| Bodhesatva said: Current generation consoles really could not handle WoW. It's not the graphics, it's the storage space: the game is 4 discs to start with, and I now have 3.5 years worth of patches built on top of that. My current WoW folder is 27 GB. All Core 360 users, All Premium 360 Users, All 20 GB PS3 users, and soon all 40 GB PS3 users wouldn't have enough room even if it was the only thing on their HD. I don't expect consoles will be ready for MMOs until next generation. |
HDD certainly is a problem. However the 2 biggest problems are that you NEED to use a keyboard+mouse for the game to even be playable, and the fact that Blizzard would have to pay to Console Manufacturers from the money they get from their WoW subscriptions.
- The PS3 is the only console that is Mouse+Keyboard compatible, but since M+K are not standard, World Warcraft would only be accessible to a very small fraction of the PS3 users (which is already small as it is)... and even out of those that do have K+M, how many would be interested in the game AND use internet?
- The largest problem is: profit. Activision Blizzard would be forced to pay like 30% of their revenue to console manufacturers (I'm speculating on the 30%). Add the porting costs and you have probably little profit.
