Are console MMOs the "future"?

SirPKsAlot

With PS4 and Xbox One on the market now, do you think MMOs will have broad success on consoles? I believe core console gamers are a bit easier to please than core PC gamers and they won't be as jaded towards MMOs. There's already a slew of MMO titles lined up for release on these systems, how do you estimate their success?

iridescence

I think more of them will exist in the future but I don't see them ever crowding out the traditional PC MMO. Not unless console players are willing to plug in a keyboard to play them. Then they might just merge but console players tend to hate playing with a keyboard and mouse so MMO makers would have to find a way to cure them of that .

 

Maybe wildcard is Oculus Rift though that will totally change how we interact with our MMOs on both PC and console.

 

 

KenFisher

I'm thinking console MMOs will develop their own style.  I doubt they'll be much like 2003 era MMORPGs.  I expect they'll lean heavily toward action combat.

 

TESO's market penetration into consoles will be interesting to watch.

 

Rattenmann

As long as those medicore MMOs stay away from my PC, i don't care. Consoles just aren't made for MMOs and will never be able to handle an MMO in a way that I PERSONALLY see MMOs.

• Chatting on a console?
• Fluid controls of enough skills to not get bored after a week?

Both points are pillars of MMO gaming and console ports just ruin MMOs for everyone. Whatever you think you have on your consoles... it is not an MMO, it is something differend that should get a differend name.

 

Edit: TESO is a good example. Thats not an MMO. Chat is medicore / bad and gameplay is closer to an action shooter then it is to a RPG.