Does Diablo already have Gamepad compatibility?
I really dont know but if there isnt,then why port it to a console when you can just add a USB Joystick?
There's plenty out there
I prefer playing Diablo on PC, but let's be real here D3 could easily be ported to 360/PS3.
Ever play Champions of Norrath or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance? Both were Diablo clones and worked very well with a gamepad.
Here is why I don't think it will happen.
1. Battlenet. I just don't think Blizzard wants to support 3 platforms with Battlenet. They would have to make patches for PC, 360, PS3 and then continuously test that they all play together. Or they would have to waste resources by having reduntant jobs for people to support the different platforms. Why would they want to do this? Diablo fans WILL play on PC like they have been for 11 years.
2. Blizzard does not make garbage games. They cancelled Star Craft Ghost. They have already scrapped one iteration of Diablo3. I just don't see them doing a quick/dirty port. Sure they did for PSone but it sucked compared to the PC version. It was slow and clunky compared to the PC game.
But yes, they could port it to consoles. Console fanboys are forgetting the simple fact that Blizzard has been PC-only for a decade. The only console game they have considered in the last decade got cancelled. They have 11 million subscribers to WOW. They are the only PC software company that can dictate the market. They don't need console sales. Consoles need them for sales.
They had the Sims on PS2 which many people thought it would theoretically impossible, but turned out alright in the end. So it would have to be a different version, like having a Tomb Raider style inventory, making it 3rd person, having a Halo themed way of picking up weapons making you decide whether or not you want to pick it up, etc.
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I really dont know but if there isnt,then why port it to a console when you can just add a USB Joystick?
There's plenty out there
Ever play Champions of Norrath or Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance? Both were Diablo clones and worked very well with a gamepad.
Here is why I don't think it will happen.
1. Battlenet. I just don't think Blizzard wants to support 3 platforms with Battlenet. They would have to make patches for PC, 360, PS3 and then continuously test that they all play together. Or they would have to waste resources by having reduntant jobs for people to support the different platforms. Why would they want to do this? Diablo fans WILL play on PC like they have been for 11 years.
2. Blizzard does not make garbage games. They cancelled Star Craft Ghost. They have already scrapped one iteration of Diablo3. I just don't see them doing a quick/dirty port. Sure they did for PSone but it sucked compared to the PC version. It was slow and clunky compared to the PC game.
But yes, they could port it to consoles. Console fanboys are forgetting the simple fact that Blizzard has been PC-only for a decade. The only console game they have considered in the last decade got cancelled. They have 11 million subscribers to WOW. They are the only PC software company that can dictate the market. They don't need console sales. Consoles need them for sales.
They had the Sims on PS2 which many people thought it would theoretically impossible, but turned out alright in the end. So it would have to be a different version, like having a Tomb Raider style inventory, making it 3rd person, having a Halo themed way of picking up weapons making you decide whether or not you want to pick it up, etc.