You can see the Blizzard segment about 38 seconds into the video here:"Blizzard has been in talks with Microsoft over the next Xbox. Rob Pardo confirmed at GDC that the new system is already in development. Pardo also mentioned why World of Warcraft hasn't come to the console: the current hardware just isn't designed for it."
http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/965543/ign-daily-fix-/videos/thefix_spc_032609.html
Obviously, WoW has been Blizzard's bread 'n butter for a while now, but here's hoping that this means we'll possibly get to see Diablo 3 released on consoles as well.
So how many of you would be inclined to purchase the next Xbox if you knew some of Blizzard's future games were going to be on it? Would it influence your decision? Naturally, this is assuming the games turn out much better than the Diablo port for the original Sony Playstation did.
(thanks to PlasticComplex)
Is it just the fact you can play it on a big TV? You can do that with PC's too...
Whats this attachment to consoles, since they basically are miniture computers...
These consoles use different controls, which are different to PC's, and PC's use different controls to a Console.
What are your guys thoughts on consoles in general?
I would like D3 to stay on PC since the previous games have been, and if Blizz decides to make a game for the console, have it as a new IP or something.
That entire paragraph is rubbish on so many levels.
when really this is a big difference between them, with the pc you have to keep upgrading to play the latest and greatest games but with a console you dont need to upgrade as in everygame is made to the specification of the consoles limit which sucks because one console would be really crap(360) and one console would be really good(ps3) and how that consoles use tvs and pcs use moniters, where pcs can use tvs aswell but not alot of people do that anyway so its pointless, bang for buck console wins but if you have the money to spend the pc will allways be better then consoles, so back to the topic if blizzard works with microshit then ill hate them forever but I would still like to see what they make.
1. pc ports of any game to any console never did the original any justice with the exception of some titles that we're meant to be cross platformers.
2. I fear that the trend as of late is to dumb down everything to make it casual console friendly, Just take a look at what Dice/EA are doing with the Battlefield franchise, the line between consoles and pc is getting more and more blurred every year.
3. I have a PS3 and I don't like the fact that Blizzard are in talks with microsoft which makes me tend to believe they would enter into some exclusive only deal with them. I dunno maybe PC gaming (the kind that used to set them apart from anything on consoles) is dying a slow death, as these consoles catch up and just about everyone and their brother has one, developers have to go where the market is and if that means dumbing down games to make them console friendly then be sure that's what they'll do.
But, I'm a computer person. If anyone has ever played Fable, for instance, on the Xbox then on the computer... quite honestly, playing on the computer was much easier. As such, I don't see why it should go console. If you think that Diablo, or hell, any other game from Blizzard, would be better on a console, in my eyes, you're not true fan!
But! I see the consideration, just don't care for it.
I don't think I would even watch someone play diablo 3 on a console, let alone play it. RPG and RTS's are made for PC for a reason. Please, spare the rest of sons lives that they and I will see diablo 3/blizzard stay on pc platforms....
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what?
Mate have played Diablo and i mean the first release back then in '96 ??? If not , it dosnt even make sense talking with you .. .... and i think playing Diablo 3 on console would be like playing a MMO with only a one button mouse
First of all i didnt say i hate them .. i just said they will suck .. second im just saying that the game is designed for PC so if they port it like they did with Diablo on playstation ... it will suck.
And btw are you a console fanboy ? ... im just curious , nothing bad about it .... i just want to know
... i really hope you are wrong ...... i really do
I would line up for a Blizzard game on any consol even, shudder, Playstation.
They really should go with Sony tho.
As it seems, most of you hate the possibility of Blizzard games moving to a new Nex-gen microsoft console, but in my honest opinion, I don't see the problem. There's unlimited potential with these newer consoles, just imagine what else can be done on one. And it's alot easier making games for one specific console rather than having to take into account, the hardware of the many PC's that are out there. Some of you may have some great PCs but some may not have the top of the line graphics cards and processors that we do.
They won't kill off the mouse and keyboard and keep in there a way to use them if you choose to.