MMOs Inevitably Going to Consoles

GameDaily interviewed NCsoft North America President Chris Chung who believesa shift of MMOs from PCs to console systems is “inevitable” (or, possibly, inevitabre).

Finally, we queried him on the exclusive deal that NCsoft recently signed with Sony for the PS3. We’ve yet to see an MMO game take off on consoles, so how will NCsoft approach this challenge? “I think there are a lot of causes that factor into good MMOs on a console,” Chang ventured. “These are elements like ‘does the person have a standard definition TV or an HDTV?’ You don’t have a good a resolution on regular TV, and a lot of games were hurting for that. Ultimately, we have to really optimize for consoles; we have to create an experience that’s suited for the [PS3] and supports the MMO element. I think the shift is inevitable; real-time strategy is one of the last PC genres moving onto consoles, and I think we’ll see a similar trend for online games as well.”

And then PC gaming is doooomed.

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