Comments on: XNA Game Studio 4.0!

By: Captain ZSquare

Captain ZSquare — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:26:53 +0000

Xbox IS supported in XNA 4.0, just not in the CTP

By: Brant

Brant — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 08:49:14 +0000

technically the release should include Windows and Windows 7 Phone, its MUCH harder to add features to XBOX and Zune, so they could be at 3.1 indefinatly, but it is no problem at all to run with windows + windwos phone … eventually a new XBOX succcessor will be released and hopefully it could work well with a 4.0 update, but as it stands i dont think microsoft can really do anything significant with the current Zune/XBOX support, its all about potential

By: XNA 4.0 Official - MVi

XNA 4.0 Official - MVi — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:36:08 +0000

[...] textures and alpha testing. More details at Michael Klucher's blog and Sgt. Conker's blog Published Mar 10 2010, 12:17 AM by Spartan [...]

By: Captain boki

Captain boki — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:55:06 +0000

The very first link in the post states “This latest version provides a […] technology for game development on Windows Phone 7 Series, Xbox 360, and Windows PC.”, so the FAQ is Very Badly Phrased (maybe to keep the Zune in the list). Also, it wouldn’t make much sense to limit GS 4.0 to WP7 only.

While WinMo7 might be easier to type it is wrong as the beast is named Windows Phone 7 Series (I’ll just use WP7 from now on).

By: Michael C. Neel

Michael C. Neel — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:54 +0000

Possibly not bad wording – from the FAQ:

Q: How easy is it to port a game from Xbox 360, Windows or Zune to Windows Phone 7 Series?
A: XNA Game Studio 4.0 makes it possible for developers to adapt games built on previous versions of XNA Game Studio to work on Windows Phone 7 Series without re-coding the entire game. Also, once a developer has created a Windows Phone 7 Series game, they can use some of that code in XNA Game Studio 3.1 to adapt that game for Xbox 360, Windows or Zune.

This sounds like XNA 4.0 is WinMo7 only (that is so much easier to type!)

By: Captain boki

Captain boki — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:44:05 +0000

Nope, all the rage is about Windows Phone 7 Series (it is amazing how easy it is to write that beast of a brand…) right now. And apart from the VS2010 requirement for 4.0 there doesn’t seem to be any breaking changes for PC/Xbox development.

By: Rim

Rim — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:28 +0000

Any word on what this means on the PC/XBox side of things yet? I’ve got some things in the works (primarily for PC) and I’m wondering if I should put these on hold till 4.0 hits… or just ignore 4.0 as Win7 phones will probably hit Europe in 2015 :p