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Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10 Says Carmack
Freshly Exhumed writes "In an interview with Marcus Yam at Daily Tech legendary PC/Console game creator John Carmack holds forth on DirectX 10: 'Personally, I wouldn't jump at something like DX10 right now. I would let things settle out a little bit and wait until there's a really strong need for it.' and then zings Microsoft's marketers over DX10's mandatory use of the Vista OS: 'Carmack then said that he's quite satisfied with Windows XP, going as far to say that Microsoft is artificially forcing gamers to move to Windows Vista for DX10.' There are a few good tidbits on Xbox 360 vs. PS3 development, and a fairly clear disinterest in Wii as a platform for his company's products is shown."
Indeed. I don't get why everyone thinks what Carmack says is fucking gospel. I can't even name a single game he's created. Go ahead and flame me but I don't get why he thinks he's so bad ass. I atleast know who the hell Miyamoto is and what he's done. Hell I even know more about what Al Lowe has done over this jerk.
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Carmack, shmarmack.. I used to hold him in high regard but luckily had my wayward opinion was straightened out by this thread on a PS3 forum full of knowledgable graphics gurus.
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