John Carmack is a video game deity. Responsible for many of the graphical and technological advancements of the medium, through his work on the engines for everything from Wolfenstein to Doom III, Carmack's opinion carries with it an almost incomprehensible amount of industry weight. So Carmack saying the Xbox 360 is "a really sweet development system" means precisely that.His praise isn't completely unequivocal though. He says about both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, "They can quote these incredibly high numbers of giga-flops or tera-flops or whatever, but in reality, when you do a straightforward development process on them, they’re significantly slower than a modern high-end PC."
The interview is from the February issue of PC Gamer UK, which hits newsstands today. We can probably expect to hear more details about both consoles therein. Any UK readers have a subscription?
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2-07-2006 @ 9:18AM
Crazyglues said...
Carmack - "when you do a straightforward development process on them, they�re significantly slower than a modern high-end PC."
Carmack if that's the case i'll see your next game on my XPS 600 Renegade PC then...
I must say that Doom 3 on xbox was one of the best ports of a PC game i've ever seen. It could not have been made any better then the job those guys did, Amazing.
However it was still better on my PC, and I think that's because no matter what they say consoles just can't compare to the PC experience. That being said I think he should just make a Game that's just for 360 but I guess money wise that just wouldn't be realistic. (I mean if Doom 3 took like 4 years development time then you really need to drop it on as many systems as possible.)
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2-07-2006 @ 11:41AM
KillerGreen said...
^^^^ I usually tend to agree with you, especially on the shooters. But if you get a nice big HDtv, then it kinda changes stuff up IMO. I like my 21" monitor, but seeing it look so nice on a BIG screen makes playing games on the 360 more appealing.
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2-07-2006 @ 3:00PM
pennywise969 said...
This may be a dumb question, but I wonder what he means when he says "straightforward development process" Is he saying that the 360 and ps3 are more powerful when you design a game specifically for them, but if you design a game for either of these systems the same way you design for the pc, that the pc is more powerful? Or is he talking about multiplatform games? Any idea?
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2-07-2006 @ 5:22PM
Crazyglues said...
KillerGreen ..Now I like the way you think, that's a good point. I am in-fact waiting on getting my HDTV only because I haven't made up my mind on these two models which can also be used as a computer monitor.. 32"
So that rasies a good point without HDTV you are missing a lot I personally bought the VGA cable so I could use my computer monitor as My high def output... but I tend to play on the big screen just because ... well you know, it's big screen... LoL - Fight Night on that sucka looks amazing... I mean amazing (it's an old school Sony 50 inch rear projection - but not HDTV) Now I am the FightNight King around here... but yeah that's a real good point - and i'll get back to you once I pick up A 32" HDTV for my room.
but if you played quake 4 on pc and then played it on 360 it was kinda no comparsion - The PC kicked it's ass.....LoL
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