>>112868963carmack said that the sales on consoles, ps3 and 360 are higher than PC. if it SELLS higher on a certain device, even if its 5 years old, AND it shows that you would most likely sell more on that console than on PC, then wouldnt you if you want to maximise sales build your game to fit said device so that (in this case consoles) wont complain and you wont loose in terms of sales and MONEY?
carmack also said that PC can get higher specs of course, the consoles are 5 year old, but they arent selling so much on PC so of course they had to fit their game for the consoles if they wanna stay in business and earn more money.
statistics and money is important. without going into a whole console vs pc debate, if you want to earn money, you have to adapt.
that said there is NO reason to NOT make ADVANCED GRAPHICS OPTIONS for the PC. there is were carmack has failed.