Newcomer:


>Speaking of games, speculations on the X-box, people?
>Do you think its capabilitys are gonna be USED, or will PC progammers go
>"Heres this game for your PC! Oh yeah...*afterthought* we made it xbox
>compatible too...."

Actually, it appears to be shaping up to be the other way 'round- some PC 
developers are jumping ship to the console.  And some of the bad console > 
PC ports that are out there should be a warning against trying it with 
every game.

And NVidia's video card for the X-Box 
(http://www.nvidia.com/products.nsf/xbox.html) is totally brand new, so 
*nobody* has had a chance to push its limits. And since it puts the 
processors of every current console to shame, you can only make a guess as 
to how great it will be.

Not that I'm getting one... it's still a console, after all.

>A lack of Japanese developers is a disturbing portend... but time will tell.

Microsoft has readily acknowledged that breaking into the Japanese market 
is going to be their biggest hurdle, due to the intense (fanatical) loyalty 
to Sony and Nintendo.  They'll probably have to learn how to make RPGs that 
rival Square, and I doubt they have the ability right now...


-Bradster