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Originally Posted by GundamZZ
Why several people are enthusiastic about it(in this thread)? Didn't MS already have self publishing kit called XNA?
Is it the improvement of XNA? Is it something totally different?
In case someone may not know XNA, XNA lets you develop your own Windows game. You can also port the project to XBox 360. The kit is free. If you want to publish it, MS charges you $$$$.
If you are an amateur developer, the task looks easier. If you develop games for living, it may not be good enough. I heard some developer think it's an useless toy, because it uses C# instead C++.
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XNA has also been completely abandoned by Microsoft on Windows 8 (and I reckon the same will happen on the XB1).
Instead they want people to make games Windows 8 Apps and, given that we know that the XB1 is capable of running those, I'm guessing that this "self-publish" thing will use those APIs instead of any proper access to the gaming hardware.