Edge writes: "MMOs are a PC gaming staple, but Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley wants MMOs to find a home on the living room TV.
He recently told MTV Multiplayer that all forthcoming SOE MMOs would appear not only on PC, but also on Sony consoles. We caught up with Smedley this week to dig deeper into SOE's console ambitions.
Q: We saw recent reports that SOE will be bringing its MMOs to consoles from here on out. Can you give some more background on that?
A: It's very simple. We believe very strongly that the future of our MMOs will be taking the titles in development--and we have more in development than we have announced, I will say that--and doing them across PC and PlayStation 3. We believe the console market's ready for MMOs."
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WTMG's Thomas Medina: "As far as I’m concerned, console MMOs have always been in a weird place. PC is where the main game is most popular. MMOs were born there, work best there, and have the vast majority of titles. Mobile is then next in line, with touchscreens and portability that adds something new while functioning well. Console gaming, on the other hand, is not portable (for the most part). Plus, it uses a controller, which is not the best instrument when your control scheme requires a thousand buttons and a cursor. That being said, there is an audience, and where there’s money to be made, publishers find a way. So here we are with some of the biggest console MMO games and how I feel they handled 2021. "
From Xfire: "A lot of video games are designed to make players feel like a superhero. However, very few actually feature superheroes or have players take on the role of a superhero. What makes this even worse is that there are even fewer superhero video games that can be considered good."
why did it take them this long to figure this out? Sony has their own pc team, music team, television and movie teams but they are just NOW starting to work together. WTF? I love ya Sony but you need to focus. Left hand meet the right hand. Geez.