Blizzard says Diablo III is suited to consoles

As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

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So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's the truth... deal with it. :P

As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

check it here

macronia

yeah becasue people that have PC's don't own consoles right?? fail, I went a good 4 years without a proper gaming PC, and playing older games on a crappy centrino laptop, having an xbox 360 allowed me to play the current gen games without a fuss. Diablo 3 wont need a fanbase to sell its just that badass.

So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. :P

SkyWard20

So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's my opinion... deal with it. :P

SkyWard20

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As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

check it here

macronia

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As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

check it here

kieranb2000

May I ask, where did THAT statement come from? We have a few of their really old games for SNES. Nothing else, rest is PC/Mac.

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As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

check it here

spittis

May I ask, where did THAT statement come from? Starcraft:Ghost is their only game that was released on PS2/Xbox/Game Cube, and then we have a few of their really old games for SNES. Nothing else, rest is PC/Mac.

Don't you mean if Starcraft: Ghost were released?

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[QUOTE="kieranb2000"] You should maybe go and look at what games have come out recently. Most multiplatform games come to PC too... The reason consoles have more exclusives is that they are owned by a single company. Microsoft for the 360, Sony for the PS3, and so they make their own games for their own platform to help increase hardware sales. Also, where did this weird notion come from that Blizzard are a PC exclusive developer? Over half of the games they have released have been on Console too.menes777

May I ask, where did THAT statement come from? Starcraft:Ghost is their only game that was released on PS2/Xbox/Game Cube, and then we have a few of their really old games for SNES. Nothing else, rest is PC/Mac.

Don't you mean if Starcraft: Ghost were released?

Yeah I realised when looking here at GS that Starcraft:Ghost was never even released... :)

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So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's my opinion... deal with it. :P

Lucianu

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I actually enjoy console ARPGs. Slamming on buttons tends to make combat feel more visceral than clicking.

Since no one has bothered to mention it, Diablo was in fact on the Playstation.

I had it on PS and PC.

both were great.

But the pc is better, especially when it came to multiplayer, (though these consoles can LAN and ONline, so I guess they aren't nearly as limited like they were then) but still the experience seems as if it would be better on pc,

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As the topic says .. Blizzard's been thinking really, really hard about releasing Diablo III for consoles

Every game on PC is being considered for consoles .. and vice versa isn't ? why ?

They won't have fan base on consoles as they have now on PC .. am i right ?

check it here

spittis

May I ask, where did THAT statement come from? We have a few of their really old games for SNES. Nothing else, rest is PC/Mac.

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So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's my opinion... deal with it. :P

SkyWard20

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[QUOTE="SkyWard20"]

So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's my opinion... deal with it. :P

SkyWard20

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I had both a 360 and Wii given to me as gifts. I couldn't find a game for either machine that wasn't either very linear, wasn't a rehash, or wasn't also available for PC, which I prefer for its superior control system. I gave both of the systems away. Nothing that has been released on consoles has interested me since the days of the Playstation and Nintendo 64.

Blizzard was originally a console developer-- Blackthorne, Rock'N'Roll Racing, etc.

They are decidedly a PC-centric dev now of course.

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So what? My favourite games are all, guess what, multiplat, They tend to be better than most PC exclusives. It's my opinion... deal with it. :P

Lucianu

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that is fine.

what? Why you flaming?!

Its not like the game needs to be brought down, consolized, at all...its a freakign button mashing click fest on PC...all you need is a right and left click 99...no, 100% of the time to really play it.

Seriously, the quality of Diablo 3 will not suffer by being multiplatform and, rest assured, the PC will always be the preferred platform of Blizzard.

Blizzard was bound to start making console games sooner or later, i dont think anyone would be surprised if they started with Diablo 3. Dante2710

Unfortunately, the Golden Age of PC Gaming (1997 - 2000, inclusive) is long-gone. That 4 year period was by far the high-mark in PC gaming.

Those are when many creative games were made for PC first (and often only PC) and 3dfx cards ruled the graphics world.

Many of the best games ever made came from that period.

