John Carmack - a legendary personality among computer gamers. He participated in the creation of games such as Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein 3D. In an interview with Kotaku blog Carmack I told how hard to work with Apple. According to him, the experience of cooperation can only be compared to riding a Russian rollercoaster.
If you make a summary Carmack said, Apple is guilty of two things. The company is not very much values the relationship with developers. When John was invited to prepare a report at a conference, he was once said about the inadmissibility of criticism. Otherwise Carmack threatened blacklisting period of six months.
In addition, senior Apple executives, Carmack continues, even looking at the game down. Neither the iPhone, or iPod Touch was initially not considered as a gaming platform. Only increased the popularity of games has forced to change their attitude. "But at the highest level of Apple's, at heart, - concludes John - they are not proud of, that the iPhone is becoming a gaming gadget. They want something else. "
Not only as he does not like gamers Jobs?