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.
We both know that it takes more time than that to get to the higher levels. You simply ignored the Nightmare content (that's like... 30 levels?) from the time to kill Baal normal till the time you're actually able to kill Ancients nightmare. Cause without someone to kill them for you you're in no way able to do it. And by the time you kill them you can kill them, you don't get as many free levels. Also keep in mind Diablo III will have different mechanics than Diablo II when it comes to xp and leveling.
Again, what's the difference in "paying 20.000.000 gold instead of 5 high runes"? Yeah, the guys that don't get lucky to find them (i only found a Ber rune and a few Ist runes back then) won't be able to trade for good gear? That's a good economy? Economy is economy. You get to buy stuff paying something you worked for. Yeah, a gold based economy will give access to people that aren't that lucky with drops, or simply dedicated enough to farm gold during lower levels. Those dedicated people will have to miss out on upgraded stash, upgraded artisans and other things. That's how things work. I still don't see any difference between saving 30 million gold and 500 High Runes except for the fact that lower level people won't be able to get rich... ever. Prices will go up and down depending on the demand and the gold availiable in the market. That's one healthy economy there. You get good gold for the very rare stuff? You spend it on the stuff you want. Be it for alts, or for better gear? It's up to you.
So if i were to be inactive for a month, i'd lose all my gold? That's game breaking right there. I worked for armor and gold, why have it taken away? I'm the hero who saves the world, i have to pay taxes for stuff i worked for? If i get much gold, it's either cause i traded something or i farmed it. Either way, it's up to my dedication (and luck) to get it. IF gold doesn't have too much value, alternative currencies will definitely come up (be it high lvl gems or something else) or the prices in gold will go up. Again, part of a healthy economy based on demand and supply.
It's not about winning or losing. It's about being out of place. Right, i do see a big warning that someone hostiled me. But i also want to kill the boss that i was after when i entered the game in the first place. There's no honor to kill a player already softened up by a boss. No matter how easy it could be for a team to kill the guy who's trying to PK. I just don't want to have to bother with him when i'm in a game that's for PvE.
If you want to show you're awesome, do it on even terms in the arena. With someone that actually bothered to make a spec that's good for killing people instead of monsters (MMO experience shows that PvP builds are made for burst dmg while PvE make sure you have good dmg over longer time).
That said, i wouldn't mind a "free to hostile" kind of game (like hardcore perhaps?) that would allow people there that had the same mindset as you. Would be interesting to see how many would actually decide to play there and what they'd be aiming for.
PvP ladder will be there, along with a PvP matchmaking system to make sure you're playing against people at a similar skill level as yours. The more you progress, the higher you get up the ladder getting achievements, titles and all kinds of aesthetic rewards.
Again on the gameplay part: it's not about skill. It's about doing something you enjoy, opposed to HAVING to do something you don't like. I did PvP playing Diablo. When i wanted. I did the same playing Warhammer Online too. Lord of the Rings Online too. But again, when i felt like it. I don't like some random moron to come and attack me when i'm busy with something. Sure i can take some time off to kick his ass, but perhaps i'm not into PvP that much.
Also, it's not like we'll be doing the same thing over and over again for weeks to get to the level cap or to get the equipment we want. It's a new game, don't judge it like it's the previous game. We have very little information as of now for the actual end-game, except for the fact that we're going to be around 55 by the end of Hell, with the level cap being 60.
Anyway, i bet D3 will be ported for consoles. Blizz have ALOT of publicity, they can break any silly resistance imposed by console fanboys. And imo D3 would play alot better in consoles then in PCs. Keyboard are tecnically inferior to controllers in many aspects, from orgometry (don't know if it's the right term in english) to precision and speed. It is only used when you need 20+ keys.
enjoy!
I suppose that comes down to which your fingers are more familiar with.
Anyhow, exploring the console area aint such a bad idea as consoles are meant to handle games with high performance and such, and they're bound to do it anyways