Do you have a source on that? It seems like a much better fit for his talents than the PC stuff. He's doing low level super critical performance optimization, and technical product direction.
Performance doesn't matter nearly as much on the PC side, because there's so much more headroom in the hardware, and the technical product direction can just flow out of what game companies need.
The mobile side is a true technical challenge where a person like Carmack can literally make the difference between go and no-go.
Performance doesn't matter nearly as much on the PC side, because there's so much more headroom in the hardware, and the technical product direction can just flow out of what game companies need.
The mobile side is a true technical challenge where a person like Carmack can literally make the difference between go and no-go.