Will MMO Platform Segregation Continue?

Posted by simoniker on Thursday September 18, 2003 @08:36AM 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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wrong #1 reason by Vaevictis666 · 2003-09-18 08:38 · Score: 5, Insightful

"In the world of MMOs, the PC is king for two of many reasons: Key binding, and the mouse-keyboard combo"
The real reason PC beats Console for this kind of thing is the keyboard alone - you know, COMMUNICATION being key for MMOs. Without a keyboard for chat purposes, you end up just doing canned pre-translated phrases and emoticons.