GW coming to a console or...?

Found this interesting little tidbit on Ars:

Link: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thum...s-of-the-north

So what IS Arenanet working on? PS2/3 port of GW? Something entirely new and different?

My guess, given the NCSoft - Sony deal, is that GW is coming to the Playstation perhaps in a 'slimmed' down form.

I bet a stack of ecto that GW1 is NEVER produced for a console...

Or they can simply create a game using lore that exists in the universe....

I seriously doubt that. It wouldn't be logical for them to release a last generation game for this generation's consoles. If anything, we'll see a MMORPG on the PS3. A free MMORPG on the PS3 would bode well for Sony and the whole MMORPG genre. It could literally change MMORPGS forever seein as how it won't have a subscription fee.

Anyway, for now. We know nothing. Let's just hope that they don't put out some watered down version of GW on the PSP.

I could see this. Sony has signed NCSoft to develop MMO's "exclusive" to the PS3. They have a large pool of stuff they could do, as well as new stuff (besides Anet and GW setting)

I want Guild Wars on my Wii!

I twirl my staff and cast LIGHT OF DELIVERANCE!

Oh yeah. Awesome. I'd want that.

Guildwars on a console???

Hold on, select 8 skills, follow target, switch weapon sets, open stuff like maps friend list etc. etc. and above all quick ingame chat. How many buttons can you have on a controller?

And then I'm not even mentioning in game chat (or is it already possible to use vent on the ps3?)

Anyway, how many people does xbox live have? With gold offcourse, less than WoW, I know that, prob about as much as GW, an MMORPG just doesn't work if you have so little people to buy your product.

The comment is throwaway to the point of being meaninglessness, so I wouldn't put much weight on it.

However I suppose it's possible there will be an adventure game set in the GW universe. I believe Elder Scrolls had something similar between II & III.

They may do something like The Urbz is to The Sims

Sell a keyboard built it? I can get a cheap keyboard for $10, so I'm sure it wouldn't bump the price up that much. ($70 for a free-to-play MMORPG in the vein of Guild Wars? Not so bad, if they had constant updates).

tbh i wouldnt care cos i would just play it on PC anyway

If they're gonna make it for console, it'll be an 3rd person adventure game base in GW world. You'll probably be controlling Devona, Eve or Cynn. They'll have a new sexy outfit, a-list actress voice over and their breast size will be enlarge by 90%, to fit into the marketing mind set of what video game should be like.

Or it'll be total action game starting um.......Mhenlo. Ascalon City. Fugitive Undercover Monk. Nothing to Lose and lotta healing spells.

3 words.

Guild. Wars. Kart.

Dude...I'd play the hell outta both those games.

you all have it all wrong.. they're negotiating the proper root kit to add to GW installations.

Because of the instances and stuff as for how guild wars works I think it would be easy to work on the ps3 (I agree though they should put it on the wii instead.. that's more mouse like with the wii mote! ) But yeah also as someone says I don't care because I will not buy a PS3 anytime soon and I already have gw on the computer.

PC-exclusive titles are dying. There was a time a game like BioShock would be unthinkable on anything but the PC. Except for (MMO)RPGs, nearly nothing is PC-exclusive, and the race is on for the first WoW-calibre MMORPG on consoles. There is, of course, the significant problem of running a continuously updated game on a console, but it's surely not insurmountable.

I would be mildly surprised if GW2 weren't released simultaneously on the PC and the XBox.

The Ps3 for a game like guild wars (hopefully GW2) would suit i think. They have the free online playing unlike the xbox which is subscription based, the unit is bluetooth so keyboard integration would be easy. The hard drive would store the game like a pc does and then you access the server like we do now.

Problems i see is programmes like vent etc because as far as i know there is no way (there is actually no need to run this as there is voice comms in most games without third party programme).

... You have to be an idiot to WANT to play an MMO on a console. MMO's belong on the PC, and ONLY the PC.. if you wan't it on a console you have to dumb down the gameplay.. making it suck like most console RPG's and MMO's.

lol

People said that once about FPSs on the console. Naysayers aren't always right.

Umm. I really don't want to have a big pc vs. console war but...

PC FPS >>> Console FPS

I play FPS's that are on my computer with my XBOX 360 controller and I also play WoW with my XBOX 360 controller via WoW-360. The only problem till now has been typing, but the new XBOX 360 controller keypad will alleviate that. I tried to modify the open source program to work with GW, but it doesn't seem to read the same messages that WoW reads.

btw, this should be extremely easy for GW or something like GW that limits you to 8 skills anyway (4 buttons + 4 shifted buttons, plus two triggers, plus a mouse mode and shift button).. With WoW you really just have to discipline yourself to builds with fewer skills available (which is easy coming from GW).

EDIT: There are definitely a lot of arguments for needing a keyboard/mouse with WoW caster classes and even PC FPS's since using a keyboard/mouse is easier than using a controller since there's more sensitivity, but there really is nothing in GW's interface preventing using a console's controller besides chat. Even chat can be allieviated on either with a keyboard or with the upcoming keypad controller add-on. With WoW-360 you can switch to mouse mode if you want and use the thumbstick to move your mouse cursor (and press them for left/right clicks). The argument that you'd have to dumbdown GW for a console is something only someone that can't think outside the box would say, though it is true with games like WoW. In that instance I suppose one would say GW IS a dumbed down MMORPG, if you even call it an MMORPG. I would call it streamlined though.

