In a recent interview with Computer and Video Games (CVG), Daniel Erickson, the lead design and story writer, said that The Old Republic would not be coming to the console. According to Erickson, no one down in Austin is working on creating a version for the 360 or the PS3. This information is bound to upset people.

Erickson told VCG that, “I can tell you that it’s not anything that we’ve even discussed. There is no-body anywhere in Bioware laying the groundwork for that because we have a very large complicated game to ship first.”

This is good news in my opinion. Instead of wasting time and resources to try and make the game decent on the console, they are using all of their resources to make an amazing game on the PC. He explained that the PC is the best for gaming because of the keyboard and mouse which, I must agree with.

Erickson went on to say, “There was not a question when we started Old Republic – or any of our games, for that matter – [what the lead format would be]. There’s a reason the lead SKU for Dragon age was PC as well. When we’re developing an RPG, it’s a natural place to be.”

RPGs really are the best on PCs, it seems, because there is so much more that you can do. You have increased controls which is definitely a plus. And it’s nice that BioWare isn’t wasting their time with the consoles because the game would only be sub-par. The fact that they came out and said clearly, “we have no plans” is nice because other companies have promised console versions and then they come out–or if they ever come out–they are poorly designed.

Anyone bummed that it isn’t coming to console, though? Were you betting on a 360 or PS3 version? Or a Wii version as blasphemous as that may sound? Chime in!