Rumours fly as Gamasutra interviews J. Allen Brack about Blizzard's thoughts on Consoles vs PC's, and it seems that a console game may not be too far off for the PC Juggernaut.
Official Blizzard Quote:
"We just want to make the right game for the right platform."
"Think about StarCraft II. Some real-time strategy games have tried to happen on the console. Some of those have been successful, but overall, our experience is that it's going to be a better game on the PC, ergo it's developed on the PC."
"But we're a company of gamers. I have two consoles at home. Sam has consoles. We're a culture of gamers. We will definitely work on a console game at some point. I have no doubt about that. It's just [a matter of] what game. What makes the most sense?"
Now, Blizzard has tried in the past to make console games, such as Starcraft 64 (for the Nintendo 64), or Diablo I (for the Sony Playstation). Having played both, I can say with certainty that they were immensely fun for gaming nights, but both were dwarfed by the PC version, complete with a LAN party.
These days however, it seems that LAN parties are becoming a thing of the past. Sure, pockets of resistance still exist. But for the most part, those gaming nights are moving towards multiple consoles in the same house. If Blizzard wishes to take advantage of the changing demographics of the gamer culture, then they may have to release games on consoles once more.
Of their current franchises, Warcraft is the only that has not had a console treatment. Keep in mind that both Diablo and Starcraft 64 were relatively unsuccessful on the consoles. For WoW, which is similar to Diablo, this means bad news. For Warcraft (the RTS version), this also means bad news, since it is similar to Starcraft.
With this in mind, it means that Blizzard may not be using Warcraft as their next console game.
However, this leaves the door open for a new franchise to step up to the plate, and dominate the console world. It's already been confirmed that Blizzard has a new franchise in the works, in the form of an MMO, so it's clear that they are expanding their line.
Whether this means a new franchise will also be made for consoles though, is yet to be seen.
I really hope they never make a game where they need to cut out some features because there is not enough buttons or something. (MW2 not balanced for lean!)
He's confined to the official Battle-net forums, not any of the fansites (like ours).
sorry that was a bit off topic :rolleyes:
Its just a shame that the controllers of today are so limiting to the game experience. At least give people the option.
The PC could do things that consoles could not. If they were to make games for both PC and consoles, then the PC games would most likely be bogged down to be playable on the console. This means that we would get a product that is worse than what it would have been.
For example, Crysis was a game that the consoles could not handle and it was not released to consoles.
WoW was not released on console due to its seamless and non-instanced world. The consoles cannot handle the non-instanced world as easily as a PC could. Only way would be to improve console hardware and thus increase cost's.
In conclusion, PC games that are being developed for both PC and consoles is a bad idea due to the different specifications each has. One (primarily the consoles) would force the other to be bogged down to reduce developement costs and such.
The joystick bring a new gameplay, and remotes having a restricted number of buttons.
Else, the console's possibilities grow over and over.
The biggest things annoying for console are now resolved : Patch and update, now 360 and ps3 handle this very well.
360 and ps3 Multiplayers community grow and became big enough for a company to think if releasing a console game is a good idea $.
Ok let me give you a scenario:
Diablo 3 comes out in November 2011 on PC and Mac and everyones happy cuz it didn't come out on console and the controls are ideal for diablo 3 and you couldn't have been happier
Febuary 2012 Diablo comes out for Xbox 360 and PS3
Will this really have a lasting effect on your opinion of the gameplay if nothing has changed since the release of the game on PC? (considering you liked the PC version)
i would love to see a reply to this one
I just got that warm, fuzzy feeling inside knowing that someone else besides me feels that way.
Thank you! <(^.^)>