Blizzard: Diablo Would Work Very Well On A Console

Don't know if there's a thread already on this, but whatever, I think this is very interesting:

Blizzard hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of Diablo making a console debut in future.

CEO Mike Morhaime bought up the topic about Diablo on consoles last night over at DICE.

The man said that the idea of Diablo being developed for consoles is worth investigating:

"I think you could make an argument that a game like Diablo might play very well on a console," the executive noted while discussing Blizzard's preference for PCs due to flexibility. "It's something that we're actually doing an investigation into to see if that could make sense."

However, he told that Blizzard faces various challenges in order to make such a thing a reality. Some of his concerns involved the ability to patch effectively and adding of expansions.

He concluded by nodding in affirmative, when asked if Diablo would be the Blizzard game that could most easily be ported for consolesGamingBolt

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

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As long as it doesn't affect the game (and Blizzard's commitment to quality will probably ensure that it won't), I'm good with it. Out of all their franchises, Diablo would make the most sense on a console.

I know people are going to freak. Blizzard has already said any console version would not compromise the PC version.

Warcraft, diablo, and starcraft have been ported to consoles. Nothing really new to see here.

Wasn't there a thread about this already?

They said this a long time ago.

I care nothing about diablo and those kinds of games. soo whateva! :P

theuncharted34

I care nothing about diablo and those kinds of games. soo whateva! :P

theuncharted34

Wasn't there a thread about this already?

glez13

I guess Diablo could work. RTS games absolutely don't belong on the consoles though, especially something APM intensive like Starcraft.

Already been posted, and a big argument ensued. But, he didn't say "Diablo would work very well on a console" as your thread advertises. Rather, he says an argument COULD be made that it MIGHT work well on a console. He then goes on to say they're investigating whether it would make sense or not - not that it would make sense, but that they're investigating whether it would.

So, your thread is a *huge* misrepresentation of what he said, and he's as noncommital as they come.

Mindless hack and slash gameplay works well on consoles, yes. Thanks for pointing out the obvious for us Blizzard.Guppy507

Usually doesn't work so well with a lot of active skills though. Blizzard's already cutting back on the amount of active skills (goddamnit!!), so I guess it's a moot point.

It is like Bulder's Gate or Ultimate Marvel ARPG.magicalclick

Diablo like Baldur's Gate? o.O

Even the first one played at a much faster pace than Baldur's Gate.

It would be nice to have a backup incase my laptop cant run Diablo 3.

I'd like to see it on consoles because I don't think my PC would run it well, but I won't lose any sleep if it doesn't. I've played through the second & its expansion & really didn't see why it's so praised. For what its worth, the second isn't even an AAA game according to Metacritic & Gamespot. By no means does that mean it isn't a great game, but people talk about it as if it is some mega game.

Let me just repost what I said in the last thread that said this(which by the way was today. this thread is old news)

So the reporter asks a loaded question and he gives an answer that is perfectly legitimate and that is CONFIRMATION?

Are you kidding?

He was asked if he thought it would be the easiest among Blizzard's titles to bring to the consoles. He replied "Yes." Well NO **** it is the easiest. Look at their other games!!!

World of Warcraft couldn't possibly ever work on the consoles. The UI cannot be implemented for use on anything besides a M+KB. The only way to get it to work would be to do a complete redesign of it and it wouldn't even be the same game at that point...

Starcraft 2 is an RTS. Enough said.

Warcraft is also an RTS. Enough said.

So that leaves Diablo. An isometric RPG that has been proven to be possible -- though not all that well -- on the consoles. Of course it is the easiest of Blizzard titles to bring to consoles. That doesn't mean that they are going to...

All of the other stuff he mentioned(about them working on seeing if a console version could work) is stuff that happens universally at EVERY company with EVERY game. Every company sits down and looks at their games to see if they could work on other platforms. I guarantee that Blizzard at some point did some investigating whether or not they could port Starcraft 2. World of Warcraft certainly had some investigation at some point....

There is no confirmation. The answer that he gave was in no way a confirmation or a denial of anything. It was a non-answer to a non-question.

Can we please stop with this nonsense already?

Would be awesome. Already gonna get it for PC. Don't really want to pay for each version. Maybe they could do a thing like Portal 2 for the PS3?

Yep, Diablo 1 on PS1 is proof of that.

Although it isn't a suprise to people who are aware of Blizzard's track record I still think there would be a lot of people who would generally freak out.

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

yeah, thats not at all what he said.

He was asked a pretty leading question. And as obviously Diablo would be the easiest to port over (since the other two are pretty much impossible), Diablo was the obvious answer. He did not at all say it would work very well on a console.

Nobody is stressing over the possibility of a console version. They just don't want it to affect the quality of the official product.

