It has been long a rumor that Blizzard will bring WOW to xbox 360,however,MCV come out a message that not any plans in terms of xbox 360 was under Blizzard‘s consideration thus far.

With Square-Enix porting current MMO Final Fantasy XI to 360, many believed that the hugely popular World of Warcraft, which currently boasts 5.5 million subscribers, was a certainty for Microsoft�s machine.

�We do not have any plans to take WoW to Xbox 360,� Blizzard COO Paul Sams told MCV. �WoW is built as a PC gaming experience. Porting PC games to console often compromises games, and we�d never allow the WoW gameplay experience to suffer.

�Also, it�s important to us that the entire player base is� able to play together. Microsoft�s Xbox Live architecture is very protected from all sorts of outside influence, so shared play between 360 and PC owners would be very tough. We wouldn�t even consider WoW for 360 unless we could overcome that hurdle.�

However, there is still some hope for console MMO fans, with Sams adding: �I wouldn�t say we have no console plans. Nothing is in place at the moment, but we may be looking at something along those lines in the future.�

Sams also explained that he expects plenty of MMOs to eventually appear on consoles, though developers will have to overcome the difficulties presented by the use of a joypad instead of a keyboard.