A forum issue, that request answers; will the,PS5 or Xbox series X, support World of Warcraft. It could be more compatible to have a console keyboard for them. If so, when can we expect it. If not, I think Blizzard should consider it, and conduct surveys on consumer who would be interested.
AS OF RIGHT, PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH AT LEAST A CURRENT ANSWER ON THE STATUS; yes, no, or in the process.
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I would doubt it, but who knows.
I hope not.
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I saw a Bellular video where he played wow with a controller so who knows
The question was answered a while ago: no.
While the current gen can play the game, the next gen would be more than able to. However, Blizz has stated multiple times that they are not looking to bring WoW to console. They, however, are adding controller support to help improve support for those with disabilities. The same reason they put in a colorblind mode.
Currently you can get the same support that Blizz has put in my looking for the appropriate mods. Just do a quick Google search for which ones you need to install and how to set up. Some handy guides out there.
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oh yeah, they could totally play wow
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Pretty sure they already said this is not in the cards any time in the future. As it would require far to much reworking of the code base to even make it possible.
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The question is how well.
PC’s are able to run anything you throw at them and the best part about them is you can swap the hardware for all not that much money, if you need more performance or graphics or turn down the settings and tweak about every single thing your heart desires.
Consoles on the other hand, you get no such thing. Because whatever you get on the console, you can either accept it or don’t. There isn’t an option to change the graphics to get better performance or tweak the graphics and other things you can on the PC. And when you do, it’s the exception, not the rule. So yes, Consoles will run WoW. It wouldn’t run as well or better then a PC, which that’s the problem.
Controller support is nice and all, but I still don’t understand what disabilities has to do with the reason why they are putting it in. Especially since mouse and keyboard has specially designed ones built for people with disabilities. 
im sure they’d just create setting that make it run smooth, and besides, next gen consoles seem to be pretty powerful, it could definitely run wow with little to no issue
I wonder if they would do it like they do Overwatch where console players play with console players and PC players play with PC players.
They explicitly said that the reason they’re adding in the APIs for controllers in Shadowlands is to make things easier on the communities that develop tools so people with disabilities can play. I’ll see if I can find the exact quote.
Edit: Found it.
As far as hardware goes, sure, but don’t forget that consoles run different OSes than PCs. It’d still take some work to make WoW function well.
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I much rather choose my graphic options on the console. Considering the fact they are slowly becoming PC’s, so why not add in those options?
Ehhhhhh…
I mean, isn’t this the same thing we heard for the Xbox 1 and so on?
Doesn’t the Xbox 1 (and X1X as well) run Halo: The Master Chief Collection (a 10 year old game mind you) has framerate issues? Also on the Sony side, if the PS4 and PS4 Pro is very powerful, why does it run Bully, a Ps2 game mind you, at a terrible framerate? (And before you tell me the consoles are emulating these games, the PC does it way better with widescreen and framerate hacks and so on.)
Didn’t we also heard of the news of the new Assassin’s Creed being 30fps on the xbox, and that new unreal engine 5 demo running at 30fps on the Ps5? (and then later run at a better FPS on a laptop?)
I’m pretty sure they gave a no
Back when we were wondering about the incoming controller support
Controllers are easier for some people with arthritis. And there have been newer peripherals developed as well:
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i think those older games on mcc were known to be buggy, and for some reason 343s still slackin and never fixed the glitches, and bully sounds like it could just be an optimization issue from the emulation, who knows with these old games, even on psnow older games kinda chug even though it didn’t as much on the previous generations
for the new series x, i think they prioritized graphical goodness instead of creating a decent frame rate, they have 4K but still chug, which i don’t get, i think a smooth gameplay feels better than a good looking one. at the very least it will be running at a minimum of 30 FPS, but who knows if that’ll change or not
one thing i do know is, if a potato could run wow at a consistent 40 FPS, im sure if wow was given a new os like karat said, it would be pretty smooth
Ever try to play the game with one hand? How about with Parkinson’s or any other motor function disease? Tends to be really hard to do with a mouse and keyboard while there are specially designed controllers on the markets that allow players to essentially play with one hand or with these diseases. That is why.
Edit: Thanks Soulebreaker for the link to prove my point.
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I look forward to seeing and trying shadowlands xbox adaptive controller support.
I plan on getting one soon this fall with 3d Rudder to test different ways to play WoW
Can the new consoles run WoW? Probably. Again.
Will the new consoles run WoW? Probably not. Again.
Xbox is basically just a fixed-spec Windows PC in a compact Microsoft-branded box at this point, so porting WoW to Xbox probably wouldn’t pose too much of a challenge. Same is true in terms of hardware for PS5, but Playstations run a custom BSD-based operating system which makes porting a more involved endeavor.
Another point of interest is that based on findings in the Shadowlands alpha, WoW will run on the upcoming Apple Silicon Macs. This would make it possible to port WoW to iPads (which now support keyboards and mice) for a very low engineering cost… with iPad Pro’s performing as well as low-mid-tier x86 laptops (and likely being capable of running WoW playably) I wonder if Blizz would consider porting WoW to iOS.