Take Torchlight for example. The original interface works fine for PC, but would bring up complications for the console version. The interface was redesigned when it was ported from the PC to console. There's is nothing wrong with that. However, if it was ported the other way around without redesigns, there would be some complications for the PC version. That's what some people do not wish to see happen.

However, the fact that Blizzard would have to hire for a console version (not saying they are, waiting for a direct confirmation) only means that the console version has a higher chance of being nerfed from the PC version. Especially when you consider that Blizzard is a PC-centric company, PC owners really do not have anything to worry about, other than the "teh lost exclusive" comments from the users here.

Don't know if there's a thread already on this, but whatever, I think this is very interesting:

[Quote="GamingBolt"]Blizzard hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of Diablo making a console debut in future.

CEO Mike Morhaime bought up the topic about Diablo on consoles last night over at DICE.

The man said that the idea of Diablo being developed for consoles is worth investigating:

"I think you could make an argument that a game like Diablo might play very well on a console," the executive noted while discussing Blizzard's preference for PCs due to flexibility. "It's something that we're actually doing an investigation into to see if that could make sense."

However, he told that Blizzard faces various challenges in order to make such a thing a reality. Some of his concerns involved the ability to patch effectively and adding of expansions.

He concluded by nodding in affirmative, when asked if Diablo would be the Blizzard game that could most easily be ported for consolescharizard1605

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

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Already happened, and a long time ago, too!

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

Don't know if there's a thread already on this, but whatever, I think this is very interesting:

[Quote="GamingBolt"]Blizzard hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of Diablo making a console debut in future.

CEO Mike Morhaime bought up the topic about Diablo on consoles last night over at DICE.

The man said that the idea of Diablo being developed for consoles is worth investigating:

"I think you could make an argument that a game like Diablo might play very well on a console," the executive noted while discussing Blizzard's preference for PCs due to flexibility. "It's something that we're actually doing an investigation into to see if that could make sense."

However, he told that Blizzard faces various challenges in order to make such a thing a reality. Some of his concerns involved the ability to patch effectively and adding of expansions.

He concluded by nodding in affirmative, when asked if Diablo would be the Blizzard game that could most easily be ported for consolessvetzenlether

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

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Already happened, and a long time ago, too!

That's a nice cover.

Diablo 3 is delayed to beyond 2011 and Blizzard is hiring people to develop the console version. They made it quite public in their hiring page, so it's quite obvious Diablo 3 is being developed for consoles in mind. Even during the game's reveal with the dumbed down mechanics, you could tell they have consoles in mind. Sorry PC folks, you guys will be getting console gamer's table scrap. runbleduck

Job hirings mean absolutely nothing in this industry. Remedy hired PS3 devs for Alan Wake even after they signed with Microsoft(Remedy owned the IP still, so it was possible, though very unlikely). Having a diversely talented staff that has experience in a lot of different things is hardly a new thing in the industry...

The delay is just typical Blizzard and was not a surprise to anyone.

And the game is not dumbed down mechanically... Also how is it at all "with consoles in mind?" NONE of the skills they have shown thus far are controller friendly... NOT A SINGLE ONE.

Probably with Diablo3 being released in 2012, cause i highly doubt a 2011 release, so Blizzard might be considering a console version for 'next-gen' consoles (ie PS4, Xbox720, Wii2)..

i hope they keep it exclusive to the PC. i dont the fanbase splitting up. that would make online less populated.narutosup

I know people are going to freak. Blizzard has already said any console version would not compromise the PC version.

Wasdie

Why freak ? Nearly every developer is going to consoles, Withcer 2 too, so there is nothing strange about it

Don't know if there's a thread already on this, but whatever, I think this is very interesting:

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

SOURCE

charizard1605

Of course it would work on consoles. Aside from graphics, the game is just a click and move action game. Why wouldn't that work on consoles? The first Diablo was available for consoles.

And, as they've said, console games now can have tons of patches if they want and many seem to.

I don't get why this is even news. It's not like they are talking about Star Craft 2 or something.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

I know people are going to freak. Blizzard has already said any console version would not compromise the PC version.

Creator_Of_All

Why freak ? Nearly every developer is going to consoles, Withcer 2 too, so there is nothing strange about it

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]

Don't know if there's a thread already on this, but whatever, I think this is very interesting:

System Wars, how would you react to a console Diablo game?

SOURCE

ZIMdoom

Of course it would work on consoles. Aside from graphics, the game is just a click and move action game. Why wouldn't that work on consoles? The first Diablo was available for consoles.

And, as they've said, console games now can have tons of patches if they want and many seem to.

I don't get why this is even news. It's not like they are talking about Star Craft 2 or something.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

I care nothing about diablo and those kinds of games. soo whateva! :P

charizard1605