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GDC 09: Blizzard talking to Microsoft about new Xbox |
Listed in: Xbox 360 Tags: Blizzard, GDC, Junction Point, Microsoft, Rob Pardo, Warren Spector, xbox 360 titles
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Lots of rings to rule all living rooms
At the ongoing GDC event, Rob Pardo of World of Warcraft studio Blizzard has confirmed that they are in talks with Microsoft over the next iteration of the Xbox console. He doesn't elaborate on the matter, only saying that they are actively talking about it with Microsoft. May still be too early to expect a new console in the near future though.
If they are in the process of developing a new console, developers seem to be in the dark about it, worrying some people that the next generation of consoles might be more focused on "owning the living room" rather than actually putting out games. Says Disney's Junction Point Studios' Warren Spector:
I get the impression they're focusing on owning the living room. One device that lets you watch movies, television and play games and music and all that stuff. They're so focused on that that I'm not even sure they're thinking about the games that are going to come out. Which is kind of crazy.
Pardo suggested that Blizzard may be vying for a more RTS-friendly console, possibly looking into possibilities to bringing their popular but console-unfriendly games like Starcraft outside of PC gaming:
There are are so many games like we make at Blizzard that we don't take to consoles because they don't support the input device and you end up with crappy ports. That's why RTS games never do well on consoles.
If I was them, I'd be sitting around trying to figure out what's a cool input device that supports all types of new kinds of games.
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He cooks a PS3.
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Blizzard: I want you to support Mouse and Keyboards on the next generation of consoles.
MS: Okay... It's not that hard since its definitely going to have USB Ports.
As for the owning the living room. Both Xbox 360 and PS3 support movie playback and both can stream movies on a home network. PS3 having support for more formats and fully backed by DivX and the XBox 360 Media Center which makes it relatively easy to set up. The thing the PS3 has that the 360 doesn't is Blu Ray Playback and in Europe only the PlayTV so you can watch TV on your console. Both support music playback as well. Though sadly your not allowed to move music in an mp3 format straight to your 360. You have to burn it as an audio cd and then have the 360 rip it out of the cd. Now the PS3 I'm not sure since I never tried.
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what else could you want???
so ..... why not add in all of these FEATURESSSSS.....
Technology is so advance it would be crazy not to add random features. music, video, photo, DLC, internet,etc
PLEASE REMEMBER THO!!!
Focus on gaming
we really dont care about this other stuff, we do but dont get sidetracked.
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