Convergence: PC vs. Console multiplayer gaming

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From: Young Wizdom
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:49

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I hope future multiplayer console games will be capable of joining the
same servers as PC versions. Such as Quake 4 clients on Xbox 360, and
PC Q4 clients, playing each other on the same servers, and merging the
communities as well.

Question: Which client/platform would rule?

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My bet (and bias) is the PC clients, especially for FPS...
But of course strategy and community based (like WOW) would favor
consoles too.
Anyways, I am ready for this and think it is way overdue.

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