[Escapist] John Carmack "Not Excited" by Next-Gen Consoles - Page 2

Originally Posted by Nocturin 

That would be freaking awesome,
and the next consoles should have a lifepsan close to 10-12 years unless we have some amazing advancement in visual tech (4K anyone?!?!) in the near future.

Originally Posted by Abs.exe 

We don't like the fact that we will ahve to update our engine... It will cost millions.

Originally Posted by Tippy 

As long as developers/inventors stick to the ground rule of the game controls - the fewer movements the better - the next few years should be interesting. It seems developers are trying extremely hard to break away from the "brick with buttons" model (which has worked perfectly well over the last 20 years), only to end up with something horribly clunky/gimmicky and realizing that gamepads/mice are still by far the most best controls. Why? Because the player can play the game with minimal effort and no input delay. That is the entire pont of game controls being intuitive, you shouldn't be fighting with the controls instead of playing the game.

Here's an example of excellent controls - when I'm playing a first person shooter with my mouse, I often forget that I'm even holding a mouse! My hand effectively becomes my gun, the camera becomes my eyes, it instantly points to wherever I want it to point. There is zero input lag (<5ms), it's extremely responsive and I can play for hours without suffering any pain because my hand is nice and rested on a comfy mousepad the whole time.

In contrast to this, we have stuff like Wii and Kinect. Huge input delay like everything is struggling to keep up with your movements. The complete opposite of relaxation or efficiency, making you jump and wave around. Perhaps it's an attractive option for very young kids (or maybe not, my nephew plays his PS2 all day and never touches the Wii we gifted him - he's 10 years old) or people who are 100% unfamliar with gaming (like grandparents). But as for the gamers themselves who are familiar with the best controls (gamepad/mouse) it's just a huge step backwards. Will trying to wrench virtual reality into gaming have the same result?

I'm really looking forward to the next Xbox and what Microsoft has in mind with Windows 8 in relation to the Xbox...I just hope developers/innovators can get their act together and create something that can genuinely replace old-fashioned controls - if they can't, please focus on making the games better with deep stories, characters, quality, gameplay, etc etc! Gamepad/mouse/keyboard for life.

Originally Posted by Tippy 

As long as developers/inventors stick to the ground rule of the game controls - the fewer movements the better - the next few years should be interesting. It seems developers are trying extremely hard to break away from the "brick with buttons" model (which has worked perfectly well over the last 20 years), only to end up with something horribly clunky/gimmicky and realizing that gamepads/mice are still by far the most best controls. Why? Because the player can play the game with minimal effort and no input delay. That is the entire pont of game controls being intuitive, you shouldn't be fighting with the controls instead of playing the game.

Here's an example of excellent controls - when I'm playing a first person shooter with my mouse, I often forget that I'm even holding a mouse! My hand effectively becomes my gun, the camera becomes my eyes, it instantly points to wherever I want it to point. There is zero input lag (<5ms), it's extremely responsive and I can play for hours without suffering any pain because my hand is nice and rested on a comfy mousepad the whole time.

In contrast to this, we have stuff like Wii and Kinect. Huge input delay like everything is struggling to keep up with your movements. The complete opposite of relaxation or efficiency, making you jump and wave around. Perhaps it's an attractive option for very young kids (or maybe not, my nephew plays his PS2 all day and never touches the Wii we gifted him - he's 10 years old) or people who are 100% unfamliar with gaming (like grandparents). But as for the gamers themselves who are familiar with the best controls (gamepad/mouse) it's just a huge step backwards. Will trying to wrench virtual reality into gaming have the same result?

I'm really looking forward to the next Xbox and what Microsoft has in mind with Windows 8 in relation to the Xbox...I just hope developers/innovators can get their act together and create something that can genuinely replace old-fashioned controls - if they can't, please focus on making the games better with deep stories, characters, quality, gameplay, etc etc! Gamepad/mouse/keyboard for life.

Originally Posted by Abs.exe 

We don't like the fact that we will ahve to update our engine... It will cost millions.

Originally Posted by sixor 

so john Carmack is "Not Excited" by Next-Gen Consoles
maybe he should play pc then, with crap ports like RAGE, that will definitely cheer him up

Originally Posted by Phaedrus2129 

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117988-Doom-Architect-Not-Excited-by-Next-Gen-Consoles