Starting with 2001 (rise of the X-Box, GC, and PS2), unfortunately most developers were beginning to look to consoles first.

Unfortunately, the Golden Age of PC Gaming (1997 - 2000, inclusive) is long-gone. That 4 year period was by far the high-mark in PC gaming.

Those are when many creative games were made for PC first (and often only PC) and 3dfx cards ruled the graphics world.

Many of the best games ever made came from that period.

AFBrat77

Can you honestly say any different for consoles? Creativity does not come to mind when I think of console gaming.

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Unfortunately, the Golden Age of PC Gaming (1997 - 2000, inclusive) is long-gone. That 4 year period was by far the high-mark in PC gaming.

Those are when many creative games were made for PC first (and often only PC) and 3dfx cards ruled the graphics world.

Many of the best games ever made came from that period.

superfluidity

Can you honestly say any different for consoles? Creativity does not come to mind when I think of console gaming.

For the most part I'd agree, but then there are games like Metroid Prime and Eternal Darkness that break the mold.

I miss the 1997 - 2000 years, even the PC magazines flourished!

This reeks of Activision.

That being said, I guess I don't care as long as they don't **** with the UI or make PC-related design decisions to accomodate the consoles. I'm sure the game will be great (technically) on the PC, lets just hope the design doesnt get hurt.

Look at Dragon Age Origins. The PC version had its own UI and gameplay and wasn't effected by the changes that had to be made to the console versions in order to make it playable for them. Now look at Duke Forver....freakin 2 guns max. 100% caused by console control limitations. Whats the point here? There is a right way and a wrong way to do multiplatform....it all depends if the developer wants to take the lazy way out.

This reeks of Activision.

mkaliaz

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This reeks of Activision.

kieranb2000

Yes, i saw your list. Funny how none of Blizzard's console games have happened in the last 11 years. Why the change now?

This doesn't really surprise me, it is happening across the board with "exclusives" be it the 360 or PS3. An exclusive does not make good business sense in this day and age UNLESS there is some sort of incentive from the console manufacturer. We have seen it with exclusives like Mass Effect 2 which is now appearing on the PS3, then there are PS3 franchises such as Metal Gear appearing on the xbox 360. The age of platform exclusives is all but dead unless a console manufacturer is willing to chuck an oil tanker load of cash at the developer.

The PC is an open platform, a developer is free to come and go as they please. There is certainly no "megacorp" willing to write a big fat check to encourage Blizzard to stay PC exclusive so there is no reason for Blizzard to stay PC exclusive. Will Diablo 3 eventually appear on the consoles ? Probably yes if there is a demand for that game on the consoles. It will not matter one jot how many copies of Diablo 3 sell on the PC what will matter is whether there is a demand for the game on the consoles.

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This reeks of Activision.

mkaliaz

Yes, i saw your list. Funny how none of Blizzard's console games have happened in the last 11 years. Why the change now?

But anyway about Diablo 3 being suited to consoles. Honestly it, to me, is by far their best franchise to be suited to consoles. It isn't like it requires a lot of different keys. The real big difference I see is the mouse control and in all honesty they could just make the console version just be a bit different and use auto targeting to solve that issue.

Of course then Diablo 3 will play differently on PC compared to consoles (Look at all Blizzards console games... they all play differently than their PC counterparts and the PC didn't suffer for it), which will probably make both sides happy... well thinking again can you appease PC gamers? Seriously the word multi-platform makes so many people immediately spew hatred from their mouths / typing fingers as if there has never been a good multi-platform game... oh wait there has.

T Unfortuently i can see diablo 3 being on consols. gregmuzz

Without Battle.net 2.0 support this will never happen. Blizzard will not release the game without a FULL control over the content, and Microsoft will not let Blizzard to grow aside from the Xbox Live control.

Also, without k+m any attempt to play a Diablo game is almost ridiculous.

[QUOTE="gregmuzz"]T Unfortuently i can see diablo 3 being on consols. Ondoval

Without Battle.net 2.0 support this will never happen. Blizzard will not release the game without a FULL control over the content, and Microsoft will not let Blizzard to grow aside from the Xbox Live control.

