Editing Real-time strategy (section)

===On consoles===
Despite ''[[Herzog Zwei]]'', a [[console game]], laying the foundations for the real-time strategy genre, RTS games never gained popularity on consoles like they did on the [[Personal computer|PC]] platform.<ref name=1UP-Duke/> Real-time strategy games made for [[video game console]]s have been consistently criticized due to their control schemes, as the PC's keyboard and mouse are considered to be superior to a console's [[gamepad]] for the genre. Thus, RTS games for [[home console]]s have been met with mixed success.<ref name="CNETLOTR">{{cite web
| last =Ocampo
| first =Jason
| title =The Lord of the Rings, The Battle for Middle-earth II (Xbox 360)
| website =CNET
| date = July 7, 2006
| url =http://reviews.cnet.com/xbox-360-games/the-lord-of-the/4505-11457_7-31676469.html
| access-date=November 4, 2007
}}</ref> Scott Sharkey of [[1UP.com|''1UP'']] notes that ''Herzog Zwei'' had already "offered a nearly perfect solution to the problem by giving the player direct control of a single powerful unit and near autonomy for everything else," and is surprised "that more console RTS games aren't designed with this kind of interface in mind from the ground up, rather than imitating" PC control schemes "that just doesn't work very well with a controller".<ref name=1UP-Duke/> Some handheld consoles like ''[[Napoleon (video game)|Napoleon]]'' on the GBA uses a similar solution.

However, several console titles in the genre received positive reception. The ''[[Pikmin]]'' series, which began in 2001 for the [[GameCube]], became a million-seller. Similarly, ''[[Halo Wars]]'', which was released in 2009 for the [[Xbox 360]], generated generally positive reviews, achieved an 82% critic average on aggregate web sites, and sold over 1&nbsp;million copies.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars
|title=Halo Wars (xbox360: 2009) Reviews
|website=[[Metacritic]]
|access-date=March 6, 2009
|archive-date=February 27, 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227055715/http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/halowars
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/935835-halo-wars/index.html
|title=Halo Wars for Xbox 360
|publisher=[[GameRankings]]
|access-date=March 6, 2009
|archive-date=March 3, 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303152635/http://www.gamerankings.com/xbox360/935835-halo-wars/index.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>
According to ''[[IGN]]'', the gameplay lacks the traditional RTS concepts of limited resources and resource gathering and lacks multiple buildings.<ref>{{cite web
|author=Geddes, Ryan
|date=February 20, 2009
|url=http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/955/955576p1.html
|title=Halo Wars Review; Ensemble takes Halo, and real-time strategy, to a whole new planet
|website=IGN
|access-date=March 6, 2009
}}</ref>