User blog comment:Timeoin/TES Online - Beta Testing Out Soon/@comment-71.62.1.17-20130306183411/@comment-5046408-20130306195743

I may not know the future, but I'm fairly good at following patterns and such. Last I checked, one of the main arguments about MMOs on Xbox 360 is that they would not work fairly unless they were free-to-play (not just "7-day trial" or restricting you to the first world unless you pay $80 a year), which is basically nonexistent for something of the scope of TESO. Heck, the only legitimate MMO I've seen on a console is DC: Universe

Ok, pretty sure I've given this full argument on some other TESO-related blog...let me try to regurgitate it.

One of the other main issues with console MMOs is the lack of buttons/comfortable button-combos compared to keys on a keyboard. Not to completely leave the genre, but Planetside 2 is a good example of what I'm talking about. I've tried to assign commands to an xbox controller in that game, and while it is more comfortable than using the keyboard for me, I still have to have the keyboard out and swap from the controller to the keyboard frequently, primarily when getting in a turret or tank. There's just not enough buttons to be able to properly utilize ALL of the many, many, MANY actions. I predict that TESO, since it's only revealed to be on PC, is in the same boat.

I know some of you are still going to reply "Nope. No. Nah-uh. I want it on console so it's going to be on console because it should because it will!" To those people I say that while I do think it would be nice to see it on a console, it's INCREDIBLY unlikely for a myriad of reasons (some may not have been revealed yet).

I mean, come on, why would they overtly tell us it's going to be on PC but not on a console if it's going to be on Xbox/PS3? If Zenimax decides to completely shock the world by randomly saying "oh, by the way, we're releasing it on consoles too. We lied by omission earlier when we only stated PC's getting it, so uh surprise!" I won't complain. Heck, I'll get it for a console instead of a PC for comfort reasons. I just think the odds are against console-users.