News.com: Interview mit John Carmack
[via: OSNews.com] Michel Marriott, "In the background, a man at the forefront of 'Doom 3'", 06-Aug-2004, News.com
Zitat:
Carmack said the original "Doom" game took five to six people less than a year to design and cost less than $1 million. In contrast, "Doom 3" took 25 people four years to make and cost as much as $14 million.
In an environment with such ramping risks, Baker said, "there is an open question where another one like John Carmack will emerge."Hollenshead added that the "Doom 3" team worked 80-hour weeks with only Sundays off from January until June of this year to finish the project. Id famously promised no shipping date until last month, telling anxious gamers and the press for months that "it will be done when it's done."
