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Blizzard's Brack Makes Non-Comment About Console Development, World Gasps

World of Warcraft production director J. Allen Brack noted in a recent interview that Blizzard will "definitely work on a console game at some point." The company has yet to release a full-on console game (since Lost Vikings II in 1997). Console ports of Diablo and StarCraft were tremendously late and mediocre at best, and Blizzard shut down work on StarCraft: Ghost after the game failed to meet internal quality standards.

Talking to Gamasutra, Brack pointed out that the company's pre-WoW bread and butter, real-time strategy, has to date been a better experience on PC. Echoing dozens of comments made by various Blizzard staff over the years, he said that when the developer has a solid idea for a console game, they'll make one – and not before.

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  • Maybe if the did a console version of WoW i would finally be interested in playing that game but that would probably suck and cost 15$ ti a already expensive xbox live gold menbership just like FFXI

  • i would definitely play a WoW type game if it was on a console. (sigh) too bad it's not

  • I'll restate once again that while deep down some part of me wanted to see StarCraft Ghost actually come out, I was much too scared of the likely outcome.

    If Blizzard (as they describe) make a game 'FOR CONSOLES', I'm all on board. With them however, it's always slow, steady, and hot --- meaning I'll probably be 50 years old by the time this game actually materializes.

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  • I guarantee they'll make a console version of WoW and link the worlds together somehow..But a console version of Diablo doesn't sound bad, do it!

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  • Yeah but a console version of WoW would probably be shiny graphics and horrible controls.I don't think MMORPG'S aren't meant to be played (hell maybe im wrong).Take that in fact and add a 15$ membership to play the game and the idea sounds horrible especially for Xbox players who already pay a 50$ membership.

  • The argument that RTS games can only be made well on the PC is getting old. Halo Wars anyone?

  • I don't think a WoW type MMO would work as well on console (and I'm covering myself with a surplus tarp from the Gallagher show for the rain of fanboy hatred surely to come my way). With certain classes, say mages, the 36 hot keys you can have using 1-0, -, and = (alone, with alt. and with ctrl.) still aren't always enough to have all the actions you'd like ready on the fly.

    For a standard RPG with pause-and-fight action? Sure. Consoles can work. For real time MMO style PvP though, no way. The PC players have a definite advantage.  

    I'd rather see them do a dungeon crawler like Diablo. Shoot, you could even do online play. But something as rich as their MMOs, I just think it would probably suffer in a port to console. Just my opinion. (Which is, I'll acknowledge, maybe biased since I'm mostly a PC gamer.)

  • Um yeah but WoW is not an RTS it is an MMORPG.

  • A good example of what Frogman says its Dragon Age Origins,great game and i know its not an MMO but the point is that using a mage i that game is a pain due to the fact that you can only assign 6 spells to your controller which is very little for a mage especially when you got around 35 kickass spells.So thats why i have doubts about WoW on consoles but like i said before i could be wrong.

  • I played Starcraft Ghost at e3 and it was really fun (like Perfect Dark).  I don't know why they pulled the plug, especially being so far into development.

    Macros make it easy for somebody to play Wow on the xbox.  I'm surprized they haven't done this before.  It's not that hard for them to release a keyboard and mouse with it.  But ultimately I don't think WOW is polished enough for a console yet.  

  • Yes, consoles need another developer that takes 10 years to make a product (paging Silicon Knights). While Blizzard makes good stuff, stick to PCs. Endless delays don't work with the console crowd.

  • ooh... this could be quite the news if they actually got onto this quickly.

  • I would kill for them to do a release of a new Starcraft and World of Warcraft on consoles! Im not sure they would for WoW, considering they get 15 bucks a month off the people who play it on PC....so would they charge you on Xbox 360, where you already would pay for the 60$ game AND a Live Membership? I sure hope not.

  • I don't like pcs very much.

  • And please for the mother of god let the next Diablo come to consoles...PLEASE!

  • We are not talking about moving an already-established game to a console, we are talking about a game being made for consoles. Adam said: "...when the developer has a solid idea for a console game, they'll make one – and not before."

    Though I think WoW could work on consoles, I am content to play it on my PC, and would prefer to see Blizzard make a new game which is built for console play. Having said that, I have never played an RTS that I think worked better on consoles than it could have on a PC. Yes, even Halo Wars Tackdaddy.

    I would suggest Blizzard make a new IP for the consoles. Diablo is an obvious choice, but I hate to see a game that works so well on the PC migrate to consoles simply for the sake of migration. Not to mention, how many PC-only gamers are going to fly off the hook when one of their most beloved franchises abandons them for no apparent reason? No, migration is not the answer.

    Create a new console IP Blizzard. Your ideas are dynamite, you have much less to fear than most developers. We believe.

  • i say release wow for the masses what better way to make money than releasing the number 1 mmo on ps3 and 360. i mean i ffXII and FFXIV can do it so can blizzard.

  • I agree with DemonicDrummer. I would so play a game like WoW if it was on a console! I don't feel like shelling out my hard-earned cash for a gaming PC/membership fee. Idk, it just seems like too much effort to keep up with, both in gameplay and in matters concerning money.

    You know what? All in all I don't really care. I'm sticking to my consoles and my Mac. :\ They can come to me.

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