» Mon May 25, 2009 3:52 am
Yup, the only good way to play an RTS on a consol is to purchase an additional mouse and keyboard...which come default on a computer. There have, however, been games for consols that require additional controllers. Obviously, "House of the Dead" and "Time Crisis" come to mind what with the guns and all...but also, "Typing of the Dead" for Dreamcast required a keyboard...
So, bottom line, I think that it would be GENIOUS for gamesas to make V-13 a consol/PC MMO...I believe that, "Final Fantasy XI" was cross-platform...and "Quake III" could be played on the Dreamcast as well as the PC in the same online game. I believe that MMORPG games for consols have great potential...certainly the audience is out there, I work at a game store, and the three top questions I get asked are, "Besides COD4 and Halo 3, what's a great FPS for the 360"; "Can you get World of Warcraft for PS3 or 360"; and upon hearing, "I'm sorry sir/mam, that game is a PC exlusive" the followup is, "Well, is there another game LIKE World of Warcraft for 360?". The closest things are Sega's, "Phantasy Star Online" and Square's, "FFXI"...the demand is out there for sure.
Oh, and the third most asked question is, "I heard that there's gonna be a new Fallout, any idea when that's out?" I don't think that they are referring to gamesas's MMO. Properly hyped and advertised, V-13 could be a crazy runaway success. Quality over quantity, but don't make something so highly qualified that it doesn't exist right? 'Cmon gamesas. Let's put SOMETHING out!