Sid Meier quotes

Sid Meier is a Canadian-American video game designer, best known for creating the Civilization series. His innovative approach to strategy and simulation games has had a lasting impact on the industry. He continues to inspire generations of gamers and game creators around the world. Here are 12 of his quotes:

I love Age of Empires and I play RTS games all the time, I respect what they've accomplished.

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The irony is we thought we were behind the curve, that the industry had already peaked, and we were just trying to catch up.

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Our goal has been to stay true to what people most love about the original Pirates! while upgrading, enhancing, and in some cases, re-inventing the game to make it a great experience for todays gamers.

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Dinosaurs was a cool idea, but we just couldnt find a way to make it really fun. Weve got a bunch of great game ideas that we want to bring to life over the next several years.

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Our hope is to deliver an incredibly fun and compelling game that will give the fans more than what they've been waiting for, and show a whole new generation of gamers how much fun it is to live the life of a pirate!

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Our approach to making games is to find the fun first and then use the technology to enhance the fun.

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I think computing power is ready to do 3D justice. It was great for shooters and racing games in the past, but I didn't think it was right for strategy games.

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The new Pirates! builds on that legacy delivering an even more powerful and fun experience to players... and is still unmatched in offering a blend of genres in one great game.

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It may be that other developers are finding that their games play better on one platform over the other, so they're choosing to migrate to that platform.

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Right now we're working on finishing up Pirates! for the Xbox, we're developing Civilization IV and we've got a couple other games in development that we'll tell you about soon.

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