Why no console line for Wizardry 8?

[jamm]

On the console bit, I expect you could see something along this line, *if* there's enough interest among hackers - remember, this is no Wolfenstein - this style RPG appeals to s select subset of gamers, rather than a mass interest.

On the idea of X-box emulators, I'd be very surprised if you *ever* see that for two reasons: 1. Bill Gates is downright paranoid about pirates - I'm sure he made certain that devising an emulation be made as difficult as possible. 2. The process itself is no piece of cake - Look at the PS2 - after years of attempts at this, the best that was accomplished as "bleem!", which largely sucked - most of the games that did run had sound/picture/etc. anomalies that made the playing experience less than stellar. You'll notice that altho the PS2 has been out over a year, there's absolutely no talk of an emulator, and I don't expect there to be.

On the other hand, given how close to a regular computer the X-box is (Intel 733mhz processor, Nvidia graphics), porting X-box titles to PC may be a lot easier for companies to accomplish than other translations. But even that factor is put against Microsoft's urge to have the titles they control to be X-box exclusives in order to spur sales of the hardware. Notice that Halo, which was originally to be a PC title (and is generally agreed to be the best game for X-box) still has no visibility about whether it'll ever make it to the PC. Just my 2 cents.