Nintendo on MMORPGS

[Onyxmeth]

FaithRaven said:

Onyxmeth said:

FaithRaven said:
Diablo definitely isn't a MMORPG.

On the other hand I seriously doubt that there will be any MMORPG on this generation of consoles. Ye Ye I know Sony is working on something but that project isn't even sure that it will see daylight.

Huh? Final Fantasy XI and Phantasy Star Universe are both on the 360. Sony has two they're working on and 360 is supposedly getting another three joint ventures with the PC; APB, Champions Online and Age of Conan.

 

My bad for missing the 360 ones. Me not hearing about them tells about how unimportant they are though. Still, it's a good step towards having some decent console MMOs in the upcoming years.

I find porting PC MMOs to consoles being stupid, theres no chance they could work. AOC for example isn't even working on PC but thats another story.

MMO genre needs to be reinvented for the consoles because some concepts have to change in order for them to have success. Straight porting will never work I believe.

I think the key is not overcomplicating the controls. I heard that was one reason why FFXI works well on consoles, but I have no personal experience with the game to know if that's true. I know APB and Champions Online are both being created with the mentality that they'll have to conform to a gamepad in the future, and that I think will help keep the controls a little simpler. With Sony publishing their own MMO's, you can be rest assured they will make sure they are made to work well on a Dualshock.