wraggster
August 29th, 2006, 22:45
It’s probably a fair comment to say that World Of Warcraft is a fairly big game. In fact, it’s huge. It’s probably also fair to say that it has a large following. Again, it’s huge. And it would probably be a fair comment to say that a next gen console version of World Of Warcraft would be appearing. Probably. Well, in a recent interview with Eurogamer, Paul Sams, Chief Operating Officer at Blizzard didn’t dismiss the idea.
When questioned about whether or not a console WoW would ever appear, Sams said:
"We've met with Microsoft, we've met with Sony, and we are exploring these things, but the list of challenges is long. One really big challenge is that one of the key features of a massively multiplayer game, especially WOW, is consistent and regular content updates. They require hard drive space, and there's a finite amount of that on each of those platforms."
Seeing as though all next-gen systems will include (and already include in the case of the 360), this is one less barrier that was previously a major factor knocked down. And with all three systems set to include some kind of Marketplace too, a la Xbox 360, regular updates and consistent ones would also be a reality.
So will we see WoW any time soon on consoles?
"It isn't as simple as flipping a switch... It would require a couple of years of development, realistically, to make it playable on those platforms." Sams commented.
Ah. Arse.
When questioned about whether or not a console WoW would ever appear, Sams said:
"We've met with Microsoft, we've met with Sony, and we are exploring these things, but the list of challenges is long. One really big challenge is that one of the key features of a massively multiplayer game, especially WOW, is consistent and regular content updates. They require hard drive space, and there's a finite amount of that on each of those platforms."
Seeing as though all next-gen systems will include (and already include in the case of the 360), this is one less barrier that was previously a major factor knocked down. And with all three systems set to include some kind of Marketplace too, a la Xbox 360, regular updates and consistent ones would also be a reality.
So will we see WoW any time soon on consoles?
"It isn't as simple as flipping a switch... It would require a couple of years of development, realistically, to make it playable on those platforms." Sams commented.
Ah. Arse.