Blizzard designer talks feasibility of next-gen MMOs
Blizzard lead systems designer Greg Street believes that it would be "a huge challenge" to bring MMOs with the scale of World of Warcraft to next-gen consoles.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideo...mb_wide300.jpgWhile Activision's Destiny is believed to have MMO elements, Street says there are several unique challenges involved in translating an MMO like World of Warcraft for consoles."I would personally be very excited to see that," Street told NowGamer when asked whether MMOs can work on consoles. "It would be a huge challenge to take something like World of Warcraft with its massive hard drive footprint and its reliance on mouse and keyboard, I think if we were going to make a MMO for consoles then we might take it in a different direction."It can be done, it would just be a big challenge for a game like WoW."Activision Blizzard has already confirmed it will port Diablo III for both PS3 and PS4. Street notes that the Diablo II team needed to change "the very fundamentals" of that title in order to adapt it to consoles.
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