Also, without k+m any attempt to play a Diablo game is almost ridiculous.

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[QUOTE="gregmuzz"]T Unfortuently i can see diablo 3 being on consols. Prexxus

Without Battle.net 2.0 support this will never happen. Blizzard will not release the game without a FULL control over the content, and Microsoft will not let Blizzard to grow aside from the Xbox Live control.

Also, without k+m any attempt to play a Diablo game is almost ridiculous.

This is hilarous. You known why? Due my PS3 has also keyboard and mouse support, and I have those keyboard and mouse. And you known what? The only game in 5 years (I'm PS3 day 1 purchaser) that I find that supports k+m in gameplay is Unreal Tournament III. My living room and myself playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoP79-bb-B4

I'm utterly dissapointed about the lack of support of k+m in PS3 shooters, so don't try to argue that "PS3 can..." NO! IT CAN'T! So:

1) Will not happen due there is not Battle.net in PS Network or Xbox Live.

2) Keyboard and mouse aren't supported in games in PS3 or Xbox 360 and pad in Diablo = fail (try to use teleport sorc amongst waves of enemies in hell mode with a pad and tell me).

[QUOTE="Prexxus"][QUOTE="Ondoval"]

Without Battle.net 2.0 support this will never happen. Blizzard will not release the game without a FULL control over the content, and Microsoft will not let Blizzard to grow aside from the Xbox Live control.

Also, without k+m any attempt to play a Diablo game is almost ridiculous.

This is hilarous. You known why? Due my PS3 has also keyboard and mouse support, and I have those keyboard and mouse. And you known what? The only game in 5 years (I'm PS3 day 1 purchaser) that I find that supports k+m in gameplay is Unreal Tournament III. My living room and myself playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoP79-bb-B4

I'm utterly dissapointed about the lack of support of k+m in PS3 shooters, so don't try to argue that "PS3 can..." NO! IT CAN'T! So:

1) Will not happen due there is not Battle.net in PS Network or Xbox Live.

2) Keyboard and mouse aren't supported in games in PS3 or Xbox 360 and pad in Diablo = fail (try to use teleport sorc amongst waves of enemy in hell mode with a pad and tell me).

^Cool, this someday will let me finish KZ2. But doesn't change my point: try to use the 360 pad with Diablo II. If Blizzard ports D III pad will be in the mind of the interface designers due almost no one had the penguin (and you don't want a game with 0,001% of potential sales) so the controls would be nerfed to pad which means no macros which means the penguin = useless.

This problem doesn't happens with PC due 100% of people uses k+m to play Diablo games. Think that you want, Diablo III in consoles just will not happen.

^Cool, this someday will let me finish KZ2. But doesn't change my point: try to use the 360 pad with Diablo II. If Blizzard ports D III pad will be in the mind of the interface designers due almost no one had the penguin (and you don't want a game with 0,001% of potential sales) so the controls would be nerfed to pad which means no macros which means the penguin = useless.

This problem doesn't happens with PC due 100% of people uses k+m to play Diablo games. Think that you want, Diablo III in consoles just will not happen.

[QUOTE="Prexxus"] Ehhh dude... http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/penguin-uniteds-eagle-eye-brings-wasd-to-your-ps3-shooters-dis/ It works with every single game I own.millerlight89

to TC: I personally dont mind if it was made for consoles. There is really no reason to be mad about unless you wanna be that cool elitist guy with a nice pc bragging about a game that around 75% of gamers (totally guestimated percent; being generous) cant even play. Now, I ask you, what's wrong with Blizzard, one of the biggest names in the industry, opening up their fanbase and making more money, making better games, making Blizzcon bigger, and making the world a better place. 8) (i threw in that last part about a better world)

EDIT: and honestly, I think they could merge the servers and PC people could play with consoles, that would be cool imo.

I disagree with them, but I have no problem with Diablo on consoles, as long as PC comes first and it is not jipped due to multiplat. Diablo III is going to be amazing! :)

I played it at blizcon, they would have trouble with quite a few of the spells, but i think it could be done. It would obviously be much better on pc.