| From: | Zoltan Hunt |
| Date: | 17 Sep 2000 at 19:54:13 |
| Subject: | AMIOPEN: Elate on Dreamscast |
-----Original Message-----
From: Jean-Pierre <jpj@casema.net>
To: open@amiga.com <open@amiga.com>
Date: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: AMIOPEN: Absence of VP in distros, and strategy
>activity away from PC gaming onto consoles - more stable >environment
>because of less different configurations, less different hardware to
>support
>etc.
Shades of the original Amigas?, i.e. you knew what the base system was on an
A1200/A500
>Sega is still suffering - games are being cancelled for the console
>because
>ppl
>feel the installed base is too small - Ami software being able to run >on
it
>seems like an ideal way for Sega to sell more hardware plus its >seems like
>a doddle to realise after Tao has already demoed Elate on >Dreamcast...
Yes, that would be nice, especially if the modem option is added (ok, its
*only* 56K). I wonder how much work would be involved in getting the (still
being built) AmigaDE/OE onto the Dreamcast? It might make a good system to
show off what a low-end game system can do.
I guess for me, I find games are getting very market driven, now there are
some good ones I like (I'm a Age of Empires fan) but with literally millions
of dollars that go into creating most modern games (more than most
indipendent films cost) there is too much at stake for game companoies to
take too many risks. My hope is that the AmigaDE will lower some of costs,
i.e no royality system or "Quality assurance" for those who don't want it
and potentially a huge market.
Zoltan Hunt
> But this means nothing in the future we(Amiga Inc.) are aming for, as a
simple
> senario you might see something like this:
>
> StrongARM in PDA�s
> Mips in settopboxes
> X86 & PPC in Consumer machines
> SMP x86, Sparc, Alpha, PPC in workstations and servers.
>
> In this senario the user will choose the best solution for his/her needs
based on the
> application instead of looking at OS availability.
>
> Again this is peronal observations and is in no way official Amiga Inc.
policy.
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