Blizzard Discusses Diablo 3 Console Port (Update: Director Jay Wilson Weighs In)
by Chris Faylor, Oct 10, 2008 2:16pm PDTThough Diablo 3 is currently only confirmed for the PC, Blizzard president Mike Morhaime has once again suggested that the long-awaited action-RPG may end up on consoles as well.
"Every game we have the discussion about which platforms make the most sense," Morhaime stated in an interview at BlizzCon. "As Diablo 3 takes shape, I think we'll do an evaluation."
"I think there is a pretty good argument to be made that that type of game might work very well on consoles," he added. "There might be some technical limitations though that we might need to get past."
Diablo 3 director Jay Wilson also chimed in on the oft-speculated topic, noting that the game's control scheme would work rather well on consoles.
"If we did it, we would want to do a really high quality version--we wouldn't just want to do a port," Wilson said. "We would never make that decision if we thought we had to compromise the overall quality...we could probably do it at any time, we could release the game and then decide we wanted to do a 360 version or a PS3 version."
"We haven't really decided to take the [console] plunge," he continued "We've really come to the conclusion that it's probably the best fit because the control scheme is actually not that incompatible. So if we were to make that decision, Diablo would be the natural choice."
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I know this may sound crazy to you, but Microsoft makes most of its money from the PC, there are a few reasons why Windows is still dominant, although it is probably not the biggest one, Gaming is one of those reasons. I know if I didn't play PC games I wouldn't have Windows, and a $200/per copy will make them way more than royalties on a game...
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