Romero initially outraged by id acquisition News
PC MMO News by Robert Purchese
id Software co-founder John Romero has reacted to news the firm has been acquired by ZeniMax, stating life at his old employer will never be the same again.
"ZENIMAX??????? Disgusting," Tweeted Romero (spotted by vg247) upon hearing the news. "Fallout 3 bought DOOM. Wow."
Hours later, he added: "I am positive about the ZeniMax deal. My initial reaction was harsh. Sorry. I guess I was shocked and sad to see the id Software of old changed forever today. It's a new day and a new id."
John Romero left id Software in 1996 to form Ion Storm, the studio that made Daikatana and later Deus Ex.
id Software's John Carmack explained the ZeniMax acquisition as an opportunity to move into a publishing role; a way to "grow and extend all our franchises under one roof". He said he had become "tired" of negotiating with publishing partners for marketing budgets.
The acquisition announcement claimed staff and working practices at id Software remain unchanged.
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Yeah, ZeniMax is aiming high now with some strong IPs by aquiring ID and if you think about it you can excuse his reactionn for being an elder of that group back in the days. Took him a while to see it possitive. I don't find it fully unexcused other than that he should of thought of it this way before he does give an answer. I guess he found out when he gave that answer? No clue. Anyhow, Romero do something noticable for us gamers pls ^^
ZeniMax in order to not go great now.. they have to screw up really bad somehow that seems just impossible to achieve now. |
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I must confess that I don't get what ZeniMax gains by buying ID. Since Doom3, I haven't actually been looking forward to anything made directly by ID.
Wolfenstein is made by Raven and published by Activision, using the ID engine. Rage seems to be taking forever, for what is arguably a straight forward FPS and I can't think of anything else they had lined up unless you count Doom 4. Carmack goes on about finally self publishing but, how are they self publishing, when they are owned by a publisher? |
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Triggerhappytel
25/06/09 @ 09:04
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Methinks he got his wrist slapped after the initial comment.
Seriously though; what business is it of his, since he left id fucking years ago? He should be grateful they weren't bought up by someone like Ubisoft or ActiBlizz. EDIT - yeah, I agree penhalion, but then I've never really enjoyed any id games, bar Doom 1 back in the day and a bit of Quake 2 as well. Still, their games must sell well, and ZeniMax must have wanted their technology, so here we are. And, to be fair, isn't Rage an open-world driving game/FPS cross? It's pretty ambitious, so I can see it taking a long time to come to market.
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wellzy4eva
25/06/09 @ 10:00
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Id Software have suffered for having a slow development cycle in comparison to other companies (I'm looking at you Epic Games) and I'm guessing that since their fall from grace as the best FPS designer in the world they don't get the leeway and developer freedom that they used to have from their old publisher.
I'm guessing Romero is just remembering the old days (I mean he left when they were the biggest commodity in PC Gaming) and is sad that a company who his reputation still gets a shine for being affiliated with is going corporate just like the rest. I guess it'd be the same if Valve was bought by EA. |
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Romero is a complete waste of space. What is he even doing in this industry anymore? Move out - we don't need a piece of crap like you! He caused the failure of the original Ion Storm offices (not the one studio which created Deus Ex) and his management skills and ideas suck. Poor LGS. =( And well said Adam_T.
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makeamazing
25/06/09 @ 12:06
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So he leaves a company in 1996 and is complaining that they have been sold... seriously get a grip.. whats with some peoples anger these days.
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AphoticCosmos
25/06/09 @ 14:03
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Daikatana.
Why does this man have any credibility after that epic failure? |
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