They're going for a new OS entirely, and severing all ties with WinMo - this is why they've cut the compatibility for old WinMo apps. Don't think of it as Windows Mobile 7, it's a completely new OS, like when iPhone OS came out.
Java? As rich said, Flash is the most widely used platform, and none of the big OSes actually support Flash, so what's wrong with supporting Silverlight, seeing MS created it themselves, and it's actually quite good?
And re consistency - I completely agree with how MS has gone for consistency. You can't have someone being more or less able to play a game depending on whether they have a physical keyboard. High score lists would be pointless because you've got better equipped players playing against less able players.
Yeah, you just made me realise something - how would people do mods to games if everything is done on the OnLive servers? I guess any mod would need to run through those servers. Maybe it would turn into something like Apple's App Store where everything has to be approved?
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Mar 15th 2010 1:59AM (Joystiq)Java? As rich said, Flash is the most widely used platform, and none of the big OSes actually support Flash, so what's wrong with supporting Silverlight, seeing MS created it themselves, and it's actually quite good?
And re consistency - I completely agree with how MS has gone for consistency. You can't have someone being more or less able to play a game depending on whether they have a physical keyboard. High score lists would be pointless because you've got better equipped players playing against less able players.
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Mar 25th 2009 7:24AM (Engadget)