One Dev, At Least, Is Doing Great On Windows 8 (opens in new tab)

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5 pointsiag13y ago7 comments

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Disclosure: I just started working for Microsoft, but I think this would be my opinion anyway.

The Windows 8 app market looks still pretty much wide-open. Nevertheless, we can expect with some confidence that a few months from now there will be approximately a gazillion Windows 8 users looking for apps.

IMHO, this would be a really great time to have a few nice $2 game on that app store.

codewright13y ago

Background: I'm a developer.

Operating systems I use: Mac OS X, Linux (desktop and server)

Mobile Platforms I use: iPhone and Android

Operating systems I don't use: Windows 8

Mobile Platforms I don't use: WinMo8

I'm not buying a machine for Windows 8, a windows mobile phone, and a copy of Visual Studio 2012 ($2-3k++ outlay) for a chance at selling a $2 game to an unvalidated marketplace.

I'd have to sell 1,000 copies just to break-even on the hardware, let alone my time.

I'd be more interested if Microsoft had some sort of incentive program that included the dev machine, compiler, and mobile phone for testing. If they do, please link it.

marshray13y ago

Nah, you can use the VS Express Edition on a VM hosted on Azure or Amazon to develop Windows 8 store apps for next-to-nothing. There's still some kind of fee to register as an app developer though.

I doubt anyone's going to beg you to jump on it, just sayin' IMHO even the most pessimistic projections would still indicate it's going to be a pretty freaking huge app market.

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marshray13y ago

Disclosure: I just started working for Microsoft, but I think this would be my opinion anyway.

IMHO, this would be a really great time to have a few nice $2 game on that app store.

codewright13y ago

Background: I'm a developer.

Operating systems I use: Mac OS X, Linux (desktop and server)

Mobile Platforms I use: iPhone and Android

Operating systems I don't use: Windows 8

Mobile Platforms I don't use: WinMo8

I'm not buying a machine for Windows 8, a windows mobile phone, and a copy of Visual Studio 2012 ($2-3k++ outlay) for a chance at selling a $2 game to an unvalidated marketplace.

I'd have to sell 1,000 copies just to break-even on the hardware, let alone my time.

I'd be more interested if Microsoft had some sort of incentive program that included the dev machine, compiler, and mobile phone for testing. If they do, please link it.

marshray13y ago

Nah, you can use the VS Express Edition on a VM hosted on Azure or Amazon to develop Windows 8 store apps for next-to-nothing. There's still some kind of fee to register as an app developer though.

I doubt anyone's going to beg you to jump on it, just sayin' IMHO even the most pessimistic projections would still indicate it's going to be a pretty freaking huge app market.

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