SOE: All of our future MMOs will appear on consoles

so when r these two mmo games coming out?!

I am so sick of hearing about The Agency. I was excited about The Agency like a year and a half ago. I'm sorry but with NO RELEASE DATE or clear sign of any kind of progress, The Agency is simply vaporware(like DukeNukem Forever). I think most of us who were interested in this game have realized by looking on the web that it will never come out. If it does come out, judging on the lack of news pretty much all the time, it will be in like winter 2010.

Come on, Sony: EQ3 + PS3 = potential WoW killer.

oh.. like.. when HOME and ZILLZONE comes out.. so that means NEVER!

Sonyi kid i kid..... just a love hate thing

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There really isn't any good excuse to NOT include cross-platform play. If Square can do it with FFXI (their FIRST MMO) there's really no GOOD reason why SOE can't do it.

EverQuest 3?

I can see PC mods and other game extenders giving PC owners the advantage. Along with platform specific bugs etc. However looking at the base line issue (usually the use of keyboard and mouse) I don't see why it won't work since the PS3 supports those.

Cause in the end, a console controller really isn't the ideal interface for a MMO that is made with PC controls in mind. (FF with just a controller was HORRIBLE).

Everquest 3 coming to the PS3 would be sweet so this is great news. This also means Ramayan 3392 A.D. will come to the PS3 and I think that idea for a game sounds pretty cool. I so hope SOE will soon say EQ3 is in development. Also I hope Vanguard: Saga of Heroes will soon become part of the EQ world. I think if it could that would be great news too.

No cross-platform for DCO would be a disaster (then again, I'm not sure the game isn't going to be a disaster anyway). If it's not cross-platform, it has no excuse for looking like a PS2 game, and the hard-twitch gaming may be an even harder sell for the traditional PC MMO crowd without the ability to play with console-based friends. I know that I, as a current City of Heroes player, will be a lot less interested in either version of DCO without cross-platform play.

Look obviously I have to spell some of this crap out for you guys.

Phantasy Star Online had cross platform but it caused some problems because of it.

Example some characters are easier to play on PC while others are easier to play on PS3. This creates unbalanced gaming. Also the Agency would be STUPID to have Cross-Platform because this isn't an MMORPG. This is an MMO FPS or 3PS. This means that PC players would almost always have an advantage over the PS3 players.

Also how are people going to communicate? If I wanted to use in game video chat on the PS3 using the XMB (rumored to come out by the end of the year) then how on earth would I be able to get that to work? The coding and everything on the PS3 is ENTIRELY abnormal.

So basically what we have, is difficult feature set to pull off, advantages and disadvantages for the console players versus the PC players depending on the type of character, control schemes, etc, different updating methods, different features and incompatibilities, etc...

There are tons of pros and cons to doing it. What would you rather have?

If you'd rather have a better online experience, then play these new games coming out. If you'd rather have a worse online expereince BUT play with PC users, then go ahead and play Phantasy Star Universe or FFXI.

If you want a non existent 3rd option.... then go and make your own game. You people NEED to understand that there are things to be lost and gained depending on these choices and they have to decide between dumbing down the game, or leaving it ENTIRELY unbalanced.

I think Free Realms will let you cross-platform but I haven't found much info on that game. Other than it's free, no subs, funded through microtransactions, and the MMO Fanboy thing on Joystiq went to see a demo of it and were actually quite excited about it.

It's great having cross-platform titles, but coming from playing an MMO like Final Fantasy XI for five years before retiring - mmo's with pc and console players while is great can be fustrating when PC players start using homebrew plug-ins that cheat to claim mobs before they spawn on console players screen, speedhacking to get around places faster, etc.

This is another reason why PC gaming is becoming a dying breed. From the DRM drama to avoiding the temptaion for PC players to use plugins, mods, and other various third party tools to minipulate the game in a way that isn't balanced or fair for console players.

While I like PC and console online titles - PC players will always have an obvious upperhand. It's a balancing issue developers constantly fight with that plagues these kinds of cross-plat titles.

Planetside 2?


please?

I wouldnt be surprised at all if SOA anounced that EQ3 will be PS3 only. With Keyboard and Mouse support of course. I would be THA-RILLED. Sick of cheaters, and updating video drivers etc. I would be perfect. This mixed in with Home and Sony Rewards etc..... all good in my view.

From what i heard pc to ps3 cross-platform isn't all that good, but what about xbox 360 - ps3 cross platform MMO's, sure it'd be one big flame war but im sure it would be possible with less problems