MMOs Inevitably Going to Consoles

[GameBanshee News]

GameDaily interviewed NCsoft North America President Chris Chung who believesa shift of MMOs from PCs to console systems is "inevitable" (or, possibly, inevitabre).

Finally, we queried him on the exclusive deal that NCsoft recently signed with Sony for the PS3. We've yet to see an MMO game take off on consoles, so how will NCsoft approach this challenge? "I think there are a lot of causes that factor into good MMOs on a console," Chang ventured. "These are elements like 'does the person have a standard definition TV or an HDTV?' You don't have a good a resolution on regular TV, and a lot of games were hurting for that. Ultimately, we have to really optimize for consoles; we have to create an experience that's suited for the [PS3] and supports the MMO element. I think the shift is inevitable; real-time strategy is one of the last PC genres moving onto consoles, and I think we'll see a similar trend for online games as well."

And then PC gaming is doooomed.

[Smiley:)]

Here is yet another prediction of "PC games are doomed".

There are a few problems with this:

1) How the hell are they going to connect the console an the TV to the internet?

2) The resolution problems they mentioned. Not all people have good TVs.

3) Personal oppinions. There are people who hate consoles and people who hate this idea. There is a possibility for some protests.

That's all I'm going to say.

[Tricky]

I'm going to sing the doom-song now! Doom doom dedoom.. etc.

[DesR85]

Originally Posted by Smiley:)

1) How the hell are they going to connect the console an the TV to the internet?

Current consoles can connect to the internet (Xbox, PS2, XBox 360, PS3, Nintendo Wii). Otherwise, how does XBox Live and other console online services exist if they cannot go online?

Because of this, I'm not even surprised if MMOs start appearing on the consoles.

[dragon wench]

Hey, I know!
It's a plot by the Evil Empire (aka Microsoft).. They deliberately made Vista less suited to gaming than XP, because they're trying to push people toward console gaming, the XBox 360 in particular..

Just kidding...