Gamers Don't Need Vista or DX 10 Says Carmack

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Freshly Exhumed writes "In an interview with Marcus Yam at Daily Tech
legendary PC/Console game creator John Carmack holds forth on DirectX
10: 'Personally, I wouldn't jump at something like DX10 right now. I
would let things settle out a little bit and wait until there's a
really strong need for it.' and then zings Microsoft's marketers over
DX10's mandatory use of the Vista OS: 'Carmack then said that he's
quite satisfied with Windows XP, going as far to say that Microsoft is
artificially forcing gamers to move to Windows Vista for DX10.' There
are a few good tidbits on Xbox 360 vs. PS3 development, and a fairly
clear disinterest in Wii as a platform for his company's products is
shown."