23-07-2009, 03:27 PM
Acruno Wrote:The only games coming from Mirage are going to be small 2d morpgs, played by a tiny (in comparison to other online games) community of dedicated people. Moving to Dx8, while having the benefit to make everything pretty and translucent, doesn't actually do much to improve the basic focus of Mirage. VB6 is still used today because it is easy, accessible and usable. Microsoft has stated that they will continue to have OS' that run VB6 for a further ten years. They wouldn't do that without a good reason. Sure, vb.net is the standard now, but is it really needed?The thing is that Vb6 is only supported. There will be no VB6 SP7 or anything. It does not support DX9 and will never do. It does not follow the main paradigm that is used nowadays, OO. This are only a few reasons to declare it dead. I'm not saying it sux or anything. I love it(DOT) But it does not full-fits our needs anymore. DotNet is the future, and I don't see it dieing in a short period nor a very long future.
That is my opinion.