Supporting the Tablet PC and UMPC Platforms?
As I mentioned in a post on the XNA Team Blog we’re currently investigating feature options for the next version of XNA Game Studio Express.
One of the ideas we’ve kicked around is supporting features in the Tablet PC and UMPC platforms. Features like the touch screen and "ink" on the Tablet PC are things that come to mind and I think this could enable some unique games using the input scenarios above.
My questions for those of you using XNA:GSE are, do you own a Tablet PC or UMPC and would developing games for that take advantage of things like the stylus input appealing to you? Do you think it would be something you would use?
Another question or concern as mine is how do feel about implementing these types of things into the XNA Framework if it can’t be used on the Xbox 360? One of the goals we’ve had is keeping feature parity between the Xbox 360 and Windows, Do you think it would be frustrating to have the pen as an input device available to you but only working on Tablet PC’s?
Let me know what you’re thinking!
