To: niceguy767 who wrote (97705 ) 3/9/2000 8:45:00 PM From: Scot Read Replies (1) | Respond to
Should be very interesting tomorrow! CNBC said at 7:15 pm ET that AMD chip has been selected...Maybe, given lengthy time frame for Xbox to market, both chips have been selected for the shorter term to ensure that such healthy competition results in the best Xbox in 2HY2001...Not a bad idea from MSFT's vantage point to defer commitment to sole chip producer for a bit! This is a big giant company that's getting into this. >> Big giant company that's never really been in this industry before. It's not something, there are portions that not even money can buy as far as distribution and content, these are the types of things that sega has always act settled at. >> In his keynote, gates will attempt to court developers to invest their time and money to create games for the x-box, the programmers want specifics from microsoft's chief software architect. >> It's a pretty competitive market, sony and nintendo have the console systems pretty well laid out. So to compete in that market, he's going to have to be pretty specific. >> Definitely a transition time for the industry, but having more platforms available really just means more innovation for developers. >> X-box will reportedly run on amd and nvidia chips making it as powerful as a personal computer but key questions include will it run the thousands of pc games already in stores, will it sell at the lower price that's the consoles sell more and will it be simple like a game, or as complex to manage as a computer? The gaming community is eager to hear the answers from mr. Gates. >> There's not fear rippling through the established players of video becaming that bill gates and steve ballmer are getting into this? >> No, i think you talk to the folk at sony, and nintendo and sega, certainly we welcome microsoft's entry into the marketplace, but no,
