actually, I wouldn't have a clue myself, but a friend of mine was
>     telling me last night that his game has finally gone 
> gold, but that
Well done to him - that's quite an achievement. (doing that myself in 3
months!)

>     it's going to be PC, PS2 and XBox only, 'coz the GC's too 
> underpowered
Depends on the game type, coding methods, and use of hardware. One size
_never_ fits all in the console arena.

>     as Nintendo won't release enough programming information 
> to make full
>     use of it to anyone but Rare...
And us - obviously :)

Thing is, Sony and Microsoft won't release enough programming information
to make full use of it to anyone, either. Both companies require NDA and
license deals before you'll get any hardware, SDKs, or compilers out of
them. If you want more than they give, then there's always enough
information around to let you dig (private newsgroups, mails lists etc). All
consoles (inc. XBox, which gives you access to ring 0) let you bang the
hardware; but you still need to know/learn/discover where to bang it :)

Steev




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