Carmack says iPhone is "more powerful than a Nintendo DS and PSP combined"

[wraggster]

We already knew that Id Software co-founder John Carmack was on board with the iPhone to some extent, but at the now-happening QuakeCon 2008 in Dallas he's revealed just how impressed with the device he really is. According to Apple Insider, while Carmack admits that graphics memory could be a limiting factor, he describes the phone's hardware as equivalent to a Dreamcast and almost on par with a PlayStation 2 and the original Xbox. He also sees it as far superior, at least in terms of raw specs, than the two big dedicated handheld consoles out there, saying that is "more powerful than a Nintendo DS and PSP combined." Unfortuantely, he didn't have any actual games to show off, but he did at least confirm that Id has two "tentative titles" in the works, including a "conventional mobile game," and one that pushes the iPhone's graphics capabilities.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/01/c...do-ds-and-psp/

[jamotto]

That's great I suppose, even though the iPhone is really lacking as gaming device.

[mike_jmg]

meh, there are no buttons to play with that thing so keep dreaming Carmack

[Buddy4point0]

Iphone sucks compaired the the PSP.
It's not powerful at all, Carmack is retarted.

[JKKDARK]

Well, we will see if they do a good job giving us good software titles, that's really important.

[ICE]

Make an add-on that gives it buttons I will care.

[argor]

Make an add-on that gives it buttons I will care.

http://www.icontrolpad.com/

[JLF65]

Certainly, the CPU in the iPhone is more powerful, but in every other way, the PSP kicks the iPhone's butt. This attitude of "power" resting solely in the CPU is typical thinking of people who write programs strictly for the PC. You have to remember that Carmack has made his millions riding the "brute-force programming" wave the PCs went through in the late 90's and early 00's.

[noname1]

Iphone sucks compaired the the PSP.
It's not powerful at all, Carmack is retarted.

He sure is retarded the psp is really much more powerful than a iphone.
And he said that it is even more powerful than a psp and ds combined.
Ds power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS#Hardware
And psp power.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlaySta...table#Hardware
Combine it together and you will see that a psp+ds is much faster than a iphone.
Iphone power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone#Hardware
(no about the hardware from the iphone isn't too much info because it's a mediaplayer and not a device created for games)

P.S I still have one question.
How wil you combine the power of a psp and a ds?

[ICE]

http://www.icontrolpad.com/

I actually meant something that was made by Apple and that commercial games will actually use. Unless all games will come with customizable controls that can be compatible with that thing then I dont really care.