Official Blizzard Quote:
As some of you may have seen over on the Diablo III home page, we’re currently exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles. As we’ve said in the past, with proper care the gameplay could suit the console platform, and we’re interested in seeing what talent out there might be interested in contributing to such a project.
To further reiterate what’s posted on the home page: this is not an announcement of a console title. We are first and foremost developing Diablo III for Windows and Mac PCs, and we have no intention of allowing a console interpretation to delay or otherwise affect the release of the game. As always feel free to discuss this topic here, but please note that we don’t have any further details to share at this time.
If you or someone you know would be interested in joining the Diablo team, then head over to the job posts to check out the requirements and submit an application.
Since the game itself will be coming out Soon(TM) as Don has explained, I do not believe that it will be out in time to make a big impact on the Xbox360, Wii, and/or PS3 lives. If the game were to come out, it would need to be on a next-generation console otherwise, D3 will just end up like SC:Ghost.
If you guys noticed, at the end of one of the Job Opportunity pages, "Battle.net" was listed as a plus. How exactly these console games will work with Battle.net is something I would be very interested in learning about... Theoretically then, we PC users could potentially play in the same game with Console users.
I don't know about not getting the game out "in time" for this generation of consoles. You can probably do everything you want with the game on the current generation (at least xbox/ps3) so I see no reason to not get it out there. And the majority of the game will already be done, it's mostly porting and adjusting the ui for console that needs to be done. Should not take a huge amount of time.
Here's the last big topic about consoles: http://www.diablofans.com/topic/22616-diablo-3-on-consoles/
It included exactly the same news, except less recent: "We are exploring the possibility to make D3 on consoles blabla".
I just don't see the need to start yet -ANOTHER- completely pointless debate on this matter, because this is always what happens with this.
I dunno how it's going to work on consoles. I'm still imagining myself holding a 360 controller and trying to move my guy in isometric. Just doesn't sit right with me. If they have it in third person view... not gonna like it. Not at all...
EDIT: ... why, ansl, did you ninja me and completely debunk my whole bit on the "it's gonna lag blablabla."
WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN?!
It is true that this have been up before, but in the way that Blizzard was thinking about it. Now we have confirmation that they wish to try to develop a console version, which is something I think many would like to know.
Also, they actually didn't say they are trying tosdf do Diablo III bam to console, but "we’re currently exploring a Diablo-related concept for consoles." This could be something like maybe a Battle Arena based game for the console, or anything basically.
Talking about Diablo III related stuff is what we do on this forum. Since the game is not out yet you could argue that all discussions are pointless.. but we still like it
Technically, Diablo 3 doesn't use isometric, it's full 3D now. It's just viewed from the same angle as in Diablo 2 (which was isometric). I don't think it would be a problem, loads of console games use the same kind of camera angles, for example, Fifa (yes, quite different from Diablo, but basically the same camera view).
Game developers come to mind making me think that they'll make less money if cross play was enabled cuz if you have all systems you'll only need to buy 1 game instead of 3.
but anyway, im completely confident that this wont have an effect on the release and i dont think theres much to discuss
Why don't they ever have any positions for "Person who can ramble on for hours about nothing"?
Seriously, I take the information about it not delaying PC release promising about the closeness of such date. As for the actual game, I still don't understand how targeting would work. There is just no way you can move a cursor with a joystick as fast as a mouse. Unless it is for the Wii, which would be awesome if they included movement based attacks. I would love to hack n' slash in my living room.
...No...
*snuggles computer mouse*
I will definitely prefer playing it on the comp though. I know the technology has changed but I played D1 on both PC and Playstation and the game just feels better on a PC.
Im more concerned with the idea that blizz would waste money on buying rights to put their game on ps3 and xbox than how they would set it up. Its been done in the past plenty of times and its not that hard and doesnt take alot of time to set up an auto targeting system (i would imagine)
Its the spiders
I expect any future diablo titles to be dumbed down console kiddy pieces of shit like the vast majority of games out there today.
I still stand that games to be played with a mouse can never be played as well as on a PC, but your bias against consoles here almost makes me believe there are tons of people like you who hate the idea just cause they hate consoles in general.
I actually own Fallout 3 on PC and Xbox, but for no particular reason. Seriously I wonder why I have one for each.