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Dude, Carmack was never a consoles guy, he didn't like the Genesis nor the SNES, he didn't like the Playstation, Saturn and N64, etc...

If he was excited by nextgen consoles, now THAT would be news...

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Did you read the article, at all? The point is what he is excited about, which is developments in VR.

Yeah, 5 days ago, with next-generation he means consoles, not VR HMDs

The 1990's were fifteen years ago. Since then Carmack has spent 60 hours per week writing code for every conceivable console, PC, and mobile platform. Most people in his position would have moved into management by this point, he chose not to. As a result he has more expertise on more topics than just about anyone else in the gaming industry. And more than most in computer science generally. If he has an opinion on something, its because he knows what he's talking about.

I'm not saying he doesn't know what he's talking about, he just never liked consoles, he was always a PC guy and if he were truly "excited" about the nextgen that's like hearing Armstrong will quit riding bikes and be a F1 pilot.

And I'm saying, your opinion is stuck in the 1990's. John Carmack was very excited about both the xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. He's just not excited about the next generation because, in comparison to the most recent generation, he believes we're at diminishing returns for having more and more powerful 3d graphics. Which is exactly why he's taking VR headset development into his own hands.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE3DF1E30F... "The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC" -John Carmack

http://www.ripten.com/2011/08/14/john-carmack-thinks-the-ps3... "His keynote lasted more than 90 minutes and throughout, you could clearly tell that John had become a fan of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console"

He was also excited about the innovation in the Wii remote controller, and the Wii is what he plays with his kids.

We still know next to nothing about the nextgen, nothing has been said about it, who knows what he'll say once they show the nextBox and PS4?

And yet he did like the Xbox 360.

as well as Microsoft's static analysis tool for Xbox 360 development!

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