Console MMORPGs Will Never Make Sense

100million…..yeah…. in about a 10 year span and i bet over 50% of those people left years ago , and a HUGE chunk of runescape’s player base is people with multiple accounts , since you can literally have as many characters/accounts as you want , it doesn’t have 100 million active players , if you actually look on their site they have about 1million active players per day , world of warcraft , has 12 million active subscribers , bringing a game like that to a console is going to open up the ability to even play the game to millions and millions of new people . Xbox 360 and PS3 are can also easily be compatible with a keyboard and mouse since they have USB and you CAN use the keyboard for chatting and there is a xbox 360 keyboard and mouse for gaming you can buy for about 100$. Also looking at runescapes website right now , 123,000 online people , theres more people in team slayer on halo reach right now. 100 million is so ridiculously far off the real number it made me laugh. Then next thing people say is there isn’t enough buttons on the controller , I have seen someone play wow with a 360 controller with 44 maccros / keybinded actions , that is plenty imo. The main thing holding the playerbase down for pc mmorpgs is people having shitty computers and a nice enough computer is hundreds of dollars more then an xbox 360 bundle. Saying that communication would be a problem…..lol…seriously ….. almost every single person on xbox live has a microphone since every 360 console now comes with one and there is also the messenger and the ability to plug in your keyboard. “Practically everyone has a PC these days, but not everyone has a console.” most people’s computers can not handle mmorpgs. Also they could integrate the on screen keyboard like in PSU online which is a shitty game imo but has a great mmorpg chat system , works just like sending messages to your friends and is toggled on and off instantly . The only thing in this whole article is the consoles life span , which…..is increasing amazingly , consoles used to be outdated after just a couple years but the 360 was released November 22, 2005 , Microsoft and Sony both say that these consoles will still be around for at least a few more years , and at the rate its been going maybe even longer , so transition between consoles has hit rock bottom in console history and will continue to decline , there is really not legitimate reason as to why there is no real mmorpg for the current consoles.

Just figured I’d add in there i’d like to see a console MMORPG for the ability to be able to sit somewhere and see it on my screen and sometimes my wife and friends like to watch. with a console you wouldn’t have to buy a bunch of cords. also computers are always outdating and alot of time it costs more to update a pc then buy a new one point is most peole cant afford one. Also its easy to use mmorpgs on controler i do it all the time so my 3 year old son can play the following games you can use a 360 controler on : Vindictus, FF Xi , WoW , Dynasty Warriors Online , MapleStory, Dungeon Fighter, Drift City Stage 2, Rumble Fighter, Dragonica, Street Gears. And with programs like Pinnacle Game Profiler many more mmorpg’s are going to be able to be played with controller. While it is easier to move around with a controller. It is easier to overall control everything with keyboard and mouse which even with a controler you most of time still need k & M ne way.

How will anyone know without attempting it? If a game with the graphics of dragon age or so and action elements like tera will have, it wouldn’t even sell a million copies? And an item mall wouldn’t be enough to make enough money for such a title? I think gamers don’t know what they’re missing.

I played ff xi on ps2. I build my own PCs and play games on it. Mmo can be done on console but at a price. Console will never be as powerful or look as good. Keyboard and mouse? Not that helpful. If a console come out brand new right now it wont be as powerful or capable as a 2011 pc unless it cost $1000. And in 6 months when someone spends$250 to upgrade video the console that did not even have the video ability of that pc got left about 3 years behind. Thats just why pc is easier and it has game, bussiness and personal uses where console will not. Makes sense to own a pc.

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Reading this article i agree on many points, I have often wondered why big MMO games did not relase them on a console platform, after reading the Numbers playing combined it would agree, the market size really is not big enough, However as u said the amount of people who play runescape, I beilive down to the fact that You do NOT need a top spec pc (Costing in excess of £600, sometimes more) to play the likes of runescape, Any basic computer can, Now Console however are there for gaming, and most of them i would suggest play a fair few hours on them, I recently downloaded Dc universe, Which sadly i could not run on my pc, now thats came is brillant, no subscription needed, however i read a article, claiming there subscripions or Profits, not sure which one rose by over 700% because of Releasing it to Playsation, Now i would love to play many MMo, mainly swtor or lotr, However u need very good gaming pc’s, which in my eyes, Does not warrant a £600 + pc and subscription fees, and every over costs, Surly releasing it on a console platform would only increase the Console market and mmo Users, due to the fact Console costs nothing…. in comparsion, anyway my view

Many thanks

p.s Wish i could play SWTOR look amazing, However still think the Orignal was the best, but maybe that because i have not played the online version

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Look, for the most part, the reason why MMORPGs are so widespread is because they’re relatively cheap (you need a computer for necessities, therefore you probably already have one) and they don’t need much to run. There are loads of free to plays which run on exclusive items which are not necessary, but they just are awesome, therefore they cost real money. The problem of Consoles is that you swap them every 4 years and it’s too much of a bother to hog the TV screen, switch on your console and then log in when you already have your computer on due to convenience or you just finished your school work.