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NJ5 on 02 August 2008
rocketpig said:
These comments were made at QuakeCon, people... You know, QuakeCon. The convention organized for id, the company Carmack runs.

Shocking that he would say a lot of quotable things at a keynote during a conference dedicated to his company. That's like bitching about Steve Jobs talking too much at MacWorld.

Took the words right out of my mouth right there.

He doesn't speak much to the media, so when there's an opportunity to extract something from him, of course everyone will be interviewing him and asking lots of questions.

@kingofwale: You saying that makes you the joke of the thread, I hope you were kidding ;)

 



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Staude on 02 August 2008

LOL.. the psp alone is almost as powerful as the ps2.. wtf.. also.. in no way is the iphone near the psp.



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dallas on 02 August 2008

I really hope that Carmak isn't going to put more of Id's efforts into Iphone development, and instead just do PC's and consoles. Phone games aren't real games anyway. Nobody plays a phone game to have a good time or socialize w/ friends or family, just to kill some time.



rocketpig on 02 August 2008
kingofwale said:
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
the guy is slowly becoming the biggest idiot in gaming. Right up there with Pachter.

ROFL. Sure. He's only been at the forefront of gaming technology for well over 15 years now...

 

and yet. we like him being there.... as oppose to be during interviews.

Again, QuakeCon. Everybody say it with me.

 




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Incandescence on 02 August 2008
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
the guy is slowly becoming the biggest idiot in gaming. Right up there with Pachter.

ROFL. Sure. He's only been at the forefront of gaming technology for well over 15 years now...

 

and yet. we like him being there.... as oppose to be during interviews.

Again, QuakeCon. Everybody say it with me.

 

QuakeCon.

excuse for an extra post

 



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Jo21 on 02 August 2008

so its my n82 and many phones with powerVR graphic chip NEXT.



GlingGling on 02 August 2008

Why would anyone pay over $1800 just to access the hardware?
(source: http://gizmodo.com/5015540/iphone-3gs-true-price-compared)

And without a contract $599 for the 8GB version or $699 for the 16GB model.
(source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9981676-1.html)

In this generation of iphone can't be a viable gaming platform. If people are shying away from spending $400 on a console that can bust a graphical groove, why would they spend $200/$300 more for Dreamcast on the go?

And don't gimme "it's a phone/multimedia machine too" because the demographics are different.



Plaupius on 02 August 2008
GlingGling said:

Why would anyone pay over $1800 just to access the hardware?
(source: http://gizmodo.com/5015540/iphone-3gs-true-price-compared)

And without a contract $599 for the 8GB version or $699 for the 16GB model.
(source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9981676-1.html)

In this generation of iphone can't be a viable gaming platform. If people are shying away from spending $400 on a console that can bust a graphical groove, why would they spend $200/$300 more for Dreamcast on the go?

And don't gimme "it's a phone/multimedia machine too" because the demographics are different.

You just answered your own question. The comparable cell phones out there are in the same price range as iPhone, but won't make a similar gaming platform. Obviously people aren't going to buy the iPhone solely for gaming, or even mainly for gaming: it is a phone after all, along with a host of other things. But, way more people have phones than game consoles, and a lot of the gaming demographic is going to overlap with the iPhone demographic, so for them it may make sense to pay that much for a Dreamcast, iPod, Phone, GPS etc. on the go. I am one of them.

Then again, I don't know what you mean by a viable gaming platform. We'll have to see how it turns out, but I believe that after a year or two, iPhone will be the number 3 mobile gaming platform, right after DS and PSP. Other cell phones just can't compete with it.



FJ-Warez on 02 August 2008
Incandescence said:
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
rocketpig said:
kingofwale said:
the guy is slowly becoming the biggest idiot in gaming. Right up there with Pachter.

ROFL. Sure. He's only been at the forefront of gaming technology for well over 15 years now...

 

and yet. we like him being there.... as oppose to be during interviews.

Again, QuakeCon. Everybody say it with me.

 

QuakeCon.

QuakeCon!!!!

 



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kitler53 on 02 August 2008
GlingGling said:

Why would anyone pay over $1800 just to access the hardware?
(source: http://gizmodo.com/5015540/iphone-3gs-true-price-compared)

And without a contract $599 for the 8GB version or $699 for the 16GB model.
(source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9981676-1.html)

In this generation of iphone can't be a viable gaming platform. If people are shying away from spending $400 on a console that can bust a graphical groove, why would they spend $200/$300 more for Dreamcast on the go?

And don't gimme "it's a phone/multimedia machine too" because the demographics are different.

i'm a gamer and as soon as my contract with verizon expires i'm getting an iphone.  now i will admit, my reason for wanting an iphone isn't to play games however, if games are released on the iphone i'll be sure to check them out.

phone first - gaming second.  huh, kinda reminds me of that blu-ray that plays games as well. xD