Is The Old Republic heading to Xbox 360?

With these guys leaving my interesting is increasing.

Two less ignorant fools in Trade chat

Yeah I know what you mean Dragon Age, Knights of the Old Republic, Mass Effect, Jade Empire and Mass Effect 2 all really suffered because they were cross-platform. Man, those games were so simplistic and immature.

Oh wait…

I can't wait for the first wave of gamer deaths from 3+ hours of raiding while using Natal.

Its not about hardware. It is about software. A PC is so much greater of a platform because of its flexibility. How will addon's be handled when a percentage of your user base might have trouble? How will the inherent advantage of having more keys to keybind to abilities be handled?

In the end something will be catered to the console over the PC because that is how it has to happen in order to allow the console to thrive. It is why any game that appears on both console and PC have simplified menu's etc that are often annoying to navigate on the PC.

When it comes to an MMO having to vastly different places to play it means advantages to someone, and that usually means nerfs to the thing with the advantage.

On what planet is an X-Box equivalent to an 'Above Average PC"??

Planet 2005 maybe?

MMOs & Natal definitely sounds like an interesting combination!

Although waving your imaginary lightsaber for hours might make you seem a little "odd" to others. :D

This site has such a diverse reader base that I doubt most people who come here will even try a game like TOR when they could be playing other titles like Fallen Earth and Champions Online.

Honestly, I feel tapping into mmo veterans if a risky venture when making an mmo. This demograph already has loyalties to other pre-existing titles and higher, more unrealistic expectations. The best thing to do is create an mmo that is so accessible and different that those who are new to mmo’s will make your game their first massive experience. That’s what WoW did and it’s worked miracles. Why try to sway people away from the games and communities they’ve been playing with for years when you can attract a whole new legion of customers who have been waiting for the right title to jump in?

The console market is simply untapped because people haven’t done a very good job at developing for it. They’ve tried taking titles designed for PC with traditional mmo conventions onto a platform that is completely different. A title like TOR, with it’s more action-oriented gameplay and developer pedigree could certainly be the game to break the crust and reach a whole new pool of mmo gamers.

I have a very good idea as to why people will play ToR over Champs. It will simply be made better, and cater to the casuals. They are not catering to the super hardcore here.

Though I do agree that bringing to the consoles would have its advantages. But they could not cross platform, the whole patch timeline thing will not allow it. Though the game might have enough 360 followers to keep it afloat by itself on the console.

Hmmm I wonder why its hitting the press today that there are indications it is then? A few other MMO blog sites are also running with it.

MMORPG has an interesting article from Scott Jennings (who is a complete tool) suggesting that EA has given Bioware 12 months to recoup their development money. Given how quick EA was shutting down Earth and Beyond I wouldn't put it past them to make as much money as they can from box sales (the figure they are throwing around is NEEDing 1 million subs just to break even, and gameplay be damned, by shoehorning it to work on Kiddy Konsoles.

early april fools

I know youre trying really hard to coin Kiddy Konsoles...but I think you should probably give up the ghost on that one.