Diablo III coming to 360

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

Err... not confirmed, that boxart is from the Kotaku article which said it's possible but Blizzard has no plans at the moment...

http://kotaku.com/5022230/yes-a-console-diablo-iii-is-theoretically-possible

EDIT: Also, part of the contract with Activision was that Activision is not allowed to force Blizzard to do.. anything.

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

WillieBeamish

Yes they do because without them the game wouldn't made and Vivendi wouldn't want to piss off Blizzard staff because WoW is making such an income for them.

Err... not confirmed, that boxart is from the Kotaku article which said it's possible but Blizzard has no plans at the moment...thrones

Thank you, Captain Obvious. Glad you got the chance to read my second sentence.

[QUOTE="thrones"]Err... not confirmed, that boxart is from the Kotaku article which said it's possible but Blizzard has no plans at the moment...WillieBeamish

Thank you, Captain Obvious. Glad you got the chance to read my second sentence.

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

WillieBeamish

I hope they do port it....so I can laugh at how bad it looks, the lack of mods, its high price and so you can enjoy what PC gamers have enjoyed for decades.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

Supafly1

Yes they do because without them the game wouldn't made and Vivendi wouldn't want to piss off Blizzard staff because WoW is making such an income for them.

You don't seem to get it. Vivendi OWNS Blizzard. They OWN the WoW, Diablo & Starcraft franchises. That means they can do whatever they want with them. If they want one of their other devs to do a console port, they can do it. You don't seem to grasp that they are in the business world, not fanboyland.

[QUOTE="Supafly1"][QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

WillieBeamish

Yes they do because without them the game wouldn't made and Vivendi wouldn't want to piss off Blizzard staff because WoW is making such an income for them.

You don't seem to get it. Vivendi OWNS Blizzard. They OWN the WoW, Diablo & Starcraft franchises. That means they can do whatever they want with them. If they want one of their other devs to do a console port, they can do it. You don't seem to grasp that they are in the business world, not fanboyland.

thrones

Their affairs wouldn't be getting disrupted if they weren't the ones doing the port. Any competent dev can port a game as technically mundane as Diablo.

[QUOTE="thrones"]WillieBeamish

Their affairs wouldn't be getting disrupted if they weren't the ones doing the port. Any competent dev can port a game as technically mundane as Diablo.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]Err... not confirmed, that boxart is from the Kotaku article which said it's possible but Blizzard has no plans at the moment...thrones

Thank you, Captain Obvious. Glad you got the chance to read my second sentence.

Are you joking? Vivendi's video game wing is a fraction of their overall company, and Blizzard is but a fract

As if 360 has Diablo fanbase...Blue-Sky

I'm a long time diablo fan (since the first one when it came out), and yet the same old hack & slash formula prettied up with some destructible environments will not compel me to make a PC game purchase. A 360 port, would however.. Its just an easier, better, "push the power button & play w/ your friends online in the livingroom" type experience.

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

WillieBeamish

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]Err... not confirmed, that boxart is from the Kotaku article which said it's possible but Blizzard has no plans at the moment...WillieBeamish

Thank you, Captain Obvious. Glad you got the chance to read my second sentence.

Are you joking? Vivendi's video game wing is a fraction of their overall company, and Blizzard is but a fract

As if 360 has Diablo fanbase...Blue-Sky

I'm a long time diablo fan (since the first one when it came out), and yet the same old hack & slash formula prettied up with some destructible environments will not compel me to make a PC game purchase. A 360 port, would however.. Its just an easier, better, "push the power button & play w/ your friends online in the livingroom" type experience.

ill agree with your post, a diablo type game feels it was made for consoles imo

But vivendi has no right to take Diablo 3 away from them without Blizzard's permission. Blizzard has vivendi by the neck here, remember. Also, have you played Diablo? You damn well need a mouse, how would you cast Blizzard without a mouse? Or other such long range things? :|thrones

You're in fanboy land again, my friend. Blizzard has noone by the neck. You keep missing the point of who owns whom, its not the other way around, no matter how hard you try to spin it. Both companies are BUSINESSES. If Blizzard wasn't interested in the almighty dollar they never would have become a publicly traded company. As such, they answer to their shareholders. But I'm not going to argue with you, because no matter how I explain it to you, I don't think you're going to grasp it.

As far as a mouse being needed, thats absolute nonsense. Look at Too Human, look at Fable 2, look at the Dark Alliance series. There are plenty of hack & slash games on consoles that have more complex control systems than Diablo. Diablo, despite your reluctance to see it, is a natural fit for a console. Even if the gameplay has to be slightly altered to take advantage of the console platform, so what? Its still going to be a more fun experience for platform gamers.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

For all you Hermits who bashed my threads about how dumb it would be if Blizzard didn't port D3 to its true platforms of choice, the 360 & PS3, I now laugh at you.

While not confirmed, the fact that Vivendi stands to pocket an additional HALF A BILLION DOLLARS on a console port, do you honestly think Blizzard has ANY SAY in whether or not it gets the port?

Taalon

Yeah, because we haven't heard that before.

[QUOTE="thrones"]But vivendi has no right to take Diablo 3 away from them without Blizzard's permission. Blizzard has vivendi by the neck here, remember. Also, have you played Diablo? You damn well need a mouse, how would you cast Blizzard without a mouse? Or other such long range things? :|WillieBeamish

You're in fanboy land again, my friend. Blizzard has noone by the neck. You keep missing the point of who owns whom, its not the other way around, no matter how hard you try to spin it. Both companies are BUSINESSES. If Blizzard wasn't interested in the almighty dollar they never would have become a publicly traded company. As such, they answer to their shareholders. But I'm not going to argue with you, because no matter how I explain it to you, I don't think you're going to grasp it.

As far as a mouse being needed, thats absolute nonsense. Look at Too Human, look at Fable 2, look at the Dark Alliance series. There are plenty of hack & slash games on consoles that have more complex control systems than Diablo. Diablo, despite your reluctance to see it, is a natural fit for a console. Even if the gameplay has to be slightly altered to take advantage of the console platform, so what? Its still going to be a more fun experience for platform gamers.

Thing is that Blizzard aren't console devs. It would seem like the perfect game to port across but Blizzard hate paying royalties on their own property and so have avoided them in the past.

You might get lucky this time but really its just a pipedream for you and a reality for those of us who can accept the PC as a viable gaming platform as well as the consoles.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]But vivendi has no right to take Diablo 3 away from them without Blizzard's permission. Blizzard has vivendi by the neck here, remember. Also, have you played Diablo? You damn well need a mouse, how would you cast Blizzard without a mouse? Or other such long range things? :|Stonin

You're in fanboy land again, my friend. Blizzard has noone by the neck. You keep missing the point of who owns whom, its not the other way around, no matter how hard you try to spin it. Both companies are BUSINESSES. If Blizzard wasn't interested in the almighty dollar they never would have become a publicly traded company. As such, they answer to their shareholders. But I'm not going to argue with you, because no matter how I explain it to you, I don't think you're going to grasp it.

As far as a mouse being needed, thats absolute nonsense. Look at Too Human, look at Fable 2, look at the Dark Alliance series. There are plenty of hack & slash games on consoles that have more complex control systems than Diablo. Diablo, despite your reluctance to see it, is a natural fit for a console. Even if the gameplay has to be slightly altered to take advantage of the console platform, so what? Its still going to be a more fun experience for platform gamers.

Thing is that Blizzard aren't console devs. It would seem like the perfect game to port across but Blizzard hate paying royalties on their own property and so have avoided them in the past.

You might get lucky this time but really its just a pipedream for you and a reality for those of us who can accept the PC as a viable gaming platform as well as the consoles.

read my post, above, blizzard has released warcraft and diablo on consoles before.

Lets look at how weak the Hermit arguments are:

1. Bu bu teh Blizzard won't let Activision/Vivendi port it!

Uhh, yeah. Why wouldn't they? Will it somehow tarnish the franchise? I don't recall the Playstation game tarnishing the Diablo franchise. And this was during a time when most people were gaming on PC's, not consoles. Its the other way around now.

Maybe Blizzard themselves won't be doing the console version. Big deal. I'd rather a dev who is already competent in console development do the port anyway. Not like they aren't getting all of the PC assets to do it with.

2. But you can't play Diablo without a mouse.

LOL.. Diablo in my opinion, would be benefitted by being played with dual analogs. Point & click is OK for RTS's, but its pretty drab for a hack & slash game. I've had a lot more fun actually PLAYING Dark Alliance, and D&D console hack & slash games than I had playing Diablo 2 on the PC. Because its not the point & click that makes Diablo fun, its the loot drops and the insane numbers of armor & weapon permutations that it has.

[QUOTE="Stonin"][QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]But vivendi has no right to take Diablo 3 away from them without Blizzard's permission. Blizzard has vivendi by the neck here, remember. Also, have you played Diablo? You damn well need a mouse, how would you cast Blizzard without a mouse? Or other such long range things? :|gearsofhalogeek

You're in fanboy land again, my friend. Blizzard has noone by the neck. You keep missing the point of who owns whom, its not the other way around, no matter how hard you try to spin it. Both companies are BUSINESSES. If Blizzard wasn't interested in the almighty dollar they never would have become a publicly traded company. As such, they answer to their shareholders. But I'm not going to argue with you, because no matter how I explain it to you, I don't think you're going to grasp it.

As far as a mouse being needed, thats absolute nonsense. Look at Too Human, look at Fable 2, look at the Dark Alliance series. There are plenty of hack & slash games on consoles that have more complex control systems than Diablo. Diablo, despite your reluctance to see it, is a natural fit for a console. Even if the gameplay has to be slightly altered to take advantage of the console platform, so what? Its still going to be a more fun experience for platform gamers.

Thing is that Blizzard aren't console devs. It would seem like the perfect game to port across but Blizzard hate paying royalties on their own property and so have avoided them in the past.

You might get lucky this time but really its just a pipedream for you and a reality for those of us who can accept the PC as a viable gaming platform as well as the consoles.

read my post, above, blizzard has released warcraft and diablo on consoles before.

[QUOTE="Stonin"][QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]But vivendi has no right to take Diablo 3 away from them without Blizzard's permission. Blizzard has vivendi by the neck here, remember. Also, have you played Diablo? You damn well need a mouse, how would you cast Blizzard without a mouse? Or other such long range things? :|gearsofhalogeek

You're in fanboy land again, my friend. Blizzard has noone by the neck. You keep missing the point of who owns whom, its not the other way around, no matter how hard you try to spin it. Both companies are BUSINESSES. If Blizzard wasn't interested in the almighty dollar they never would have become a publicly traded company. As such, they answer to their shareholders. But I'm not going to argue with you, because no matter how I explain it to you, I don't think you're going to grasp it.

As far as a mouse being needed, thats absolute nonsense. Look at Too Human, look at Fable 2, look at the Dark Alliance series. There are plenty of hack & slash games on consoles that have more complex control systems than Diablo. Diablo, despite your reluctance to see it, is a natural fit for a console. Even if the gameplay has to be slightly altered to take advantage of the console platform, so what? Its still going to be a more fun experience for platform gamers.

Thing is that Blizzard aren't console devs. It would seem like the perfect game to port across but Blizzard hate paying royalties on their own property and so have avoided them in the past.

You might get lucky this time but really its just a pipedream for you and a reality for those of us who can accept the PC as a viable gaming platform as well as the consoles.

read my post, above, blizzard has released warcraft and diablo on consoles before.

Yeah as different and hugely unsuccessful games a very long time ago. By your logic they would have followed that with more Warcrafts, Starcraft and a console version of WoW.....yet none have appeared.

Yeah as different and hugely unsuccessful games a very long time ago. By your logic they would have followed that with more Warcrafts, Starcraft and a console version of WoW.....yet none have appeared.

Stonin

Like I mentioned in a previous post. Its a different time now. Consoles are more powerful. People have HDTV's and surround sound in the living rooms. People who were playing Diablo & Warcraft 10 years ago (like me) now game on consoles because we have jobs & families, and getting your gaming fix is much easier on a console these days. Their fanbase are on consoles now, so it makes more sense to deliver to that platform.

I'm 100% in agreement that without doing some dumbing down, their other franchises like Starcraft & Warcraft are still not particularly good matches for the console platform. But Diablo III screams console game.

[QUOTE="Stonin"]

Yeah as different and hugely unsuccessful games a very long time ago. By your logic they would have followed that with more Warcrafts, Starcraft and a console version of WoW.....yet none have appeared.

WillieBeamish

Like I mentioned in a previous post. Its a different time now. Consoles are more powerful. People have HDTV's and surround sound in the living rooms. People who were playing Diablo & Warcraft 10 years ago (like me) now game on consoles because we have jobs & families, and getting your gaming fix is much easier on a console these days. Their fanbase are on consoles now, so it makes more sense to deliver to that platform.

I'm 100% in agreement that without doing some dumbing down, their other franchises like Starcraft & Warcraft are still not particularly good matches for the console platform. But Diablo III screams console game.

While not confirmedWillieBeamish

Then you shouldn't have made this thread.

Why are you so obsessed with Diablo III, anyways?

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"][QUOTE="Stonin"]

Yeah as different and hugely unsuccessful games a very long time ago. By your logic they would have followed that with more Warcrafts, Starcraft and a console version of WoW.....yet none have appeared.

thrones

Like I mentioned in a previous post. Its a different time now. Consoles are more powerful. People have HDTV's and surround sound in the living rooms. People who were playing Diablo & Warcraft 10 years ago (like me) now game on consoles because we have jobs & families, and getting your gaming fix is much easier on a console these days. Their fanbase are on consoles now, so it makes more sense to deliver to that platform.

I'm 100% in agreement that without doing some dumbing down, their other franchises like Starcraft & Warcraft are still not particularly good matches for the console platform. But Diablo III screams console game.

First of all, it takes a lot of money to port a game. When Diablo 2 came out, Blizzard didn't have the WoW cash cow. They also had no real console partners, and I'm sure the Playstation port left them with a bad taste in their mouth.

Consoles may have been able to run Diablo 2, but there was no way to do a 1:1 port of the game. The consoles still had low-res displays, and the dual analog controls were still being figured out by developers. Look how long it took before they got FPS's right on consoles, and that genre is massively bigger than overhead hack n slash games.

[QUOTE="thrones"][QUOTE="WillieBeamish"][QUOTE="Stonin"]

Yeah as different and hugely unsuccessful games a very long time ago. By your logic they would have followed that with more Warcrafts, Starcraft and a console version of WoW.....yet none have appeared.

WillieBeamish

Like I mentioned in a previous post. Its a different time now. Consoles are more powerful. People have HDTV's and surround sound in the living rooms. People who were playing Diablo & Warcraft 10 years ago (like me) now game on consoles because we have jobs & families, and getting your gaming fix is much easier on a console these days. Their fanbase are on consoles now, so it makes more sense to deliver to that platform.

I'm 100% in agreement that without doing some dumbing down, their other franchises like Starcraft & Warcraft are still not particularly good matches for the console platform. But Diablo III screams console game.

First of all, it takes a lot of money to port a game. When Diablo 2 came out, Blizzard didn't have the WoW cash cow. They also had no real console partners, and I'm sure the Playstation port left them with a bad taste in their mouth.

Consoles may have been able to run Diablo 2, but there was no way to do a 1:1 port of the game. The consoles still had low-res displays, and the dual analog controls were still being figured out by developers. Look how long it took before they got FPS's right on consoles, and that genre is massively bigger than overhead hack n slash games.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]While not confirmedVelocitas8

Then you shouldn't have made this thread.

Why are you so obsessed with Diablo III, anyways?

I'm not so much obessed with it as I am surprised that a console version of D3 wasn't the first thing they thought of. Then the whole hermit rambling nonsense about how it could never be done on a console.. Hermits need a good humbling now and again. PC gaming aint all that. Been a PC gamer since the days of Doom, the original Warcraft, etc.. Don't know why people bash console other than they are largely ignorant of them.

I'm not so much obessed with it as I am surprised that a console version of D3 wasn't the first thing they thought of. Then the whole hermit rambling nonsense about how it could never be done on a console.. Hermits need a good humbling now and again. PC gaming aint all that. Been a PC gamer since the days of Doom, the original Warcraft, etc.. Don't know why people bash console other than they are largely ignorant of them.WillieBeamish

Uh..remind me: why are you so worried about it coming to consoles if you yourself are a PC gamer..? If you're a PC gamer, it's not like you're going to be missing out on it..

My god...seriously...just buy it on the pc people...don't resort to this.

Also, what would make this possible on the 360? It would ONLY be possible on the ps3 because the ps3 would be able to support battlenet, unless people want to play offline, a 360 D3 just wouldnt work.

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]I'm not so much obessed with it as I am surprised that a console version of D3 wasn't the first thing they thought of. Then the whole hermit rambling nonsense about how it could never be done on a console.. Hermits need a good humbling now and again. PC gaming aint all that. Been a PC gamer since the days of Doom, the original Warcraft, etc.. Don't know why people bash console other than they are largely ignorant of them.Velocitas8

Uh..remind me: why are you so worried about it coming to consoles if you yourself are a PC gamer..? If you're a PC gamer, it's not like you're going to be missing out on it..

Ok I'll remind you. This game would be a lot more fun on consoles.

[QUOTE="Velocitas8"]

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]I'm not so much obessed with it as I am surprised that a console version of D3 wasn't the first thing they thought of. Then the whole hermit rambling nonsense about how it could never be done on a console.. Hermits need a good humbling now and again. PC gaming aint all that. Been a PC gamer since the days of Doom, the original Warcraft, etc.. Don't know why people bash console other than they are largely ignorant of them.WillieBeamish

Uh..remind me: why are you so worried about it coming to consoles if you yourself are a PC gamer..? If you're a PC gamer, it's not like you're going to be missing out on it..

Ok I'll remind you. This game would be a lot more fun on consoles.

This game would be a lot more fun on consoles.WillieBeamish

My god...seriously...just buy it on the pc people...don't resort to this.

Also, what would make this possible on the 360? It would ONLY be possible on the ps3 because the ps3 would be able to support battlenet, unless people want to play offline, a 360 D3 just wouldnt work.

ice144

The only reason battlenet was needed was to make sure people didn't hack their characters & cheat, as well as to help curb piracy. Look how much good that did Blizzard back then.

XBL does the exact same things, and it actually works.

But you are strictly focusing on multiplayer which I think is funny, and then your argument still crumbles because XBL is battlenet on steroids.

Why would it? This game doesn't operate like a hack and slash fully you know, assuming it's like the old diablo, dual analogs would not be the best setup.thrones

There are a number of ways that control could be implemented on a console. A tethered cursor that snaps to your character via left analog. Traditional movement w/ right analog. Quick menus, custom hot buttons on Dpad. Getting rid of the whole point & click mechanic all together..

People like you only look for excuses. If everyone was like you, there'd be no such thing as innovation. Any real gamer would want to see a franchise like this flourish on all platforms.

you know what..

i want this to go to consoles..

to show what crappy uncretive stupid games they have had in the past 5 years... and they should get a taste of the best pc has to offer..and show them that there games are uninspired crap..

i want this to go to consoles..

NOTE: i dont mean all consoles games..some console games are very great games and should be held to higher standard..i was just talking about some of the games..not all of them.

you know what..

i want this to go to consoles..

to show what crappy uncretive stupid games they have had in the past 5 years... and they should get a taste of the best pc has to offer..and show them that there games are uninspired crap..

i want this to go to consoles..

Pinkyimp

you know what..

i want this to go to consoles..

to show what crappy uncretive stupid games they have had in the past 5 years... and they should get a taste of the best pc has to offer..and show them that there games are uninspired crap..

i want this to go to consoles..

Pinkyimp

I agree with all of that except where you say DIII is the best PC's have to offer and that console games are uninspired crap. You sound quite angry.

[QUOTE="thrones"]Why would it? This game doesn't operate like a hack and slash fully you know, assuming it's like the old diablo, dual analogs would not be the best setup.WillieBeamish

There are a number of ways that control could be implemented on a console. A tethered cursor that snaps to your character via left analog. Traditional movement w/ right analog. Quick menus, custom hot buttons on Dpad. Getting rid of the whole point & click mechanic all together..

People like you only look for excuses. If everyone was like you, there'd be no such thing as innovation. Any real gamer would want to see a franchise like this flourish on all platforms.

In other words "Dumb it down".

you know what..

i want this to go to consoles..

to show what crappy uncretive stupid games they have had in the past 5 years... and they should get a taste of the best pc has to offer..and show them that there games are uninspired crap..

i want this to go to consoles..

Pinkyimp

why so serious?

[QUOTE="WillieBeamish"]

[QUOTE="thrones"]Why would it? This game doesn't operate like a hack and slash fully you know, assuming it's like the old diablo, dual analogs would not be the best setup.DucksBrains

There are a number of ways that control could be implemented on a console. A tethered cursor that snaps to your character via left analog. Traditional movement w/ right analog. Quick menus, custom hot buttons on Dpad. Getting rid of the whole point & click mechanic all together..

People like you only look for excuses. If everyone was like you, there'd be no such thing as innovation. Any real gamer would want to see a franchise like this flourish on all platforms.

In other words "Dumb it down".

Yeah, because point & click is teh uber. Silly hermit!

[QUOTE="ice144"]

My god...seriously...just buy it on the pc people...don't resort to this.

Also, what would make this possible on the 360? It would ONLY be possible on the ps3 because the ps3 would be able to support battlenet, unless people want to play offline, a 360 D3 just wouldnt work.

WillieBeamish

The only reason battlenet was needed was to make sure people didn't hack their characters & cheat, as well as to help curb piracy. Look how much good that did Blizzard back then.

XBL does the exact same things, and it actually works.

But you are strictly focusing on multiplayer which I think is funny, and then your argument still crumbles because XBL is battlenet on steroids.

So this thread is actually to tell us that controllers are better to play hack and slash games and that XBL is better than battlenet and that a 360 version of diablo 3 would be more fun and that consoles suit to people that have jobs and families

I think you are the fanboy. Other than that port it or not to 360 ( and why wouldnt they since they will sell a couple of millions copies more still the pc version will sell a lot more) i'm buying a pc vesrion

[QUOTE="Pinkyimp"]

you know what..

i want this to go to consoles..

to show what crappy uncretive stupid games they have had in the past 5 years... and they should get a taste of the best pc has to offer..and show them that there games are uninspired crap..

i want this to go to consoles..

st1ka

why so serious?

I know, right? Its sad that some people have this inate animosity toward people who enjoy different gaming platforms. Its like their trust has been violated or something.

I prefer this type of game on a console, and some people act like I just cussed out their mother.

A tethered cursor that snaps to your character via left analog. Traditional movement w/ right analog. Quick menus, custom hot buttons on Dpad. Getting rid of the whole point & click mechanic all together..WillieBeamish

That sounds horrible. Given the current combat system, juggling player movement and skill aiming would be extremely difficult with such a scheme, and far from the intuitive nature of using the mouse for movement/target selection and hotbar skills via the keyboard.

The game's skill syetem would likely have to change significantly in order to accomidate console controls. But that isn't going to happen ..and Blizzard said as much themselves: "We aren't willing to make compromises."

I wouldn't mind seeing the game hit consoles (as long as it doesn't affect the PC version) but I just don't see it happening.