Even though id co-founder John Carmac is currently playing Super Paper Mario with his son, he knows the technological boundary is far too vast to develop for the platform. In a recent interview with TomsGames, Carmac essentially closes the doors on the potential of Wii development by citing Tech 5ās brawn and the current market surrounding the Nintendo console.
Well, id Tech 5 will not work on the Wiiā¦The Wii is one of those markets where Nintendo owns both the hardware and the software, but part of that is because they make such damn good products. So itās the toughest platform for third party developers. We donāt have a software or content base ideally suited for it. So it doesnāt really play to our strengths and weāre pretty busy with other stuff right nowā¦I donāt think weāll be on the platform.
I think any Wii owner can easily see Carmackās point. Rage certainly wouldnāt look or perform anywhere near well. Despite his comments, I would really like to see id attempt an original title on the Wii. Iām not calling for Wolfenstein (thatād be amazing) but it would be nice to see what id could have us waggling our controllers for.
Published: Aug 8, 2008 4:19 PM UTC