THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on March 18, 2008, 02:05:08 PM

Title: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Smooth Groove on March 18, 2008, 02:05:08 PM
Year of PS3 continues.

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/03/17/soe-president-ps3-mmo-could-rival-wow

Speaking of MMOs, Smedley revealed that he believes that the console space actually has an advantage over the PC when it comes to that particular genre. When asked whether or not he believed that a console MMO could be as successful as World of Warcraft, Smedley responded "I absolutely do, and in fact I think by having a stable platform where every customer has an online capable box is a huge, huge potential advantage in building an MMO because you've already got an online userbase. It's a massive advantage over the PC and we don't have to worry about graphics cards or things like that. It's going to be very big," he said.
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: hyp on March 18, 2008, 02:09:36 PM
you know what to do, boys.
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: hyp on March 18, 2008, 02:13:21 PM
^ home is the fucking WoW killer. 

year of ps3 continues.
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: calcifer on March 18, 2008, 02:29:46 PM
eb could become a non-xfag dump

doesnt mean it will happen
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: drew on March 18, 2008, 02:40:07 PM
bleh
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Joe Molotov on March 18, 2008, 02:40:28 PM
smh @ Sony

The only WoW killer will:

a) come from Blizard
b) have a "World of" in the title


World of Year of PS3 :bow
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: MrAngryFace on March 18, 2008, 03:01:54 PM
I think Sony fans underestimate WoW
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Eric P on March 18, 2008, 03:37:04 PM
i underestimate wow

i started a priest and it's fucking hard to solo with

edit: it's a warlock w/o a pet
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 18, 2008, 03:41:17 PM
You're never on, Eric P and now I need HALP.
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Eric P on March 18, 2008, 03:51:09 PM
You're never on, Eric P and now I need HALP.

i may be on tonight if possible

email me and we can schedule something in google calendar
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: The Fake Shemp on March 18, 2008, 03:54:43 PM
Google Caledar?!  I ain't yer fucking wife!
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Powerslave on March 18, 2008, 03:54:55 PM
World of PS3
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Eric P on March 18, 2008, 04:05:58 PM
Google Caledar?!  I ain't yer fucking wife!

not with that filthy hollywood mouth you ain't
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: pilonv1 on March 18, 2008, 07:36:00 PM
Someone should show him some data on how many people actually use the online functions of their consoles. I'd put money on it being less than 1/3
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Candyflip on March 18, 2008, 08:37:16 PM
LOL

No. The only thing that was supposed to even come close was Warhammer, and after seeing the videos for that I doubt anything will "kill" WoW for a good while.

Aside from that I can't imagine playing an MMO on a console. I have so much bound to keys it's ridiculous.

1-6
Shift 1-3
Shift F
Control 1-3
Control F, S, W, E, R
W, A, S, D, F, E, R, X ,Z, G, V, Q
Middle Mouse
Space Bar
..I'm going to stop now. It goes on forever.

Basically they'd need a controller like this.

(http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8044/ps3controllertl9.jpg)
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: T234 on March 18, 2008, 08:48:32 PM
Only thing even in the running at this point is Champions Online or the Warhammer 40K MMO.
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: recursivelyenumerable on March 19, 2008, 12:35:14 AM
Quote
Aside from that I can't imagine playing an MMO on a console.

lol you'd just use a keyboard peripheral, like FFXI does.  That controller looks hot though  :drool

I wouldn't be surprised to see FFXIV Online draw a million concurrent subscribers when it's finally released (in 2010?)
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: bork on March 19, 2008, 12:37:16 AM
Quote
Aside from that I can't imagine playing an MMO on a console.

uh, you'd just use a keyboard peripheral, like FFXI does.  That controller looks hot though  :drool

Or just go plug in any USB keyboard and type away.  You can get a generic brand one for what, less than ten bucks?
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: The Sceneman on March 19, 2008, 12:42:49 AM
yeah, consoles being online out of the box is a huge advantage.

I mean, how man PC's are online? 4k or so at most globally?



lmfao
Title: Re: PS3 soon to have WOW killer
Post by: Candyflip on March 19, 2008, 12:52:40 AM
Quote
Aside from that I can't imagine playing an MMO on a console.

uh, you'd just use a keyboard peripheral, like FFXI does.  That controller looks hot though  :drool

Or just go plug in any USB keyboard and type away.  You can get a generic brand one for what, less than ten bucks?
Oh. I'm distinguished mentally-challenged lol.