Midwayman
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Can cRPG's be made to work on consoles? Just about, but "RTwP" (Baldur's Gate style) gameplay is nowhere near as natural on a controller as a K&M or popular on consoles as actiony RPG's. So they'll probably be asking Obsidian to change genre (cRPG to ARPG / MMO). How that will work out (and what happens to Obsidian if it doesn't) is anybody's guess.
This is it exactly. They will be asked to make a controller as primary control RPG in an xbox first strategy. That means multiple part members is tough. That means direct selection of where you want to go is tough. It will result in either a turn based grid style combat (which I'd be okay with, but is very niche) or they'd make it about a single character that you directly control in the aRPG market. I mean there is a reason aRPGs rule on the console. It just makes sense for the control scheme available. I suppose you could go jRPG menu style, but that's not what obsidian does. I think the best we can hope for is something with the depth of the witcher.