• #1
    Refresh Thread
    By: Shacknews This person is cool! x Show Full Post
    Reply
    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Diablo 3 won't support PC-PlayStation play.

    You had surely already guessed this, being a sensible person with even a smidgen of awareness of how the video games industry works, but now it's confirmed: the PS3 and PS4 editions of Diablo III will not have cross-platform play with the PC original. It won't support a keyboard and mouse either, Blizzard says. Gosh, it's like it's a different game made specifically for consoles.
    Feb 26, 2013 6:00am PST
    toggle
    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Diablo 3 won't support PC-PlayStation play.

    You had surely already guessed this, being a sensible person with even a smidgen of awareness of how the video games industry works, but now it's confirmed: the PS3 and PS4 editions of Diablo III will not have cross-platform play with the PC original. It won't support a keyboard and mouse either, Blizzard says. Gosh, it's like it's a different game made specifically for consoles. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

    Thread Truncated. Click to see all 60 replies.

    • toggle
      fucking wankers, the whole lot of them. have we not figured this shit out yet in the year TWENTY THIRTEE... : multisyncThis person is cool!
      • It's a shame because Blizzard is the kind of dev with the ability and resources to do some really interes... : Chipwarrior
      • toggle
        We have. But the console manufacturers don't want it. Besides ShadowRun (360/Vista) there's only been Val... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          just because only a couple games dont have it doesn't mean console players don't want it. Other than s... : BeowolfSchaefer
          • toggle
            I didn't say console players. I said console manufacturers. Aka, Microsoft and Sony (and Nintendo) have n... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
            • toggle
              You're right. I missread that and totally agree. : BeowolfSchaefer
              • Yeah. The fighting game Skullgirls is getting a PC port released on Steam. The devs were hoping to do PC/... : Sideways BobThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          never, ever ever mention that abomination of a game ever again : multisyncThis person is cool!
          • toggle
            not portal 2, the other one : multisyncThis person is cool!
            • fuck you shadowrun was awesome, and i was playing it on xbox : R@zzle
          • toggle
            Portal 2 wasn't that bad : BeowolfSchaefer
            • toggle
              TOO SLOW SCHAEFER : multisyncThis person is cool!
              • :( : BeowolfSchaefer
        • toggle
          Didn't Final Fantasy 11 have cross-platform play? : DHAvatar
          • Yeah, I'm pretty sure PC, Xbox (360?) and PS2. FFXIV 2.0 will be cross platform for PS3/PC as well, I bel... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
          • toggle
            yup : eeeealmoThis person is cool!
            • They also are the only multiplayer game that Xbox Live Silver guys can play online, is that correct? : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          quake 3 had it on dreamcast/pc. : AllYourBaseThis person is cool!
          • I think it needed some kind of work-around though. It wasn't supported out of the box. : razlebol
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x4_Evolution : DegenerateThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          I also really dislike the divide in online play between Microsoft's and Sony's consoles. PC users playin... : DrWaffles
          • toggle
            I would think it would benefit sony if there were ps3-xbox crossplay. There are plenty of games that I wo... : rodneystubbs
            • I think that eventually this must come to pass, and then 3rd party controllers will see a large bump in s... : one random winner
          • Honestly, I don't think the engineering issues are remotely bad enough to justify it. The console manufac... : TawlerThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          One (or two?) of the Lost Planet games had it. : pyideThis person is cool!
          • it was LP1, the colonies edition. : soundcreepy
        • Lost Planet had it in the GotY version iirc : Fenring42
    • I'm surprised that they think the PC crowd would not use a defensive ability to dodge attacks. I'm sure ... : mobab
    • toggle
      I didn't expcet it. Actually I was sure they wouldn't do that. I'm fairly certain the overhaul of the gam... : vai90
      • toggle
        at least let you import your characters or provide a Mass Effect style bonus upon creation so that you HA... : multisyncThis person is cool!
        • toggle
          Uhm, you can just keep playing the PC version? Or are you seriously suggesting that the console version w... : vai90
          • toggle
            i have at best 2hrs of freetime a day to play games 2-3 times a week. The journey through Normal And Nig... : multisyncThis person is cool!
            • Fair points, I guess. I agree that normal and nightmare were boring. A cakewalk, basically. Inferno was ... : vai90
    • toggle
      I guess obviously since its not the PS4 its a mute point, but would the x86 basis of the new system make ... : FreshwaterAU
      • It makes putting the game on the platform easier, cross-play is a separate issue though it certainly isn'... : BeowolfSchaefer
      • toggle
        did you just say mute point? : Rehevkor
        • haha oh man. I have shamed myself and my family. : FreshwaterAU
        • toggle
          Why do people make this mistake? They don't even rhyme. : Marrbe
          • slant rhyme : rodneystubbs
      • toggle
        They're doing a PS4 version too. : pyideThis person is cool!
        • I wonder if the PS4 version will have any new graphical stuff or just look like D3 does on a good PC. : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      Dumb, the only reason I was looking forward to this was so I could sit on my couch while grinding for gea... : zombie man
      • I do that already with my steam box (my build), but without controller support on the PC version it is a ... : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
    • All this talk about Diablo is making me want to dig in to Starcraft II again. : Pneum0This person is cool!
    • toggle
      not a shock. i can see all kinds of people duping items offline and then really messing up things online. : rtrson
      • And if that happens to the console side, they'll deal with it. But they probably don't want shit like tha... : rtrson
    • I wish the Battle.net account would be allowed in Diablo 3 for the Playstation 3/4 and I could swipe item... : commanderxp90
    • toggle
      I don't understand, what was the point of moving to x86 architecture then? : Haxim
      • haxim your shtick is kind of hard to tell on this one : Chandler55This person is cool!
      • "Not sure if serious." : el0j
    • I want to sell my battle.net account. I am done with Blizzard : rubencamacho78
    • toggle
      Well that is disappointing. The part about not brining controllers to PC, that is. Don't give a fuck abou... : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
      • LOL look at this thread, all bitching about lack of cross play. So predictable you all are. Again it is a... : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
    • toggle
      It actually might be cool playing with a reset auction house. i wish they'd open up new realms without l... : smaxThis person is cool!
      • toggle
        What about playing with no auction house? They still haven't said if it will have one, have they? : pyideThis person is cool!
        • Well, you can pretty much do that already... : smaxThis person is cool!
    • lol alice. nice. : ass-street
    • I'm expecting the PS3 version to bit rot after the initial few patches, probably a big reaon to not allow... : el0j
    • Really, D3 for console is no surprise in the least. What would totally blow my socks off would be if the... : asianwaste