Would you buy it?
I was always skeptical of theDiablo IIIconsole news. Something in me always knew that given Blizzard’s history with consoles, it would take a long, long time for aDiablo IIIconsole project to see the light of day — if ever.
So here we are, with another snippet of news from Blizzard, on how the project is“up and running,”even if it’s still not an official announcement yet. There you are folks — we might get a console version ofDiablo IIIsometime next year, possibly coinciding with an expansion — we might not.
These sort of conversations are always pretty much the same, regarding the viability of the franchise on consoles (rememberDiabloon the PS1? I do!). Some would point to how well theTorchlightport controlled on the 360 (which is absolutely true). Others respond with “yes, butDiablois a bit more complex thanTorchlight, and would take more work to port to a functional console version.”
I’d be more inclined to side with the latter. I can see easier difficulties being fairly simple on a console, but doing Inferno mode and juggling hotkeys constantly could get tiresome. We’ll see if Blizzard has it in them to make it work, I guess!
Diablo 3 ‘up and running’[Polygon]
