硬核派id Software暂未考虑登录任氏主机

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With a few 'core' titles, such as Vigil's Darksiders II, on the release schedule for Wii U, what do other hardcore studios think of Nintendo's upcoming console? There are few with more hardcore cred than id Software, and studio president Todd Hollenshead offered some perspective.

"I haven't really had a chance to sit down with [John] Carmack about it, because it's his opinion that matters. From what Nintendo is saying, [the Wii U] looks interesting, but it still remains to be seen how it fits within how id Tech 5 would run on it, is the audience right for us to develop games on that platform."

Might there be any chance of id's current project, Rage, showing up on Nintendo's Wii following the release of the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC versions this October?

"For Rage, as much as Nintendo might not like to hear this, id Tech 5 is too much tech for the Wii. We're not doing a crappy version of Rage on the Wii. If you play the PC, the PS3, the 360 version, you get all of it. All the media's the same. We didn't make the crippled version that somebody wishes they had some other platform to play on."

Looks like for now, though id Software has spread its development focus across multiple platforms in recent years, it's still not quite ready to make the jump to Nintendo.

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http://wii.ign.com/articles/118/1186239p1.html
id Software的总裁Todd Hollenshead在IGN分享了一下自己对任天堂主机的看法。
虽然一些核心游戏，比如Vigil的《暗黑血统2》表示会有WiiU版，但是其他的核心厂商是如何看待任天堂主机的呢？应该没有几个公司可以说比ID Software更硬核的了，于是我们采访了总裁Todd Hollenshead。
答：“其实，我还没有真正有机会坐下来与卡马克去讨论任天堂主机的事儿，因为关于这事他的意见是很重要的。从任天堂口中来看，WiiU，貌似很有趣，但我们仍然要观察它（的性能）能否胜任ID TECH 5引擎在其上运行，用户的完美体验是我们在其平台上开发游戏的根本出发点。“
问：就ID目前的项目比如《狂怒》Rage是否会在10月登陆PS360以及PC平台后，移植到任天堂的Wii主机呢？
答：“关于《狂怒》这游戏，任天堂可能听到这会不高兴了，因为ID TECH 5引擎的强大性能，就算Wii的显存爆掉都跑不动，我们是不会做一个蹩脚版本的《狂怒》给Wi的i。如果你玩PC，PS360版本，你会完美体验这一切。再次强调，我们不会做残废版本的《狂怒》，登录其他平台。“
看来，id Software目前的精力集中在高性能的现世代多平台上，仍然不准备登录任氏主机。