Cryptic's Jack Emmert baffled by lack of MMOs on Xbox 360

Not everyone are rich enough to buy a brand new computer each year or every time a new game is released. Some of them don't even know how to upgrade the damn thing!

However, they do know how to push buttons on a controller.
From where i come from (Japan), PC Gaming is truely hardcore.... buy a game, installing it, configuring your firewall and virus protection so you can play online.... is a bit overwealming to the average gamer here.
People just want to buy their game, put it into the machine and play it.
No need to look at the system requirments, no need to see if your OS is compadable, no need to check if you have enough hard disk space.

Probably one of the reasons why the console is so popular; quick and easy to use.

Besides I havn't seen a MMO that acturally changes it's system specs to fit the every evolving computer specs.
Look at WoW, one of the most succesful MMOs out there, and even my 5 year old computer can still play that game at Full-Graphics.



A bit off topic but....
I own a PS3..... but hardly use it to play online. Pretty much the only thing I play online on the PS3 are the exclusive titles like Littlebigplanet and Killzone 2.

When using a console I feel limited in so many ways. I can't mod games, I can't reassign the controls to my liking, I can't Alt-tab and do 4 other stuff while I'm still playing my games >.<

When I'm playing a MMO, I'm not only playing the game, but I'm also checking my mail, chatting with friends, looking at massively, looking up my next quest, reading lore, listening to music and studying for my next physics exam.
So if the MMO isn't action packed and requiring my full concentration to play it, then i won't be playing it on the console.

That's because ps3 is too expensive. Where is the high end gaming at? ps3

Not everyone are rich enough to buy a brand new computer each year or every time a new game is released. Some of them don't even know how to upgrade the damn thing!

However, they do know how to push buttons on a controller.
From where i come from (Japan), PC Gaming is truely hardcore.... buy a game, installing it, configuring your firewall and virus protection so you can play online.... is a bit overwealming to the average gamer here.
People just want to buy their game, put it into the machine and play it.
No need to look at the system requirments, no need to see if your OS is compadable, no need to check if you have enough hard disk space.

Probably one of the reasons why the console is so popular; quick and easy to use.

Besides I havn't seen a MMO that acturally changes it's system specs to fit the every evolving computer specs.
Look at WoW, one of the most succesful MMOs out there, and even my 5 year old computer can still play that game at Full-Graphics.



A bit off topic but....
I own a PS3..... but hardly use it to play online. Pretty much the only thing I play online on the PS3 are the exclusive titles like Littlebigplanet and Killzone 2.

When using a console I feel limited in so many ways. I can't mod games, I can't reassign the controls to my liking, I can't Alt-tab and do 4 other stuff while I'm still playing my games >.<

When I'm playing a MMO, I'm not only playing the game, but I'm also checking my mail, chatting with friends, looking at massively, looking up my next quest, reading lore, listening to music and studying for my next physics exam.
So if the MMO isn't action packed and requiring my full concentration to play it, then i won't be playing it on the console.

Having no harddrives as standard will do that to you.

The big secret of MMORPG play on consoles is the following:

You need playing sessions of 30 minutes max.
You hop in, find a group, go play and hop out, all in short sessions.

Think BG's, think the new 30 minutes dungeons of WotlK (and clustered LFG servers).
Think daily quests.
Think fast gathering professions.
Think Arena like matches.

Reread the above .... and now you know why Blizzard is using the WOW engine to develop a game for the next gen XBoX for Microsoft.
Just read the news from last march. Leaks and Blizzrd couldn't be fast enough to deny it all....

Now you also know Microsoft and Blizzard will release this baby perhaps even year as a full surprise.

Exclusively on the new XBox. Microsoft is not interested in being second with a mediocre mmorpg.

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