Willits: ZeniMax Purchase Was Good for RAGE

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Many die-hard id fans were worried about ZeniMax's recent acquisition. Apparently there's nothing to fear.

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[hillarymakesmecry]

How many companies are there that even make games anymore? It seems like they're all being bought up by these mega-gaming corporations that lose money like crazy (EA,BLIZ/ACT). I'm amazed that WOW makes $150,000,000 a month and they're still losing money. The mega-size corporate game developer is a failing idea, fleecing consumers of money on every front possible and still managing to lose money.

 

[killerclick]

The only thing I want Bethesda doing is pumping out Elder Scrolls and Fallouts every year like Activision does with Call of Duty!

Ok, no... that would be horrible, but I don't want them working on games that are not Fallout or Elder Scrolls. They have two amazing franchises and here they're just letting them sit there.

 

[wcooper007]

Dude really thats like 10 mill subscribers and i have to say i doubt that seriously i think they have 1.5 mill total players including people that dont play anymore so uhh i think you added a couple of zeros there but i get what your saying

 

[shin0bi272]

anyone know if rage or doom4 will support hardware tessellation? Always figured doom would be the ideal title for it.

 

[reverendxero]

id/grey matter games have supported hardware tesselation since return to castle wolfenstien.

 

[SpadeM]

I doubt hw tesselation will be of importance by the time rage or doom 4 get out. id tends to be a technological trend setter when it comes to games, even though young gamers don't know that. I'm actually interested to see megatextures at work.

 

[figgus]

[citation][nom]wcooper007[/nom]Dude really thats like 10 mill subscribers and i have to say i doubt that seriously i think they have 1.5 mill total players including people that dont play anymore so uhh i think you added a couple of zeros there but i get what your saying[/citation]

11.5 million active accounts as of a few months ago. It was pretty highly publicized.

 

[Ambictus]

Why would anyone have fears with the purchase? Zenimax/Bethesda is one of the few great companies out there. Their DRM is nearly non-existent and as a result they have great sales. To me it honestly seemed like a perfect fit, both are creative and focus on the game rather than DRM. It's just a win/win/win all around. id gets financial backing, Zenimax gets id's technology and gamers benefit from stellar games.

 

[mtyermom]

Any other company and I would be worried. Zenimax/Bethesda buying iD? I approve.

 

[falchard]

Right now ZeniMax has the 3 greatest games in production which is kind of sad that other companies can't step up their game.

I am talking about RAGE, Fallout: Las Vegas, and Brink.

 

[andyman30]

[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]The only thing I want Bethesda doing is pumping out Elder Scrolls and Fallouts every year like Activision does with Call of Duty!Ok, no... that would be horrible, but I don't want them working on games that are not Fallout or Elder Scrolls. They have two amazing franchises and here they're just letting them sit there.[/citation]

Not exactly..... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Fallout-Vegas-RPG-RTS,10347.html

 

[Kelavarus]

[citation][nom]SpadeM[/nom]I doubt hw tesselation will be of importance by the time rage or doom 4 get out. id tends to be a technological trend setter when it comes to games, even though young gamers don't know that. I'm actually interested to see megatextures at work.[/citation]

I'm 18, so not sure if you can't that as young, but id has been using Megatextures since Quake 4, I believe. Definitely in id Tech 4 at the very least.

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