Diablo 3 'lead console designer' still won't announce console port
Blizzard's "lead console designer" still won't confirm a console version of Diablo 3 is on the way, but it seems that the developer is beginning to build a team focused on other platforms.
Blizzard may have a position on the Diablo III team dubbed "Lead Console Designer," but that doesn't mean the company is officially announcing the upcoming title is coming to any platforms other than PC and Mac.
"There's three of us on the team right now," Blizzard's Josh Mosquiera told Destructoid in an interview during BlizzCon 2011, noting that the team is "trying" to build "the best console team at Blizzard."
"Blizzard is really serious about going back to the console," Mosquiera said, without delving into specifics regarding timeline for the move.
In a separate interview, Blizzard's Kevin Martens confirmed that Blizzard was not planning a public beta for Diablo 3 prior to its PC/Mac launch. "We're doing it in waves, so we'll keep adding people," he said, clarifying that the current beta will "be going for some time."
Diablo 3 is currently slated to launch in early 2012.
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Blizzard's "lead console designer" still won't confirm a console version of Diablo 3 is on the way, but it seems that the developer is beginning to build a team focused on other platforms.-
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Right, meaning 4 years after the PC release. Or be hardcore, like CD Projekt and never release one at all, after promising that you would. Right synapse?
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Wait what? The console port of Witcher 2 got canceled? They only announced it half a year ago.
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During an interview at Blizzcon, they made it pretty clear they won't do a console port unless they're happy with the quality.
The guy said they're currently iterating on control schemes. Some things they like, and some they don't, but (apparently) it's not a clear-cut with how the game plays. -
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you have to get every patch verified and signed off by MS.
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Wait, you mean Huxley's never coming out? Bummer.
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A company like Blizzard can afford to have a team of 10 people working on trying to figure out how their games *could* work on consoles without ever commiting to making one. Since the market is huge they obviously want to explore it, but that doesn't mean it will actually happen.
I would bet that most developers who don't release their games on all platforms put one or a few people on trying to figure out if it would work on the others (be it console, PC or handheld), but they probably cannot afford (or have the need) a small team doing this full time.
I'd say it's likely we'll see Diablo in some form on consoles eventually, but just the hiring of one or a few guys doesn't confirm that really. -
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Yes, it was released as part of Summer of Arcade.
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Or they're trying to make it not suck before they commit.
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I'm pretty sure it is sacrelige around here, but a console version of D3 is the only way I'll ever play the game. I hated the first two Diablo games simply because I never got into the click-frenzy RPG games, so hopefully moving to a console makes them a bit more fast-paced and user-friendly.
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Basically, the entire genre of "click as fast as possible" games never appealed to me. It's the reason I didn't get into Diablo, Dungeon Siege, etc. Not that they're not good games, the sales figures surely argue otherwise, but they never did anything for me. Diablo 3 is the first game in the genre that I've actually had even a remote interest in.
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