There is potentially quite a lot of good that could come from a console game. CA can make it as fantasy as they like, most of the console market isnt really going to care greatly, they will make a lot of money (quite likely) which means that future total war games may result in a return to the pattern of STW and MTW, with more accurate realism (compared to RTW) and less of an RTS style game. There may be less of a pure drive for profits in the PC market. Now this is all a bit wishful thinking and may not be the case, but it is no more unfounded speculation than statements like "CA will abandon the PC market"