If anyone knows what windows messages GW reads for keyboard commands (mouse simulation works fine), then I'll modify that open source driver (it's really just a driver keymapper for the xbox 360 controller) and post it somewhere. I'll double check but I believe the original author included that in the license when he discontinued it. all non-kernel drivers are 3rd party apps so keep that in mind. it's just as much an app as your keyboard software (if u have a fancy keybaord) or mouse software, no more. If any devs could enlighten us then that would be pretty nice. I really love playing wow with my controller and would love even moreso playing GW with it, as would at least a few others I believe. Bot devs already know what all the messages are anyhow so enlightening the rest of us wouldn't hurt anything.

You see, this is what I like.

People who play WoW but can keep civil on a GW fan site.

in all honesty i think x360 with live cz there are already PC games that can connect with X360 Live players

I've been playing GW since May '05 with a Sony Dual Shock controller and this free software:http://www.electracode.com/4/joy2key...%20Version.htm

I've briefly tested it with an Xbox controller as well, works fine. Not sure about the XBox 360 controller, but if Windows recognizes it in Control Panel, then it will work for that, too. It essentially accepts gamepad input and changes it to mouse and keyboard output. You will have to manually assign the commands to the buttons, but it is fairly simple to use. Guild Wars plays quite well with a gamepad, if you really want to. I have a wireless keyboard for chat.

The new game's titled Mhenlo. Simply Mhenlo. It has a M+ rating.

Because in the game, you return to when Mhenlo was studying in Cantha. To make money, Mhenlo was a pimp. Can you make sure all your girls stay happy? Can you make sure you get enough money to get back to Tyria? As a bonus feature, there's a mode in which you pit your girls against monsters, and you have to heal them to keep them alive!

Keep the monsters alive, ofcourse. This is a punishment for bad girls.

You forget there's millions who dont have a PC adequate for gaming but who do have a more then adequate console.
Whether a console is the ideal platform is kinda irrelevant, these people are also interested in MMO's.

There would be a lot of problems with releasing GW for consoles, even with very simple things like the text size would need to be dramatically increased for viewing on a TV, and console gamers wouldn't be able to respond as quickly against PC gamers, etc. I don't see it happening frankly, especially as they're signed exclusivly for Sony. They'd have trouble sustaining a FREE MMO on their servers, and the downloadable content such as expansions or even patches would be difficult to do. The 360 would have been the better choice for this, as at least Microsoft run their own servers. But either way, I wouldn't bet on seeing GW released on consoles, they'll probably develop completely new games. There's definitely a big market for MMO's on consoles, but GW doesn't seem like one that would work. At the very least, the City of Heroes guys are developing a new Marvel MMO.

As for PC FPS games being better than consoles, I'd hugely disagree. The mouse/keyboard may be a lot more accurate, but the dual analogue style feels a lot more natural and makes it easier to involve yourself in a game. Look at Bioshock for example on the 360 where you use one analogue to move and you're looking around with the other, it makes it very involving, where as with the PC it always feel like you're just using a mouse and keyboard. Sorry, to the elitest PC gamers, but I'd take enjoyment and fun over accuracy. (especially with how damn hard it is to get Bioshock to run on a PC)

XBox 360 will be more likely, given that Anet is so suckered into DirectX

They could package the game with the PS3 Logitech bluetooth keyboard.

Games aren't ported to a console because people prefer to play them on a console, it's done because there is an absolutely huge group of people that game only on a console. These people don't make a 'choice' between the two platforms, they game on their console and use their Dell PC to browse eBay/porn and perpetuate joke emails. I don't see why a game has to be 'dumbed down'. The only Bioshock differences (ignoring graphics) were interface changes due to lack of a keyboard, which has already been covered. I don't know about FFXI though. Was it dumbed down in any way on the PS2?

The lack of subscription fees is perfect for a foray into console gaming. I mean it's just waiting to happen. It might not be with GW, but 'no subscription fees' seems to be something of a company mantra, so it's bound to happen with some IP. FFXI even provides us with precedent when it comes to Sony, and such game diversity is exactly what the PS3 is hurting for right now. Sure, they'll be in a much better place in 2009/2010, but they haven't made a deal with NCsoft because they don't want MMORPGs on their platform.

Having said that, Anet are locked into the Microsoft Chokehold in a big way, so who knows.

I certainly wouldn't want to invite someone into my group who is playing with a console controller as opposed to a keyboard.

I would buy this tomorrow.

I swear to god if they release a Eye-toy Card Game, I will shoot myself in the face with a bazooka.

I forgot all about that one. I used it on my XBOX controller (prior to the 360. I remembered Pinnacle (not free) but forgot that one..

One of the big things for me using WoW-360 though was that he open sourced it so you can see what's in it when you compile it. I really just use the WoW360Router (the driver) though.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/08/28/...anned-for-ps3/
hope something pertaining to GW is included considering that ANET is fully owned by NCSOFT

looks to be PS3 only

NCsoft Europe boss Geoff Heath on the Sony deal and more.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=28059

I wouldnt be too sure

as Ive posted in older threads

ANETs Jeff Strain of Guild Wars
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=14931

3 words.

Best. Idea. EVER.

Yeah, that interview slipped my mind when I posted.

Edit:

There was a bit of confusion over that last time, so that just clears that up.