Next gen consoles and MMOs

Post » Wed May 22, 2013 4:48 am

With both PS4 and Xbox One consoles confirmed as using the AMD 8-core, with the Xbox One basically like a Windows PC in a console. how long until MMOs like ESO start showing up for the next gen consoles? I know ESO won't launch on a console but I have a feeling that porting MMOs to the consoles must be on the minds of MMO devs everywhere. It would be very relevant to an Elder Scrolls game where more than half of the sales were for console versions, right?
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latrina
 
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Post » Wed May 22, 2013 3:47 pm

There are a lot of other things to consider besides just the processing power of the machine. For example designing the interface for controller use, working out how any profit is going to be split between the ingame store and the owner's of the network etc.
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Post » Wed May 22, 2013 7:54 am


I believe they said a few weeks ago that as if that time they had no intention to port them to the consoles yet.
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Post » Wed May 22, 2013 4:23 am

If they decide to ever port the game to console I hope to god that they create a separate Megaserver for them and get them away from the PC gamers. I don't like the idea of consoles and PC's sharing servers, because of the whole Sony and Microsoft having to approve patches/bug fixes before they can be applied to the consoles. That can end up taking weeks, and if something needed to be fixed right away (which usually needs to happen in a MMO when a new patch comes out) PC users wouldn't be able to get the patch till after Sony/Microsoft approved of the process. Because you couldn't let console players fall behind in patches compared to PC users when they are on the same server. Again if they are on a completely different server I don't care if they decide to do it later on down the road.

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