Oh, and these guys do sweat. A lot.
I remember a friend telling me about the Quake 3 tour bus. It was apparently kept at a steady 50 degrees in there. I doubt anyone complained.
The only thing that bothers me a lot is that he's supporting multiplatform stuff. The primary source of gaming's current downfall is mostly located around the games moving from PC to Xbox/Xbox 360. Consoles are good at what they do. PC is good at what it does. Why make compromises when you can have it all?
Gyro, you're going to hate Vista -- Microsoft is making a huge push for cross platform gaming between the PC and Xbox. I tend to agree with your point: games like Call of Duty 3 being console only and titles like Splinter Cell being developed for consoles first and then PC (which led to the PC version being AWFUL) are illustrating a disturbing trend.
This reminds of another story, when
a console port led to great things... I don't enjoy living it, but I don't mind people experimenting when several others are sticking with what we know and love.
Gaming is still in its infancy, and experimentation isn't only inevitable, but necessary. Either it will work or it won't. If it does work, it won't be a bad thing. (How could it work if it was?) If it doesn't work, things won't change, so there's really nothing to worry about.
There are plenty of parallels in computers. Many games work on across multiple OS's, Final Fantasy XI even allows playing across Windows, PS2, and the 360. Still, most of the one's we enjoy play off the strengths of their systems. I don't see this changing, even with backing/pushing from Microsoft.
On the other hand, it does provide some Grade A entertainment along the way, and I'm not actually forced to play the crap even if I am deprived of a bit of gold along the way.
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