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July 1, 2000 Link to this post
John Carmack speaks his mind on Xbox
John Carmack gives his views on Xbox and the future of gaming on the PC in an IGN Xbox interview. Here's a snippet:
IGN Xbox: Would you ever consider doing original content for a console?
JC: There are some pleasures to developing on a console that you don't get on a PC, but I Would hate to leave behind the open-ended, flexible architectures we develop for the PC.
IGN Xbox: If the Xbox provides the PC comforts of development, but the mass-market outreach of a console, what's to keep PC developers from jumping ship and making console-only games?
JC: I could imagine it happening, but it will always be so trivial to make a PC "port" of an Xbox game that I wouldn't expect the PC titles to dry up at all. Microsoft is probably doing some arm-twisting to try to force exclusivity, but it probably won't hold for too long.
IGN Xbox: Where do you see PC game development going in the age of next-generation systems?
JC: The cornerstone advantages that PC's have over consoles is that they are much better mediums for communication between players, and for content creation.
Good to hear John's views on this. (Crux Fidelis 15:06:35 UTC)
