Diablo 3

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shio said:

Rock_on_2008 said:

shio said:

Rock_on_2008 said:

Yakuzaice said:
If we ever see a Diablo 3 it will be a long time coming. They still have Wrath of the Lich King and StarCraft II to work on. I'd be fine with a console version as long as the PC version isn't dumbed down for the sake of it.

At the end of the day making money is all that matters to developers. Console games are more profitable than PC games. PC games are too easy to pirate, PS3 is pirate free. Best bet is to sell it on the PS3.

 

you do know that Blizzard is making more money than any console developer except Nintendo, right?

And Starcraft 2 is THE WORST type of game to be ported to console. Starcraft 2 is a heavy, fast-paced micro-management RTS, and it would lose ALOT of the core gameplay experience if it was on a console version, and don't even try to pin on me with "PS3 has keyboard" line, you know most wouldn't even play it with a Kb+M. They tried a console version with the original Starcrat on N64, and it became a crappy game.

Anyway, nowadays everyone has a PC/MAC, and almost everyone who's interested in SC2 will buy the game eventually.

PS3 has the best graphics. PS3 could use keyboard and mouse and StraCraft 2 would be great on the PS3. I would buy it.

So you're telling me that you would never buy SC2 on PC/MAC either way? And PS3 has better graphics than what?! but who cares about graphics, it's the gameplay we all want, and you can only get the full experience on PC.

 Yeah, his argument doesn't make much sense; PS3 graphics better than the PC???

Not to mention, I would be surprised if SC2 has the most amazing graphics in the world when it comes out.  Blizzard doesn't tend to push tech beyond what its customers have; what they do bring to the table, on the other hand, is INCREDIBLE art direction and some of the best CG cutscenes in existence (I would say just "the best", but I haven't played every game ever).  The cutscenes could be done equally well on everything, as they would be pre-rendered.

In all reality, though, I don't think we'll see SC2 on a console, even with K+M support.  Piracy just isn't a big concern for Blizzard, as they have huge amounts of customers that are willing to pay for their game.  It comes from the fact that their games appeal to more than the subset of people that pirate games instead of buying them

Diablo 3, on the other hand, could easily be on any console, although I think it would work best on the DS/Wii with respect to gameplay (it is a point-and-click game after all... the best target selection mechanism in the world isn't as good as clicking on something )

I would still play it on the PC though... I'm one of those people that remaps the keyboard for optimum efficiency, and 12 buttons just isn't enough to get the kind of twitch response I am used to