XBOX 720: Kits being sent out and Kinect 2 leaked

[HappySqurriel]

Mazty said:

HappySqurriel said:

Mazty said:

True but consoles still don't have it and couldn't run it...
If you want to play WoW on anything other then low, you do need a relatively good GPU for it. You have to remember that the consoles aren't even running an 8800GT...

I played World of Warcraft for several years after its launch on a system far below the capabilities of the HD consoles; and many of my friends upgraded to the Radeon X800 or Geforce 6800 when they were first available and it played the game beautifully.

The reason WoW isn't on consoles isn't because of processing power or memory, it is because the game would not map well to a controller and there are barriers to setting up Pay to Play services on the XBox 360.

Beautfiul =/= low resolution and lowest settings. Those cards are the minimum specs. 

If you want to play it beautifully, you need to be playing on the HD5770, or better, at 1080p or greater. 

If the Playstation didn't exist you may have a point, but it does and it's not owned by Sony. Fable was mapped fine to a controller - WoW could take that approach. The issue is with the larger raids and pvp arenas, bad GPU's and setups just don't cut it and will suffer massive FPS dips. 

Still, this is getting off topic. Point is that the consoles need to be released with good specs otherwise a basic PC for a few bucks more will hammer them next christmas.

I find it interesting that the minimum system requirements for the game were released years after the game was, and at launch WoW was praised for having such modest requirements compared to games like Everquest 2.