Oh, that’s not what I’m suggesting.
I think Blizzard hesitates due to their own quality standards - which have historically always been their reason for not doing a console port (e.g the same discussion with Diablo II in ages past).
I think they’re very mindful of their brand reputation in that regard.
tbf with wow’s current CPU issues and Bugs, a console port might perform better, because it’s easier to optimize for a given hardware.
I don’t think that’s where the shoe doesn’t fit.
It’s the holistic gameplay experience and general impression.
It has to resonate Blizzard quality.
And it likely doesn’t.
It would finally be a wake up call to either simplify gameplay of tanks and healers as well, or to implement dps-only dungeons and raids (of course at a penalty so that going with tanks and healers is optimal in terms of rewards).
Or alternatively they can make it playable on consoles but require connected keyboard and mouse. Do not forget that playing the game also involves being able to type in chat, not just kill bad guys.
Actually from pure curiosity I spend significant amount of time and setuped my Steam Deck to play WoW with controler…
So my review there is:
If your class have not many button its playable.
If your class have alot of buttons like resto druid, its playable on level of doing quests, killing boars, mining, exploring etc…
So Steam Deck is ok for WoW if you plan to log and do easy stuff.
errr Blizzard and quality lol name two things that don’t go together anymore.
I think it will be coming eventually, and that was the sole reason I picked Xbox over a Playstation, but not just yet. Gamepass maybe.
This topic reminded me of this:
Ahh the PC master race…
Once again proving that they in fact know next to sod all about videogames.
No, they don’t. Handful of people have made half-assed attempts just to put a youtube video up. It looks, feels and plays absolutely terrible. Wow is for PC. Wow REQUIRES addons. It requires complex keybinds (well, for now, we’ll see when blizzard inevitably removes every spell and ability there is, they’re already far underway with this) and wow requires text chat.
People even play wow with a controller lol
I’m aware but the question is what kind of content and what role they actually play on a controller.
Not everything is equally playable on a controller as on KBM.
Pvp and m+
And which roles and at what rating? I have a hard time believing somebody would play at high rating, especially in pvp, with a controller.
Might be possible but incredibly convoluted and limiting, with the low amount of buttons you have on a controller.
It’s already on GeForce NOW, so it’s quite literally available on any and every device out there with a decent internet connection…
Ever thought they might add one button healing?
One button dps is the testing ground fore it.
Have you tried this? Because I’m fairly sure that people have gotten KSM and AOTC without issues on a steamdeck. You can also install addons just fine.
If they would allow cross play this would be a ended sub in a heartbeat,
Adding more mute ppl to lfg, no thx
U would be suprised how many skills u can bind on a controller u have no idea
I mean, I do have an idea, it’s not actually that mentally taxing to just calculate the amount of key combinations you could possibly get on a controller.
Even more on custom controllers obviously but for “official console support” I’d expect the game to work perfectly fine for a stock controller.
Granted, there are actually a lot of theoretical keybinds possible on even a stock controller, I’d question how usable they really are in real scenarios and if those combinations would actually be supported by Sony/Microsoft (example LB+RT+X). I’ve haven’t seen any game supporting such an input yet. With custom PC software, obviously yes but on a console? Idk about that.
There’s a reason FFXIV has an astonishingly long GCD. That’s mostly to accomodate controller support.
Furthermore, quickly switching your target from your main target onto a priority kick cast target in M+ in a pull of ~15 mobs could also be rather bothersome without a mouse, no?
Anyways, you got any links to some of those good controller players? I’d be interested in seeing them play any high level content.
I’m not surprised that some people play low to mid level content on controller but I have a hard time imagining someone actually beating a high level kbm player with a controller.