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Well I guess with a chatpad attachment or a keyboard and mouse you could do it, but its not like WoW is breaking computers like crysis here.. Everyone with enough money for a console probably has a computer capable of running WoW.


Plus the endgame requires mods. If you don't have certain ones you just won't be invited to raids no matter what your skill level is.

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I really doubt WoW could appear on any of the current consoles as is. The biggest reason is that there is simply way too much information contained on the screen at any given time. A second reason is that, as is, you absolutely would require a keyboard at least, keyboard/mouse ideally. That's not bad except, really, how many more people would they get by going to a console with WoW?

Now, a STARCRAFT MMO on the other hand... build it from the ground up to be more MMOFPS than RPG, and you could tailor this for both PC and console.

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I don't see how that quote fuels any speculation that WoW is coming to consoles. He's just predicting that console games will eventually have simultaneous player-bases with numbers in the thousands, just like WoW. MMOs have been on consoles for a while now -- sorta -- and they will only continue to be with the various titles coming to 360 and PS3. Enough MMOs use voice chat now that the argument about needing a keyboard is a moot point. Plus, PS3 and the 360 support USB keyboards.

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It would be really easy to simply demand the use of a USB or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for the PS3/X360 version of WoW. And the addons could easily be stored on the built-in hard drives. I guess even a version of Vent and Teamspeak could be provided.

The benefit would be the powerful and unified platform that would allow a higher graphics level and give a hope of more than 10 fps in a boss fight for those of us with sub1000$ computers.

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its more the fact that Activision is console++ that fuels the rumors.

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I'd pick up WoW again if it came to a console, if for no other reason than to see what it's like on a 50 inch hi def.

The keyboard and mouse already exist. So yah, that's a non-issue. Go Google - xbox 360 keyboard - and you'll see it in action. They'd probably bundle those peripherals in a WoW package though.

Xbox Live already has the voice chat capabilities in place. The only hurdle I see if what someone already mentioned - getting mods to work properly on a console version.

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