TheNewsGuy
07-31-2008, 11:05 PM
</p>During his impromptu and unscripted talk at this year's QuakeCon, id Software's John Carmack explained why EA is publishing Rage (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53626) (PC, PS3, 360) instead of the company's traditional publishing partner Activision.
"It's easy for people outside to read more into something than is actually there," said Carmack. "We did not have a huge falling out with Activision or anything."
He stressed that Valve's positive experience with the EA Partners program was "very important to us" as was the personal involvement of EA CEO John Riccitiello. and that "Valve speaks very highly of their relationship with EA Partners."
Carmack's complete explanation follows:
<blockquote>The way we did it with Rage is, we've actually gone out and shopped the title three times. It's nice to know that we have the position where publishers will say, sight unseen, we'll give you this many million dollars. And s...
Read more here... (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53975)
"It's easy for people outside to read more into something than is actually there," said Carmack. "We did not have a huge falling out with Activision or anything."
He stressed that Valve's positive experience with the EA Partners program was "very important to us" as was the personal involvement of EA CEO John Riccitiello. and that "Valve speaks very highly of their relationship with EA Partners."
Carmack's complete explanation follows:
<blockquote>The way we did it with Rage is, we've actually gone out and shopped the title three times. It's nice to know that we have the position where publishers will say, sight unseen, we'll give you this many million dollars. And s...
Read more here... (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53975)