Blizzard hiring console developers for Diablo III

[Tinman]

Blizzard looking for console developers for "Diablo team"

The smell of console development surrounds me

[Jan]

Captain Extremist of the first tank battalion of the PC Defence Force reporting in.

Before donning my tinfoil hat and spewing all sorts of wild accusations, let me first say that I'm all for console ports of Blizzard's games provided the release methodology of their previously ported titles is followed:

1. Design game for PC
2. Release game on PC
3. Decide to cash in on the console market
4. Dumb game down for console(s)
5. Release on console(s)
6. ???
7. PROFIT!

[Blackhand]

RAGE!!!!!11!111

No just j/k. I already know the PC version is solid because of all the gameplay that's been shown off at Blizzcon and that's really all that matters, that the release for each platform plays to that platform's strengths.

What would get me raging is the game getting delayed another year+ for a simultaneous release. If they started development tomorrow on the console version, they would have a lot of work ahead of them. Changing the controls, the UI, practically rewriting the multiplayer component which is critical to the success of a Diablo game. Devs that pump out games on a very fast cycle would at least give that kind of work (particularly the multiplayer) a year.

Other than that, the more the merrier! Maybe we can all play together, not likely =( . Would be awesome though, Diablo isn't exactly a super competitive game and technically getting everyone playing together is not a challenge at all.

[smokey]

What was the point of using The Lost Vikings as an example... it was a platform game and thus suitably prepared for play on the consoles of the time.

/sigh

Still... The Lost Vikings was such an epic game. I could still play it despite it many years...

[Grimspoon]

Yip, no real surprise. It might even be awesome on console. I think it is just a matter of time before game devs move away from PC completely.

[Endev8003]

What would get me raging is the game getting delayed another year+ for a simultaneous release. If they started development tomorrow on the console version, they would have a lot of work ahead of them. Changing the controls, the UI, practically rewriting the multiplayer component which is critical to the success of a Diablo game. Devs that pump out games on a very fast cycle would at least give that kind of work (particularly the multiplayer) a year.

Blizzard has stated on their forums that a console version won't delay or impact the PC/Mac version of D3. So no reason to rage yet.

[to0kenZA]

RAGE!!!!!11!111

No just j/k. I already know the PC version is solid because of all the gameplay that's been shown off at Blizzcon and that's really all that matters, that the release for each platform plays to that platform's strengths.

What would get me raging is the game getting delayed another year+ for a simultaneous release. If they started development tomorrow on the console version, they would have a lot of work ahead of them. Changing the controls, the UI, practically rewriting the multiplayer component which is critical to the success of a Diablo game. Devs that pump out games on a very fast cycle would at least give that kind of work (particularly the multiplayer) a year.

Other than that, the more the merrier! Maybe we can all play together, not likely =( . Would be awesome though, Diablo isn't exactly a super competitive game and technically getting everyone playing together is not a challenge at all.

That's the part right there. If that happens I will be really, really annoyed. We always wait longer for our "ports". For instance. Red Dead Redemption came out loong ago for console, but I have never had the chance to play it. I'm not even sure if it will be released for PC, but that's just an example.

We have been waiting for ages now on Diablo 3. I hope they release the game for PC as scheduled and not wait for both platforms to be done. Sigh..

[czc]

At least its PC design first and then console

[Azimuth]

What was the point of using The Lost Vikings as an example... it was a platform game and thus suitably prepared for play on the consoles of the time.

/sigh

Still... The Lost Vikings was such an epic game. I could still play it despite it many years...

It was a Blizzard game on console. There are still people out there who insist Blizzard is a PC DEVOLLOPPAR!!!11111oneone.

[Strifehart]

It was a Blizzard game on console. There are still people out there who insist Blizzard is a PC DEVOLLOPPAR!!!11111oneone.

Rather than Diablo 3, I would honestly ... you know ... just like some StarCraft Ghost please.

I really couldn't care about Diablo. The design is archaic imho and I don't see the appeal.

I would really love to see Blizzard have the guts to actually do something that's not in the realm of their own personal "safecashzone" (i.e. Warcraft/Starcraft/Diablo).