“The Xbox 360 is the first console that I've ever worked with that actually has development tools that are better for games than what we've had on PC.”

— John D. Carmack

Quoted in Seth Schiesel, Microsoft Unveils Games For Its New Xbox 360 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE3DF1E30F935A35753C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all The New York Times (2005-10-06)

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