虽然微软一再坚称Windows Phone 7是最强大的手机电子游戏平台，但PC游戏开发商id Software却并不买帐，其总设计师约翰·卡马克（John Carmack）对这一说法表示异议。

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卡马克称，WP7根本不支持C++程序设计，而C++却是所有游戏开发者的必备武器，他在一篇微博中表示，“游戏（比如说《Rage》）成功移植到WP7手机上的概率很低。”

据了解，绑定了Xbox Live功能的WP7是微软的重要游戏平台，而且还可能是微软意在制衡任天堂DS和索尼PSP产品的便携式游戏系统。

WP7使用的编程语言是C#，这和id的惯用工具截然不同。卡马克在今年初承认将面向iPhone平台开发备受期待的PC射击游戏《Rage》的手机版本，这是iPhone游戏界的一个大胆创举，但其他手机平台用户却迟迟盼不到这个福音。

Android用户最有可能成为下一个可以在手机应用商店下载该游戏的群体，卡马克表示，“不久我会试试把《Rage》移植到Android平台，但我们现在还没下定决心究竟要选择哪一款Android产品。”

id Software的另两款游戏《毁灭战士》（Doom）和《雷神之锤》（Quake）已经投放到iPhone，不过这款游戏在开发时是根据iPhone平台而量身定制的一个全新版本，相信这种做法更将推动手机游戏大步前进。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

Game developer id Software doesn’t like Windows Phone 7

Even though Microsoft would have you believe Windows Phone 7 is the most powerful video game platform on a mobile phone, leading PC game developer id Software and lead designer John Carmack disagrees.

Carmack noted that Windows Phone 7 has no native support for C++ programming, which is used for every game on the developer’s docket. As such, “Odds of a win7 phone port [of Rage] are very low,” he said in a tweet.
Windows Phone 7 will be an important gaming platform for Microsoft as it will be incorporated into Xbox Live and essentially be the company’s portable gaming system to compete aginst the DS and PSP families.

The platform uses a programming language known as C#, which is quite different than what id is used to.

The developer committed to releasing a version of Rage, a hotly anticipated ambitious PC shooter, on the iPhone earlier this year. It’s one of the boldest moves for iPhone gaming yet, but it’s leaving other mobile phone users wondering about their handsets.

Android people are probably the most likely next group to see the game pop up in their app stores. “I am going to take a stab at bringing Rage up on Android soon, but we have NOT committed to a product,” continued Carmack.

Fellow id creations Doom and Quake have already found a home on the iPhone, but this move to incorporate the iPhone right alongside development with a brand new, state-of-the-art PC game, could be a huge push forward for mobile games.（source:tgdaily）