No console invasion for World of Warcraft

Posted Aug 15, 2007 at 9:10AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Titles, News Tags: Blizzard, Drysc
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World of Warcraft on a console? Not any time soon. - Image 1If you've ever been playing World of Warcraft and found yourself thinking "hey, this would be awesome if it were on a console" then you're not alone. Apparently, quite a few people want to see this as well, but it won't be happening any time soon.

Blizzard Poster/ Community Manager Drysc said that "we're [Blizzard] madly in love with the PC and Mac platforms, and there are no plans at this time to bring World of Warcraft to any other platforms." Based on that statement, it looks like we're going to have to stick with our regular setup of playing the game on our PCs and Macs.

This is sad news for those who were planning on playing the game on their couches. Still, if you're really set on playing WoW in the living room, you could always move your PC there and hook it up to the PC. It might not be the easiest thing to do, but at least you'll be on the couch.

Via WoW Forums

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by Keith K - 2007-08-15 04:13
» Good

I've never met anyone who wanted WoW on console... its the quintessential PC game....Junk.

by Chris H - 2007-08-15 04:57
» Hater

Junk? Sir! Clearly that game has more subscribers than your console(s) of choice have as far as user base



Yes, plenty of people would love to play this on their console(s) of choice for simply not having to have a soup'd up PC

by andreo - 2007-08-15 04:57
» good

Not sure why every 6 months there's a new story about how WOW is not coming to any consoles. But anyway, who cares?



And plus if they did that, they would only be making things harder for themselves. Now instead of just releasing patches for the PC and MAC, they have to release a patch for consoles also.



One of the things that holds back FFXI is the fact that they have to take the PS2 into consideration when making add-ons or expansion packs. That ends up holding back the game because people cannot upgrade the PS2 hardware. The only option they have is to drop support for the game on that platform.

by Braktar - 2007-08-15 21:03
» Glad to hear it.

What would the console owners have to do when Blizzard comes out with a patch or update, buy a new DVD?



I'll admit I haven't owned a console in decades, but I've not heard of any that can do "hot fixes" on games.

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