Carmack Expounds on Doom III

Rainier Wolfecastle writes: "Non-high-end-comp-owning geeks rejoice! GameSpot is reporting that John Carmack has confirmed that Doom III is Xbox-bound. Carmack said that id is totally commited to bringing the game to Microsoft's console with its visual splendor intact. Best of all, the game could be available on the Xbox as soon as May next year." And Warrior-GS writes: "John Carmack gave a two-hour presentation about Doom 3 and engine technology. GameSpy reports on the presentations and analyzes Carmack's comments and how they apply to the future of gaming. There is also a look at the demo of Doom III"

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Post Doom III and GPL

[The Evil Plush Toy]

It seems weird thinking oh John starting to work on the next level of id technology. Doom III seems like such a technological shock that it's pretty tough to imagine what more could be done at the time being. Also, anyone hear any rumors on when Quake III gets GPL'ed? HEY WAIT isn't there a VS.NET clause saying you can't release GPL software? Looks like id'll have to stick to Vs 6.0. But would Microsoft even dare sue id?

look, I am @ quakecon...

[SethJohnson]

I am at quakecon... OK?!? There is some seriously cool shit going on here. I got like all the girls gone wild videos transferred over the network. I also just grabbed this cool ammo crate thing from the awards ceremony. On top of that, the mister sinus theater guys just ripped Britney Spears to shreds in a way that no one has fragged her before. So, yeah. John Carmack spoke. He gave those dumasses who bought an xBOx a reason to keep their POS hardware. Shit. Doom III is going to set new standards. We saw it in the doom III demo. Let me finish by saying I wish I had more beer.

Re:Whoops!

[rseuhs]

Oh sure, brilliant.

Lose 150$ per console which they will never get back. Lose 2 billion on XBox live which they never will get back.

They created the XBOX to tap into the video game market and make money.

Well, why is it the only platform on the market that is losing money, then?

Nah, they're gamer requirements

[BlackMesaResearchFac]

While the requirements are high, people ought to understand that's the way things are with games. Gamers should especially be aware of this fact.

Besides, the way you describe it...

More than likely, anyone with less than a Geforce3, or Radeon 8500 (i.e. has programmable vertex and pixel shaders and DDR memory), 128mb or ram, and ~750mhz will not be able to play this game at playable frame rates.

...most serious gamers have that or well beyond and I don't know what games you've been playing lately, but most already run poorly with anything less.

The only real reason I have to buy a new computer these days is for computer game support. Game environments are an ever improving assortment of eye-candy and I wouldn't want it any other way.

And if game makers can get their products out faster and make them run better because they don't support the more legacy components that's fine by me.

I want my game to be all it can be, even if I have to wait a few more months to play it so I can upgrade my system first (as I just did, waiting 6 months to upgrade w/o buying any new games...luckily Wizardry 8 has a long playing life and most of the good games of 2002 didn't start coming out until Q2).

I agree that is sucks when you're at that stage when only games can run (or run well) on your system but I think it's worth it in the long run.