Wed, Feb 25, 2009 | 15:57 GMT
Carmack: Quake Live is about beating consoles, Mac and Linux clients on the way
id boss John Carmack’s told Gamasutra that Quake Like – which hit open beta today – is partly about showing what the PC can do as a platform.
“A lot of this project was about doing something that the PC was going to be better at than the consoles,” he said.
“Our modern triple-A stuff has to be somewhat more console-centric, with the PC as a peer, while this is an opportunity to do something where the PC will really stand alone.”
So up yours, consoles. Not only will you not have anything to do with Quake Live’s free-to-play action, but id’s going to support Mac and Linux with the game, in the name of God.
Carmack told Joystiq today that “it’s pretty high on my priority list to have the Mac and Linux support.”
John Carmack spits on you, PS360. He spits in your face.
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19 comments
#1
Blerk
25/02/09, 4:04 pm
I’m not really sure this is something he should be taunting console owners with, given that it looks like it fell out of a timewarp from 2001.
#2
Johnny Cullen
25/02/09, 4:10 pm
What Blerk said.
#3
Redh3lix
25/02/09, 4:14 pm
What Blerk said.
#4
Mafro
25/02/09, 4:18 pm
Presumably if this was on consoles I wouldn’t have to wait in a queue of 7000 plus just to play…
#5
G1GAHURTZ
25/02/09, 4:19 pm
What Redh3lix said.
#6
No_PUDding
25/02/09, 4:23 pm
Lol… Someone have a link for Yahtzee’s superior PC-gaming race and scummy console vagrants gifs?
#7
loki
25/02/09, 4:25 pm
It is look like Carmack still live in 1998, wake up dude
PC will really stand alone in river of shit
#8
David Sarkisjan
25/02/09, 4:29 pm
Mafro: Not true.
loki: Not true.
#9
G1GAHURTZ
25/02/09, 4:38 pm
COD4 on consoles > all PC FPS’s
#10
cachucha
25/02/09, 5:18 pm
yo dawg we heard you like quake 3, so we put quake in yo browser so you can quake while you browser
#11
SwiftRanger
25/02/09, 7:19 pm
He is so right, really. A free-to-play game on consoles of the same scope as Quake Live? No console company would ever allow it. Freedom!
#12
Hakkiz
25/02/09, 8:37 pm
SwiftRanger: Well said.
Battlefield Heroes and Quake Live are actually really interesting projects. I mean, how do you beat the piracy? Make free, ad-supported games. And that would be a win-win situation for both developers and gamers. Nobody truly wants the premium prices of Live/PSN, even if the products aren’t literally overpriced.
G1GAHURTZ: How about COD4 for PC? Is it worse than on consoles? Mouse controls, free DLC, high-end graphics that go over Full HD (versus sub-HD on consoles)… No, still bad?
I love my consoles, but PC gaming has its advantages.
#13
Freek
25/02/09, 8:52 pm
My console also doesn’t have a que of about 37.000 people standing infront of the on button.
Must try harder, Id!
#14
Hakkiz
25/02/09, 9:27 pm
Well, it is a real beta – not a demo-ish beta. They are collecting feedback and improving the game.
#15
cachucha
25/02/09, 10:22 pm
About the queues; I bet they are going to fix that, its open beta and I know they didn’t expected this reception so they are going working right now on it.
Also don’t talk like console related stuff its perfect(new dashboard with tons of problems anyone?).
#16
Kalain
25/02/09, 10:43 pm
“Our modern triple-A stuff has to be somewhat more console-centric, with the PC as a peer”.
So, is he saying that they have to make their AAA games dumbed down so that consoles can have a chance of playing them? Guess it is true that console game is dragging down the quality and standards of PC gaming all in the name of cash. Hurrah
#17
ShiroGamer
25/02/09, 11:08 pm
wow
just wow !
PC will win using free browser games based on a 10yo engine !
makes you think about it from a whole diff angle now
#18
hitnrun
26/02/09, 4:44 am
This would probably have more credibility coming from a publisher who releases a game once in a while that doesn’t exceed the hardware specs of 80% of his potential clientele’s machines.
#19
G1GAHURTZ
26/02/09, 9:59 am
@ Hakkiz
I have COD4 on my PC, but rarely play it. The whole setup is better on console IMO. Sure, there are many advantages to the PC version, but in terms of the overall gaming experience, I’d take the console version any day…
…even on PS3.