Jonathan's Universe

So, yesterday.. I neglected to mention possibly the coolest part of NXE. It’s actually a feature that I haven’t at all looked at. It’s the new XNA Community interface. XNA is basically the set of tools that allow game developers to make games for the 360. the XNA Community Interface is basically the area where these developers release their games for others to try them out.

This is a pretty cool premise. You can find games you might like then download them to your machine. However, I am not sure if you have to pay for the games (maybe it’s like the Apple AppStore, some you buy, some you don’t have to), but this looks very promising. You’re guarenteed to get some kind of quality too, because in order to be part of the XNA developer community, you have to pay a subscription fee (and I believe for some developer software too).

I’m curious to see how this ends up. Will this turn out to be a dumping ground where lame games are put? Or will it be the proving ground where Microsoft can scout for future developers? *cue dramatic music* We’ll find out.. soon enough!

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