We were very excited, and everyone wanted to know if you could get the same benefits you obtain from writing games using managed code as you do when creating standard Windows programs. We knew people in the game programming community were worried about managed code’s execution speed, and many people simply didn’t believe a “real” game could be created using XNA. As time passed, though, more and more people began to realize the truth: there are a great number of benefits to using managed code, and the performance concerns are exaggerated.
You haven’t experienced the full potential of the Xbox 360 or, indeed, Windows until you’ve created your own homegrown games for these innovative systems—and with the XNA Framework, the only limit is your imagination!