id Software's Nix Defends PC Gaming

id Software's Director of Business Development, Steve Nix, joined the growing number of developers to comment on the “State of PC Gaming.” Unlike his previous colleagues, the id Software employee defended the platform as being more powerful than consoles, while stating at the same time that the market holds “plenty of people who are diehard mouse and keyboard guys that may never go to console.”

Nix stated, “If you have the highest of high-end PCs, you're generally going to get a better visual experience," Nix stated. "There's no console out there that's as powerful as a God machine right now, with a Quad-Core and a GeForce 8800 - it's very hard for any console to compete with that."

Despite his optimism Nix and id Software are realists, "So you still have PC players, and some players are just console guys, but have players moved over? Absolutely. We love PC gaming, and we continue to support PC gaming - but you can't ignore the market realities and the size of the console market these days."