Doom 3 On X-box
<div class="IPBDescription">it begins....</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->id Software and Activision confirmed this morning that id Software's DOOM 3 is in fact coming to the Xbox and that the demo of the PC version would be on display at Activision's booth (booth #1224 in the South Hall) beginning May 14th. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Taken from over at gamespy.
I'll state this now: I'm worried. After watching Blizzard throw away legions of fans to blatently cash in on the console market my fears are that Microsoft is going to dig their talons into Doom 3 as well. Rumours already abound of Quake 4 being X-Box exclusive, at least when it comes out.
Just judging by the most recent tests of the Doom 3 engine, mentioned in another post here, it would seem clear that X-Boxes would be a little hard pressed by Doom 3. That means more waiting time, as the developers will have to dumb down the graphics etc so the consolers don't feel left out. Great, more waiting.
I don't hate the X-Box or any other console. I just get very worried that the PC is going to be forgotten in the midst of the great console explosion of recent years. More and more companies seem to be focusing on consoles, negecting the PC market. I don't know if this is happening everywhere, but every time I go to the local game stores in Brisbane, Australia, the PC section is smaller every time. Fewer new releases, old popular titles, but overwhelmed by the sheer plethora of console games.
We PC users are still a huge market. NS and other online games only go to prove this. I only hope that the developers of Doom 3 and other such titles don't leave their fans of old behind.
Taken from over at gamespy.
I'll state this now: I'm worried. After watching Blizzard throw away legions of fans to blatently cash in on the console market my fears are that Microsoft is going to dig their talons into Doom 3 as well. Rumours already abound of Quake 4 being X-Box exclusive, at least when it comes out.
Just judging by the most recent tests of the Doom 3 engine, mentioned in another post here, it would seem clear that X-Boxes would be a little hard pressed by Doom 3. That means more waiting time, as the developers will have to dumb down the graphics etc so the consolers don't feel left out. Great, more waiting.
I don't hate the X-Box or any other console. I just get very worried that the PC is going to be forgotten in the midst of the great console explosion of recent years. More and more companies seem to be focusing on consoles, negecting the PC market. I don't know if this is happening everywhere, but every time I go to the local game stores in Brisbane, Australia, the PC section is smaller every time. Fewer new releases, old popular titles, but overwhelmed by the sheer plethora of console games.
We PC users are still a huge market. NS and other online games only go to prove this. I only hope that the developers of Doom 3 and other such titles don't leave their fans of old behind.
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It doesn't help matters that compaines like EA pump out games at the speed of an assembly line with no attention to detail and make fixes for the game if it sells, forget about it if it doesn't, 1942 anyone?
Companies will always go where they can make a quicker buck with less effort and as long as there are people to buy it there's nothing we can do.
Let me tell you, it's been kinda fun playing Halo all these years now for the PC, too [/sarcasm]
As for these "OMG CONSOLE WARS OMG OMG!" posts, it's not as bad as you think.
Most devs have multiple teams, working on multiple projects. PC games can always be revamped, redone, then sold. But if you're making a game for a console you're working on a DEADLINE. Most consoles don't live longer than 4 years! The plethora of console gaming info we've been getting is merely a passing fad, don't worry. EA already has its foot in the door of console games bigtime and will ruin it in no time <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> (I'm being sarcastic again, sorry)
I'm pretty cynical of game companies when they say its going to be exclusive game that's been taken from the PC.
Why didn't Half-Life revolutionize console gaming like it did PC gaming? No mod community. Nothing. No patches. No developer interaction. Let the consolers be happy with their flashy, all to often brainless games (although there are a few diamonds in the rough). I demand more from my games lately - I want moddability, I want customization, I want some OPTIONS, dang it. I can't get that from consoles, and that's why I don't own a single one.
Bah! Humbug! Forget about consoles. Natural selection (pun intended) will weed them out soon enough, if they choose not to adapt. If they decide to go with the flow, well... they're just computers then anyway.
Don't forget that it's the amount of games sold, not the price they are sold at, that makes the console market attractive. Console games aren't priced higher just because the publishers are evil and greedy, but because of the atrocious licence fees requested by the company that makes the consoles, and the SDKs aren't free either. This is probably the most bizarre fact of the console market: You have to pay for the right to make games.
system specs will be pleased to be able to pick up
the much awaiting Doom III for our X-Box.
Some of us just can't afford £300+ for the shiny
new PC parts so £40 on an X-Box version sounds decent.