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[extremeMAC]

This is just a question and a speculation...

Say your a developer for the x360 and you are creating a game, what happens when you want to test it?
Everyday or 2 you would be making a new release with added levels, fixed bugs and new features. Would they have to flag and sign EVERY release that they make, i doubt it, i think the the dev's would easily have another dash/bios allowing they to test their games. sorta like the dash you see on the halo 2 limited edition DVD.

just a question and speculation

[GeToChKn]

As with most consoles, there is a dev kit that is sold to legimate game developers that includes the required libraries to make the game, specs, usually a console that is hooked up to a computer so that games can be send to the console or sent to a hard drive on the console or streamed from a pc, etc, etc.  They will usually boot unsigned or unprotected code on the console.  Obviously, the game is only signed at the very end stage.  The key is having a dev kit but they are usually only sold to legimate developers and cost lots and lots of money.  With the original XBox, the development software was leaked to the public from a game developer, hence why we even have homebrew software.  Until those libraries are leaked from the 360, even if we get a chip that could boot unsigned code, no one has any tools to make any 360 software anyways.  From what I've read, the 360 SDK is heavily watermarked with each developers key/code or something, making it a huge risk to whoever would leak it.

[deadparrot]

QUOTE(GeToChKn @ Jan 16 2006, 10:37 PM)

From what I've read, the 360 SDK is heavily watermarked with each developers key/code or something, making it a huge risk to whoever would leak it.

It was the same way with the original Xbox.  That didn't stop them.  If something can be put in, it can be taken out.

[yaazz]

im sure that there are 360 SDKs out there now, just not floating