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Is there an equivalent to the XNA framework for consoles other than XBox360?

It's gotta be free. It's hobby, after all, not a business!. Creating for-profit software isn't an issue, but anything that requires a hardware mod is out.

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Dustman Avatar asked Sep 22 '08 19:09

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Nope, I don't think so. The only other .NET environment for consoles I know costs money and is called unity3d: http://unity3d.com/

I think it supports the iPhone and the Wii and uses Mono as runtime environment. 200 bucks and you are in :)

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Armin Ronacher Avatar answered Nov 26 '22 05:11

Armin Ronacher


No, all of the major consoles, except for the Xbox 360, do not have open development environments. There are various homebrew kits you can get, but these aren't sanctioned by the console makers (Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft), so at best, you'll only be able to give away ROMs of what you make for free. If you try to sell anything, you'll get sued into the ground.

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Adam Rosenfield Avatar answered Nov 26 '22 04:11

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