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All of that was said, but I forgot to make the final and more positive point:

I do hope ESO hits consoles, and it would only be cool and work right if the controller interface is intuitive like in Defiance. Also, it almost has to be one server across platforms. . . you're talking about trying to attract players from all walks of life and put them together as well as pit them against one another. I think the world is ready for cross-platform gaming. There's no reason why I can't play on my PC with my friends from various consoles. Microsoft is mostly just bitter because they tried to implement the idea first in the industry and was shot down.

"Games For Windows" was supposed to a cross-platform server for PC and Xbox players, but EA shot it down and told them they wouldn't participate. Back then, if EA or Activision said no, that was the end of it. You had to have backing from them to make things happen in the gaming world. But now that other devs are making the leap, it almost feels like Microsoft is being spiteful about it.