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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (96042)	3/1/2000 1:44:00 PM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570750

Ten, Will the X-Box have a hard drive? According to the Register, it will. Scumbria

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (96042)	3/1/2000 2:15:00 PM
From: Epinephrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570750

RE: <Also, developing for both the PC and the X-Box is much more difficult than you think. PC game developers are already going out of their minds trying to debug a game on many possible PC configurations out there. Trust me on this. The idea of X-Box is that developers will have an easier time because they'll target one config. To develop for both the X-Box and the PC in general takes away that advantage, and we're back to square one again.> Tenchusatsu, If you flip that statement around then isn't it exactly the reason why the XBox could be such a potent competitor. If the XBox is set up correctly then it simply becomes just one more PC configuration to be debugged for and since as you say..."PC game developers are already going out of their minds trying to debug a game on many possible PC configurations out there." it would be trivial to include the XBox as just another of those configurations and thus leverage existing PC game development efforts. Thanks, Epinephrine

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (96042)	3/1/2000 2:37:00 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570750

You know me better than that, Kash. I don't care whose CPU is in there, whether it's AMD's or Intel's. I still don't think X-Box stands a chance against Sony Playstation 2. I can understand why Microsoft will want to try, and I do know that Microsoft has a lot of experience in PC games at least. Ten, you may not feel threatened by X-box but you definitely have a bias. Very little is known about X-box and yet you are fairly certain it won't be the product that Playstation is. I have read a lot about Playstation and its good but it's definitely not the last word in technology....there never is a last word with technology. ted