Hi Jeremy. While I can see you feel very strongly about this, my question was not meant as an attack. Instead I think we as a community should come up with a solution. I just read an article where some companies project that at least 40% of all netbooks will have arm processors at the end of next year. As netbooks are a cheep form of computing, I can see many blind gamers going that route. The majority of audiogames will be affected, as they use older technology from microsoft which they don't seem interested in updating for arm. These games include Jim Kitchen's games, GMA, LWorks and many fun games like BSC games that are no longer developed actively.
Many gamers are also moving to other platforms like linux, as the cost and restrictions related to windows software is becoming prohibitive. On 6/7/11, Jeremy Kaldobsky <[email protected]> wrote: > If we all focused on what the next operating system will be, what the next > popular devices will be, or what the next popular programming language will > be, it would take 10 times longer to produce any games. I think there are > enough examples of this exact thought process to prove my point. We do! > need some people to be thinking that way, but you also need people who worry > more about here and now. > > --- On Tue, 6/7/11, Willem <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: Willem <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Lunimals version 2.5b >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2011, 3:27 AM >> Hi. >> I know that visual basic support have been discontinued by >> microsoft. >> What will happen when the next virsion of windows comes out >> that can run on arm devices? I'm pretty sure copying and >> registering a dll won't make it work. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Kaldobsky" >> <[email protected]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 8:49 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Lunimals version 2.5b >> >> >> > I don't have any plans to do that. I know it >> would prevent anyone from having to register Direct X7, but >> most people don't end up having to do that anyway, and those >> who do, only have to do it once and they are set for any >> game that uses Direct X7. Registering the file is >> pretty easy to do, and only a few people seem to have had >> trouble following the steps in the read me file. >> > >> > Eventually I'll stop being lazy, and I'll move over to >> a newer version of Direct X, but I have no real incentive to >> do so right now. >> > >> > --- >> > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> > [email protected]. >> > You can make changes or update your subscription via >> the web, at >> > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> > All messages are archived and can be searched and read >> at >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the >> management of the list, >> > please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [email protected]. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the >> web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the >> management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [email protected]. >> > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
