Carmack questions idea of console generation switch

Id Software co-founder John Carmack has said he is dissatisfied with the industry abandoning aging console generations and the huge audiences that they have in favour of rising costs and added risk.

Speaking to Wired on the 20th anniversary of Doom, the trailblazing first-person shooter he co-created with Jon Romero, Carmack said he had misgivings about the industry’s ongoing pursuit of more powerful hardware for the comparatively small number of dedicated, tech enthusiasts.

"Even to this day, I struggle a little bit with that," said Carmack. "There's so much you can still do on the previous console generation. The 360 and PS3 are far from tapped out in terms of what a developer could do with them, but the whole world's gonna move over towards next-gen and high-end PCs and all these other things"

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I never expected this from the graphics and engine guy.

Thanks for updating Mondo Zappa!

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I wish the PS4 had a launch game as good as ZombiU (or mario or Nintendoland).

Carnage just said the PS4 right now has a better lineup than the Wii U. I laughed in his face.

aspro said:

Glad to see Terminal Reality went Terminal. Balances out all teh good developers who die.

I only have two games they have made: Bloodrayne 2 (PS2) and Metal Slug Anthology (Wii).

But their last few games have been terrible.

gamingeek said:

Thanks for updating Mondo Zappa!

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That looks so awesome. Nostalgia overload. Unfortunately Sonic has to come along and fuck the whole thing up, filthy rodent.

Dvader said:

I wish the PS4 had a launch game as good as ZombiU (or mario or Nintendoland).

Carnage just said the PS4 right now has a better lineup than the Wii U. I laughed in his face.

Must be nice to be blindly loyal to one brand.

This month's NPD. I would have thought Pokemon would have hung in the top ten.  I guess everyone who wanted it already got it (or the volumes on the top ten games were just that high).

So my school is snow-bound and I get the day off.  How awesome is this?

When did you guys last have a snow day?  Living in a backwards country is finally paying off

bugsonglass said:

So my school is snow-bound and I get the day off.  How awesome is this?

When did you guys last have a snow day?  Living in a backwards country is finally paying off

Last March...but I may be getting one this week.