Dune II worked on the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis to Americans) so it is possible to do on a console and arguably with the current gen essentially being PC's it shouldn't be that hard to make a peripheral to play RTS or MMO games on a console from a sofa.
EA just didn't know about or understand the genre so they failed at the first hurdle as usual. Sins is good but is probably due an update by now, Rebellion came out in 2012 and just DLC since then. SOSE 2 really should be penciled in for 2016/7, any later and the potential market will become nonviable.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121840-Sins-of-a-Solar-Empire-Dev-Claims-RTS-Is-Dying
I remember playing C&C on a console a long time ago. I was stating RTS didn't gain traction on consoles but I don't think controllers had much to do with it.
Some of the franchises I had hopes for like Faces of War/Men of War changed but overall RTS games failed to sell or failed to fund, the industry has seen fair share of dead or dying mainstream studios, it's no surprise that genres not selling well took some of the hardest hits.
That game used to keep me in suspense for hours at a time.
I remember just having Russian infantry to repel German attacks.
In the second wave, they came with a tank that almost wiped me out.
I was bound to lose due to the losses I suffered on that flank
but I discovered that the tank that I thought had sealed my fate
was actually repairable. I was on borrowed time already and
struggled to keep the front covered. I had one soldier named Nikolai
go check out a destroyed truck, get gasoline and come back to safety.
Then I have Nikolai leave the canister in case he dies and go out
to search more destroyed vehicles until he finds a repair toolkit.
Next I have him take the toolkit to the destroyed tank while
trying to keep him covered from enemy fire. He starts repairing
and I select 4 comrades and send them to occupy the tank.
At this point I'm fully invested in this mission even though I'm on the verge of defeat.
Anyway, both tracks are destroyed so Nikolai tries to repair them
instead of the gun or turret first and almost gets killed in the process.
At this point I'm lighting a second cigarette thinking of little tricks
to increase my odds of pulling this off, game is unforgiving.
Even though I pressed pause, the 4 guys I want to capture the tank seem awfully nervous.
My suspicions are confirmed when I continue playing, something is up.
The Germans have a freaking PAK38 at the edge of the forest
and Nikolai, 4 nervous guys and tank are all in it's range,
4 guys are nervous for good reason.
I've cycled through cursing in all languages I ever spoke as I try
to negotiate a few inventory changes and recruit 2 volunteers
to run across and toss Molotov's at the German gun.
After a few clicks with some harsh words spoken followed by
awkward silence, they finally concur and reduce their stamina bars
sprinting for the last time.
PAK38 is in flames, the crew couldn't take the heat but
Germans like to send crews to man their weapons as I found out.
I light up another cigarette and contemplate whether my life
would have been better if at the age of 28, I had married
that Barbie from Miami and into her rich family as the barely audible
sounds of a WW2 firefight catch my attention and force my realization
that I forgot to pause the game, Germans had free reign for minutes.
As I rush through the final turn in the hallway, I also realize
that it has been awfully long since I last saved the game.
As I swing around as early as possible to set my eyes
on the monitor, thanks to the superb viewing angles
of the IPS display, I am greeted with a pleasing display
of a fully repaired tank, occupied by 4 pretty calm guys,
with a nervous Nikolai flinching as ricochets hit around him.
Nikolai is rewarded for his heroic efforts with the
commander's seat and a MG-42 at his disposal.
Nikolai signals the beginning of a battle changing
expenditure of ammunition by firing a lengthy burst
at bushes surrounding the PAK38, eliminating
Hans, Franz und Klaus who decided that manning
PAK38 was a good idea only a minute earlier.
The now totally chill 4 guys and Nikolai
of the captured Pz IV proceeds to flank entire area
of engagement, taking out AT's, light armor, heavy armor
and infantry in the process of snatching victory from jaws of defeat.
The totally chill 4 guys should have been more cautious
because their Pz IV along with Nikolai got blown to pieces
by a, you guessed it, PAK38.
tl;dr RTS can be intense without APM BS, too bad RTS is small niche now.
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