Perhaps more surprising is just how committed the company is to bringing its next MMO project to console. While many believe that the PC is the natural home to the genre, Turbine disagrees. Alexander mentioned that the same arguments were made about in-depth sports sims and the FPS genre, but now market leaders like Madden and Call of Duty all have far larger installed bases of players on the consoles.
Alexander said that the evolution of the PC games market is being mirrored on console, and it is only a matter of time before the MMO development scene shifts to PS3 and Xbox 360.
Turbine: Consoles better for MMO than PC
Posted on Sunday, September 27 2009 @ 8:01 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbino told Eurogamers that the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 offer a superior MMO platform than PCs: