Diablo III?
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Blizzard has said they have no interest in console ports. I believe they ported the original Diablo and it did not do very well critically or financially. Diablo is a "mouse-breaker" game. The control scheme is based on pointing and clicking. I don't see how you could bring it over to a console without severely gimping it.
I am 99.9% certain you won't see Diablo 3 on a console. Blizzard is one of the few companies that is still focused on PC gaming--there is absolutely no reason for them to attempt to develop a game for a platform they have minimal experience with when they already have their hands full with the World of Warcraft expansion, a yet-to-be-named "next-generation" MMORPG, Starcraft 2, and Diablo 3.
I am 99.9% certain you won't see Diablo 3 on a console. Blizzard is one of the few companies that is still focused on PC gaming--there is absolutely no reason for them to attempt to develop a game for a platform they have minimal experience with when they already have their hands full with the World of Warcraft expansion, a yet-to-be-named "next-generation" MMORPG, Starcraft 2, and Diablo 3.
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The following Blizz games have been ported to console:
Diablo 1 (PSX)
StarCraft (N64)
Warcraft 2 (PSX and Saturn)
All older games, there is no reason to think that Diablo 3 will be ported to a console. I do believe they will put out a console game at some point though.
Diablo 1 (PSX)
StarCraft (N64)
Warcraft 2 (PSX and Saturn)
All older games, there is no reason to think that Diablo 3 will be ported to a console. I do believe they will put out a console game at some point though.
Seems to me that a Diablo style game would be VERY easy to port over. Pretty simple controls, just a lot of button mashing. If anything a controller allows for more combos (if you want combos with your Diablo
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Both RTSs and Diablo style games have made enormous strides since Diablo2 and Starcraft 2, I'm looking forward to see how they innovate.
Both RTSs and Diablo style games have made enormous strides since Diablo2 and Starcraft 2, I'm looking forward to see how they innovate.
Except Diablo's gameplay revolves around massive amounts of enemies...not really sure how point-and-click targeting would work on a console. You'd have to give up a certain amount of control (let the game target for you) and that would really gimp the game.
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Seems to me that a Diablo style game would be VERY easy to port over. Pretty simple controls, just a lot of button mashing. If anything a controller allows for more combos (if you want combos with your Diablo![]()
Both RTSs and Diablo style games have made enormous strides since Diablo2 and Starcraft 2, I'm looking forward to see how they innovate.
Except Diablo's gameplay revolves around massive amounts of enemies...not really sure how point-and-click targeting would work on a console. You'd have to give up a certain amount of control (let the game target for you) and that would really gimp the game.
When I bought my PS3 last Thanksgiving, I uninstalled LOD off of my PC and said I would never PC game again. I had Pats/Mats in every class, and a near complete grail. D3 on the PS3 would be great, but I don't know how you could pull it off. I used a Nostromo N52 speed pad and had 2 programmed assignments for each key for all the skills and commands. Then you have the extreme clicking factor. The console controller just couldn't do it...
I suppose you could do a Ratchet and Clank type thing, where the action stops and you can leaf through menus to get to your skill you want???
I suppose you could do a Ratchet and Clank type thing, where the action stops and you can leaf through menus to get to your skill you want???
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Like Unreal Tourney, the game on the PS3 can easily be made to work with a kb+mouse (or controller+mouse). In any case, if anyone played the excellent(!) Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance series on the PS2, you'd know that there are ways to play this style of game with the control pad.
Will there be a console port? Who knows, but Blizzard has advertised in the past to hire people who can work on Sony's console and others. It wouldn't be an impossible port by any stretch of the imagination.
The key sticking point, if they consider D3 for consoles, is not the game itself IMHO but Battle.net 2.0. If a system doesn't hand over the reins fully to Blizzard's in-house player matching service and stat tracker, they will likely not consider it. Sony gave Konami full control for MGS4 online, so I doubt that issue would be a significant hurdle to development on the PS3.
Will there be a console port? Who knows, but Blizzard has advertised in the past to hire people who can work on Sony's console and others. It wouldn't be an impossible port by any stretch of the imagination.
The key sticking point, if they consider D3 for consoles, is not the game itself IMHO but Battle.net 2.0. If a system doesn't hand over the reins fully to Blizzard's in-house player matching service and stat tracker, they will likely not consider it. Sony gave Konami full control for MGS4 online, so I doubt that issue would be a significant hurdle to development on the PS3.
I think it's possible, but most of Blizzard's fan base are PC gamers. A console may be a financial risk they won't want to take. Perhaps they are not into paying the massive fees to put out a console game, too.
For me, I'd get a game like that on PC anyway, but most don't have the $$ for a gaming PC (not that any Blizzard game is all that demanding).
For me, I'd get a game like that on PC anyway, but most don't have the $$ for a gaming PC (not that any Blizzard game is all that demanding).
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