"I don’t think World of Warcraft would really work that well on the console,” said World of Warcraft director Jeff Kaplan, “but that’s not to say that other MMOs couldn’t.
'...We have a pretty savvy group of console developers--a lot of the guys we inherited from Swingin’ Ape really know what they’re doing on next-gen consoles. So we might have a few tricks up our sleeves in that regard.”
Blizzard purchased console developer Swingin' Ape in 2005 with the clear intention of focusing on consoles. The group had previously worked on the ill-fated console game StarCraft Ghost.
Kaplan's comment was in response to Sony Online Entertainment CEO John Smedley, who had told Multiplayer he wants his firm to be the console MMO leader.
Kaplan also said that he is "definitely involved" in Blizzard's unannounced "next-gen MMO."
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