Sony On the web Entertainment boss John Smedley has large plans for his division of Sony — ones that involve the seemingly impossible. He has said his belief that a console MMO has the potential to be as successful, if not moreso, than Blizzard’s dominating World of Warcraft for PC.

“… In fact I think by having a stable platform where each customer has an on the internet capable box is a big, massive potential advantage in building an MMO because you’ve already got an on the internet userbase,” Smedley suggested after stating he “absolutely” believed a console MMO could match WoW. “It’s a huge advantage over the PC and we don’t have to worry about graphics cards or things like that. It’s going to be very large.”

Sony is currently working on strengthening its position in Personal computer gaming, and is looking to release more Personal computer games on the PS3. We already know that The Agency, a spy-themed MMO shooter, is being released on computer and PS3, and Sony’s DC universe project and Free Realms game will be released for both mediums.

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