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Will MMO Platform Segregation Continue?

Posted by simoniker on from the one-nation-under-a-groove dept.

Thanks to Stratics Central for hosting an opinion piece discussing whether MMORPG titles will stay segregated by platform, or whether (as in Final Fantasy XI's dual PC/PS2 release) the separate SKUs will "adopt salient features and begin to look alike." The piece points out that in-game controls matter: "In the world of MMOs, the PC is king for two of many reasons: Key binding, and the mouse-keyboard combo", and concludes that "The irony is, for most of the consoles to compete with the PC [in MMO titles] they must become more like the PC."

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  1. Re:wrong #1 reason by Acidic_Diarrhea · · Score: 2, Interesting
    I would think that anyone who was serious about playing a MMO on a console would already have invested in a keyboard, they're even available at EB so the gamers don't even have to go to another store.

    The PC is king because the PC is a much more mature platform for these types of games. The online capability of consoles is still in its infancy.

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  2. You can get a keyboard and mouse for the PS2.... by evil-osm · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Logitech has come out with one earlier this year. You can get them for the DC and XBox as well (AFAIK re XBox). Its not enough to make me want to go over to a console, but its a start.

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  3. Re:wrong #1 reason by JFMulder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, but don't you think that it would feel even more real? I mean, I always wondered if someone would finally implement distance as a factor for the volume of a player voice in a game. That would be really nice. And make pretty interresting srategies.