Carmack Snubs PS3, likes Xbox 360 - 15.8.05

id Software founder John Carmack recently talked about the next generation of gaming hardware in his keynote speech at the recent 10th annual Quakecon convention. His speech was mainly based around the two rival next-gen gaming consoles, Sony's Playstation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360.

According to Carmack, the Xbox 360 is "the best development environment" he has seen for a console. Expressing his delight for the development tools and architecture of Bill's 2nd Xbox. He then went on to express doubts over the PS3's hardware architecture, in saying that early work on games for the PS3's hardware "will initially be disappointing", and that it is going to take some time for developers to make full use of PS3's parallel processing power.

He wasn't completely down on Sony, however, explaining where PlayStation 3 had a potential advantage over the Xbox 360: "The particularly interesting thing on the other side of the fence with Sony is that they are at least making noises about having it be an open platform. This has always been an issue I disliked about consoles. I don't like closed development platforms and the fact you have to be a registered developer. I've always loathed that aspect. It's why I've always preferred the PC market, so we can do whatever we feel like Â we can release mission packs and patch things - all of this good stuff that you're not allowed to do on consoles." Although he admitted that it wasn't clear how or if this openness would work, it was clearly something he would embrace if it existed: "If you had something like the Amiga used to be, which was a fixed format with a graphics focus, that would certainly be very interesting." And this was clearly his perceived advantage for PS3, saying that "Microsoft are certainly going to have nothing to do with" such an open attitude.

Carmack Talks Next-Gen In QuakeCon Keynote

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	« Igniq.com Gaming News Carmack Snubs PS3, likes Xbox 360 - 15.8.05 id Software founder John Carmack recently talked about the next generation of gaming hardware in his keynote speech at the recent 10th annual Quakecon convention. His speech was mainly based around the two rival next-gen gaming consoles, Sony's Playstation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. According to Carmack, the Xbox 360 is "the best development environment" he has seen for a console. Expressing his delight for the development tools and architecture of Bill's 2nd Xbox. He then went on to express doubts over the PS3's hardware architecture, in saying that early work on games for the PS3's hardware "will initially be disappointing", and that it is going to take some time for developers to make full use of PS3's parallel processing power. He wasn't completely down on Sony, however, explaining where PlayStation 3 had a potential advantage over the Xbox 360: "The particularly interesting thing on the other side of the fence with Sony is that they are at least making noises about having it be an open platform. This has always been an issue I disliked about consoles. I don't like closed development platforms and the fact you have to be a registered developer. I've always loathed that aspect. It's why I've always preferred the PC market, so we can do whatever we feel like Â we can release mission packs and patch things - all of this good stuff that you're not allowed to do on consoles." Although he admitted that it wasn't clear how or if this openness would work, it was clearly something he would embrace if it existed: "If you had something like the Amiga used to be, which was a fixed format with a graphics focus, that would certainly be very interesting." And this was clearly his perceived advantage for PS3, saying that "Microsoft are certainly going to have nothing to do with" such an open attitude. Carmack Talks Next-Gen In QuakeCon Keynote Related: Quake 4 to be "Better Game" than DOOM 3 QuakeCon.org Official site for Quake 4 id Software Raven Software Yay, a Quake 4 logo contest New Quake Wars Details Let Loose Classic Doom on Doom 3 Engine A Look At The Characters of Quake IV Discussion >> By Gary (Email: Gary at igniq dot com) Sponsored links: Concert Tickets Buy Wii Games Online Best prices: PS3 (60 GB) Console Place a link here