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NCSoft To Bring MMOGs To The PS3
Eurogamer reports that Massive gaming powerhouse NCSoft plans to bring some of their games to next-gen consoles. Though there is no word on exactly which console, rumours indicate the 360 is not the platform of choice. From the article: "However, [Tack Jin] Kim - who is founder and president as well as CEO of the firm - openly confirmed that the company is now 'actively developing' for next-generation consoles, which he considers key to building the firm up in markets outside Korea. NCsoft is already the largest gaming company in its native country, and its titles are proving a major draw at this week's G* games expo at the Kintex exhibition centre near the capital city, Seoul."
You know, the need for a patchable hard drive could be emulated on the DS with a simple memory device in the GBA slot (packaged with the game card), and the revolution console could have any number of persistent memory devices still under its sleeve - in addition to the fact that the latter plans on using a robust online network, and the former already has one in place.
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to the conclusion that "Not 360" => PS3.
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The way MS handles online play on the XBox is the reason I avoid buying games that don't have a good single player experience. I think the problem is that game developers are not allowed to make online games for the XBox that don't use XBox Live, which makes it a monopoly. Dev's need the option to handle XBox online games themselves, instead of having to rely on XBox Live as their only way to connect players across the internet.