Teh Carmack

[Ghost [PX]]

Nifty Article about id, teh Carmack and Doom III. Its 3 pages, but worth reading. Some info about M$'s request for an Xbox exclusive port.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.05/doom.html

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Not really an exclusive port, per se. Just that M$ wants id to wait to release the PC version the same time as the Xbox one. I can almost guarantee there will be an Xbox port (he's on the Xbox board, after all). He also stated that an Xbox port was a "possibility" last year at Quakecon. That and what with RTCW on the Xbox, higher sales compared to PC games, less privacy, and higher returns, why wouldn't they? Just a sound investment. However, I doubt he'll turn his back on the PC. He's always stated it was the best platform.......bar none.

Quote:

"But id could pocket some cash from Microsoft. Redmond keeps calling, trying to convince the company to release a version of Doom III for the Xbox: "We're being offered a pretty significant amount of money to sit on it until an Xbox port is done," says Carmack. id hasn't announced a decision yet."

[[Fallen]Thumperup]

Look at all of those poor innocent Gamers they will crush by realesing it to the xbox. I don't consider console people gamers.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Teh MAN comments on 3dmark03:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=65617&cid=6051216

Here are some of the replies:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=656 ... id=6051216


Me? I think he's still a bit ticked at ATI for leaking the alpha and, thus, isn't as condoning as he was on other cheats. Just more fuel to the fire, though.

[Dempsey]

Its a good thing it got leaked cause I wasnt totally sold on DOOM3 until I saw it in all its glory. Can't wait

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Armidallo Space's latest feat:

http://www.space.com/businesstechnology ... 40617.html


Looks like they have a chance of winning. Granted, these results are very basic.

[[PX]IronFist]

...the Ansari X Prize – a $10 million offering that expires on January 1, 2005.

It expires next year? that sucks.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

How you know that, on average, there's more money to be made off consoles:

http://www.tomsgames.com/us/2008/08/07/ ... interview/

Cuz Carmack says so.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Linux.......

http://www.linuxgames.com/archives/10532

..........not big on their radar. I guess he just got sick of them not getting their sh!t together (ie. OpenGL 3.0 taking forever).

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Carmack does the impossible:

http://www.idsoftware.com/wolfenstein3d ... opment.htm

He makes development for the iPhone interesting.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Update from Carmack on his iPhone programming:

http://www.idsoftware.com/doom-classic/ ... opment.htm



Mtv's "slightly" less technical coverage of this news:

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2009/11/ ... cing-game/


EDIT:

WTF? Everybody's going ape-poop over Doom on the iPhone.

http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/05/hell- ... he-iphone/

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Latest interview discusses Rage, cloud computing, and dedicated servers:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65117

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Interview with Carmack over Rage:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6 ... n_rage.php


The reason he says development and optimization on the PC sucks today? Video card driver incompatibilities.

[[PX]IronFist]

what I look back as one of the biggest mistakes I made in this generation, was at the beginning, five or six years ago, looking and saying, "Consoles are basically as good as PCs"

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Yeah, definitely a double-edged sword for large budgeted game developers today.