Is XNA dying and MS forcing to C++?

Robert Zimmermann · 2012-10-22T05:57:33

Hi GameDevs, I started programming a year ago with Pascal (Lazarus) and moved then to C# to make some Windows Phone 7 apps. I made some small apps for companys, but now that I got some experience I want to start coding my first small 2D games. After some games I will try myself on a paid game-app. With this as my clear and not to high goals I searched for the best Framework to choose and remembered XNA. It´s relativly easy to use and C# is my language of choice. But how is the future of XNA? MS removed it from VS2012 and that makes me curious. I wouldn´t call it dead or nearly dead, but I don´t want to learn a "dead" Framework. It seems like I´m forced to C++ and DirectX or other Engines /C++ and DX in case of apps) Is XNA still worth learning? Or do I have to switch to C++? What other choices do I have? Thanks. -Sooker

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Started by Sooker September 19, 2012 01:16 PM

123 comments, last by viper110110 11 years, 5 months ago

LanceJZ

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October 21, 2012 07:01 AM

I have heard that XNA is not going anywhere. In a few months there will be a new XNA for VS 2012, that is what I have been told.

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kunos

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October 21, 2012 07:07 AM

I have heard that XNA is not going anywhere. In a few months there will be a new XNA for VS 2012, that is what I have been told.

if you don't tell us who told you that.. your post is quite useless tbh.

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October 21, 2012 04:36 PM

Microsoft have made no mention of anything on the subject so everything is just heresay. Even the death of XNA is although we can assume that the lack of comments regarding XNA from any microsoft devs shows XNA is being phased out although in this thread we have listed quite a few alternatives.

ANX and monogame being the ones with the closest feel to XNA yet still being actively developed (and arguably better)

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October 21, 2012 07:21 PM

Well, if something new is coming out soon, I hope it is based on SharpDX.

Btw, I heard MSFT is looking for devs in order to create a common compiler for C++ and C#. If this is true, then when the compiler gets done, there would be no real perf diference between the two languages.

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October 22, 2012 05:57 AM

I was recently at a game competition and a Microsoft rep came to visit. Not sure how much she knew about internal developments, but when I spoke of XNA dying she recommended monogame and/or SharpDX.

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