Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard is undoubtedly a blockbuster news in the gaming world! For "World of Warcraft" players, Blizzard is backed by Microsoft, and it is more expected that Warcraft can be reborn, and many players have defined this as "exciting" news. Rejoicing, an earlier leak was once again noticed by players, that is, the console version of "World of Warcraft", Blizzard joined Microsoft, and Warcraft landed on Xbox became logical.
This was to be said in early December 2021, when there was a news that after digging through the source code of Xbox's official website, it was found that the "upcoming games" list appeared in the content of "World of Warcraft Full Version". At that time, players speculated that the Xbox version of Warcraft would be announced on the TGA, but there was no news of it. Subsequently, the message was defined as a rumor, and curiously the content publisher also deleted this to discover. The news of Warcraft landing on Xbox, after a brief discussion, was quickly forgotten by players.
After the news of Blizzard's merger into Microsoft, it once again awakened the player's memory of the landing of World of Warcraft on Xbox. This means that the news that the full version of Warcraft appears in the source code of the Xbox official website is not empty, at least it shows that Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been laying the groundwork for a long time!
So, will Warcraft landing on Xbox make the console version a reality? In the current situation, the probability is extremely high, and the time will not be too far away, because there is already relevant content in the game.
In fact, in the Shadowland version, Blizzard added a gamepad-controlled interface for Warcraft. The controller controls briefly allowed players to guess the arrival of the console version, but the development team then stated that the controller controls were only for the convenience of specific players, not specifically to make Warcraft a console game.
It has to be said that the controller control is embedded in the game client, so that the player who can not use the keyboard game experience has been qualitatively improved, after the 9.1 version update, more players have verified the feasibility of the controller experience Warcraft through practical operation.
Blizzard has the blessing of Microsoft, with the current player's good imagination, the Warcraft PC version even if the impact is not large, but will have a better development of the game and console version. Blizzard has long predicted that there are two Warcraft-related mobile games under development, but so far there is no actual content appearing, I believe that with Microsoft's resources, the development of mobile games will speed up.
The console version of Warcraft, Xbox's source code and in-game gamepad buttons, all mean that Warcraft landing console games become possible, 9.0 version of the controller button customization, should be Blizzard in order to land on the host platform to do the basic test.
In short, if Warcraft successfully lands on the Xbox platform, it will be absolutely good news for the game and players, especially with Microsoft's blessing, at least the number of Millions of Warcraft players can be increased. However, Warcraft is too complex game mechanics, how to optimize the console version is unknown, the great secret realm can be completely controlled by the controller, and the epic content of tuanben, the controller is bound to be less convenient than the keyboard.
Then, the host version may be more inclined to PVP or small copy content, and then through data interoperability to make up for the shortcomings between each other, the PC side should not make major changes in order to log on to the host platform, because this will lose a part of the old players.