id Software development legend John Carmack believes Microsoft is "grasping at straws" in an attempt to get gamers to upgrade to next-gen PC operating system Windows Vista.
"Nothing is going to help a new game by going to a new operating system. There were some clear wins going from Windows 95 to Windows XP for games, but there really aren't any for Vista," Carmack told Game Informer.
"They're artificially doing that by tying DX10 [DirectX 10] so close it, which is really nothing about the OS. It's a hardware-interface spec. It's an artificial thing that they're doing there.
"They're really grasping at straws for reasons to upgrade the operating system. I suspect I could run XP for a great many more years without having a problem with it."
According to Carmack, id Software would probably only move development of its own titles to Vista when the market had widely adopted the platform. Titles it's currently partnering on, like Splash Damage's Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, will remain XP-based.
The magnificent Prey was once again abandoned as Microsoft disregarded Arkane Austin's achievements and crucified it just for Redfall.
well, not entirely ... the main Arkane studio i.e Arkane Lyon's still there ...
Its only that, the sequel will take more time now ... after Blade & Dishonored 3
But who knows, Dishonored 3 could have been Austins next project, so might be cancelled.
Not even this Prey
Still longing for a sequel to the original Prey with Tommy
The studio didn't even want to call this Prey, it was just Bethesda being dicks to them for some reason.
Same Bethesda basically screwed over the original developer team human head back around 2011 so it was really never going to come despite a honestly amazing trailer. I liked prey 2017 but it always held a stink of disappointment due to what we never got
Keep dreaming then as Prey and Dishonored 2 did not sell well enough to get sequels.
Hence we got Deathloop and Redfall instead.
Those people will just argue that Arkane Austin and Tango would've been shut down either way.
Zenimax allready put them in a tight spot by demanding them to do a multiplayer title. So it's not unlikely, considering how bad the game performed. They didn't stand a chance. MS had the money to save them and to correct Zenimax' mistakes.
Star Wars is coming to Helldivers 2, unofficially that is, as a new mod revamps in-game models and sends players to a galaxy far, far, away.
Even if Redfall were a good game, the closure of Hi-Fi Rush proves even that doesn't matter in the industry.
Yeah it would have mattered especially since their huge game that year wasn't all that it was cracked up to be remember redfail was almost heavily promoted and hyped not to the level of starfield but still more promoted than the average game.
There was still a decent marketing campaign behind the game I'm sure millions were spent advertising it on websites and I saw a few billboards and bus stop signs in real life
No it wouldn’t matter it wouldn’t bring in enough profit to offset their 100 billion dollar acquisition. It would maybe delay the inevitable by some months.
I would f*cking think so. Good games are what draws people to your platform. It’s why I adored the 360 era with Gears of War being one of the highlights for me. You make sh*t games and it just makes your platform that much worse and you start gobbling up studios I like and then killing them off it also makes me hate your platform as well… just sayin’
Unless the game would’ve been War Zone, or Fortnite level. No. Maybe even Hell divers 2 I doubt would’ve been enough.
No it would not have, the ABK deal was great for Microsoft but horrible for Xbox. Over 100 billion dollars in acquisitions. That money has to be made back. That ABK deal essentially destroyed Xbox as we know it.
that John Carmack is not pro Microsoft. Yet he can't help notice the superiority of the 360 over the PS3. When he speaks, ignorant gamers should listen.
He is very honest and respectful too. The problem with today’s gamers is not enough of them understand the history of 3D rendering and came code. John M. has pioneered or been apart of many of the programming applications that are used today. He is the Jay-Z of PC games.
I think the PS3 fan boy attack yesterday was a true sign of the PS fan bases ignorance.
Finally he is 100% correct about Vista it is a great OS but it is not necessary today.
What ever works mua hahahahaha.
This guy's down on everything! Talk about cynical! If he had his way we'd all still be playing games on 486's.
Totally agree...MS has this new "Windows for Games" agenda which really is going to be a trojan horse for "upgrade to Vista". Sure it might have some good bells and whistles but in the end it is not a be all end all OS that "needs" to be upgraded to.
Vista is key for MS in one additional area...its another gateway for "Live Anywhere". Just listen to MS at CES and its clear that one of Vista's main objectives is to get PC users dialed in to Live. Soon enough I am sure you will see PC titles coming out with achievements and Micro transactions.
Its all about the bottom line my friends. MS is no better than others when it comes to that. They want the dollar from you just as badly as the next guy.