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[Mr_Appleby]

Oh wow how lame.

The reason no runes / complicated item mechanics exists. Simply wouldn't be fun for console gamers.

man some people have a fair freaking pole up their arses.

edit:

The points make sense but they didn't dumb down Diablo 3 for consoles. They dumbed it down because that's where the industry has progressed to. Consoles and console style games have dominated the last decade or so.

well, i agree with this. It's not so much 'consoles' fault with anything - there's plenty of complicated number-crunching games on consoles, Disgaea and Armoured Core spring to mind immediately - it's more the whole "expanded" market which includes consoles, PC's,
tablets and whatever. You dumb down to sell more on ALL platforms.

 

[Grayman]

Game sells 12 million copies, many of which downloaded straight from the developer at 60 dollars. Gamer logic says go to consoles for the money.

 

[DasMarcos]

Honestly it's very odd to finally see a Blizzard game (let alone Diablo 3) on a console this gen. But still I do welcome Blizzard and their chance to show us how it can work out. I'll stay positive on this one.

 

[Phonomezer]

Shouldn't Playstation fans be angry that they're getting Diablo III?

 

[Haunted]

Anyone still hanging around on the Diablo III forums deserves pity, not scorn.


Friend and I looked at each other and went "uh, so what?" when Metzen announced a late port instead of the expansion pack or at least something new.

 

[Finaika]

the thing I don't get is who on earth would buy diablo 3 on a console

Diablo III fans would buy it.

 

[Ghazi]

So I guess that having achievemtns and not having VOIP , while that is odd, makes an ARPG Call of Duty. Why?

 

[Big Papa Husker]

I was saying "Please don't be Diablo III!" and was disappointed it was. I got sick of it on PC and I don't give a shit about it being on consoles. Blizzard being on consoles on the other hand could be good. SC:GHOST!

 

[Durante]

I was angry before release, when it became clear that interesting and skill-dependent point-targeted abilities were reduced in favour of direction-targeted ones that more easily transfer to a gamepad. I was also certain the game would come to consoles at that point. I think I wrote a long post about it.

Anyway, at this juncture I'm over it, in fact I doubt Blizzard could have made a worthy successor to Diablo 2 even had they not be constrained by targeting a console release.

 

[PhoenixDark]

There are plenty of reasons to be "angry" at D3. Console support isn't one of them. Why should PC gamers be mad that console gamers will soon be disappointed by D3 too?

chill out bros, download Path Of Exile.

 

[chixdiggit]

Surprised PC gamers care. They should have moved on to Torchlight 2 a long time ago.

 

[Trickster]

Diablo III fans would buy it.

if they're diablo 3 fans, surely they already own it for the pc?

 

[Dion Blaster]

Uh, PS3 supports 7 controllers.

edit: argh, so close

Someone tell them PS3 supports 7 controllers.

How does this happen so often here?

 

[CTLance]

Sounds plausible, and would confirm many a suspicion from before.

This makes me sad, not mad. Godspeed, Blizzard. o7

 

[Currygan]

well, that list makes sense

 

[jediyoshi]

Reads like a joke.

Either way, not sure who this'd be news to

 

[Deadbeat]

Can the console version be played offline?

 

[Shayan]

Diablo 3 will sell another 10m on PS3/4?

why wait ?? after 5 years PC wont be there so better release everything on consoles before console gamers start hating those publishers

 

[Treemonkeys]

So, it's now Sony's fault that Diablo 3 is shit. Brilliant. Fanboys are illogical in the most creative ways.

Speaking of being illogical, seems like everyone is blaming Blizzard, not Sony. =/

 

[Criminal Upper]

To be fair, Diablo fans have been put through the wringer in the last year, so I can't blame them for being so crabby.

 

[DTKT]

It's probably going to sell millions and further cement Blizzard foray into console gaming while they slowly stop being a pc centric company.

Next step, World of Warcraft on consoles.

 

[Dahbomb]

D3 fans are usually always angry.

It seems like the PC players were beta testers for this version of the game.

 

[Chakan]

So Diablo 1 was focused on consoles too?

 

[Hi i'm Caleb]

I was hoping he was gonna say World of Warcraft instead of Diablo 3. That would've been fun to watch.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I was letdown when it turned out to be D3. Blizzard on PS4 had better potential as anything but D3 to me. The game isn't too good. Maybe it will be better as a console game, maybe they will make better loot, better drops where the planets have to align. Console people will have to play through multiple difficulties to get to the meat of the game.

I kinda feel bad for the ones that go that far hoping for light at the end of that journey. It's just a bigger tunnel, the light is a lie. Drops will always suck, you won't feel rewarded unless you win a bid war on some item on the AH.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Oh for God's sake get off your high horse Diablo 3 fans. You really think Blizzard designed this game with consoles in mind and then released it exclusively on PC for over a year? I don't buy it.

 

[soxinthebox]

Why would Kotaku report this shit?

It's absolute shit.

It's a waste of space and time.

 

[Eusis]

wasnt Diablo2 on PS1 the same game as on PC?

Diablo 1, and I think it was. Though there also seems to be an issue that's gotten worse in ways about what's "acceptable" on consoles. It's always been there, and it's not wholly untrue (if nothing else a controller CAN make certain functions a pain), but it feels like rather than dare to add complexity they'd more likely shirk from it, or worse yet fall on an established design IE Baldur's gate getting Diablo-like (heh) dungeon crawlers over a more in depth RPG. Then DAII trying to become more like a standard action RPG rather than what it was before.

 

[Corto]

If Kotaku will report every time Diablo players are unhappy they'll need to create a daily feature on their front page.

 

[Teletraan1]

Fuck those losers.

 

[mattiewheels]

But the people on the Blizzard forums aren't Diablo III fans. They're Diablo II fans.

 

[Avallon]

This was posted 8 months ago and just reposted to the blizzard forums.

 

[Almighty]

It's probably going to sell millions and further cement Blizzard foray into console gaming while they slowly stop being a pc centric company.

Next step, World of Warcraft on consoles.

Didn't Diablo 3 sell something like 14 million on the PC now? It would take quite impressive console sales for them to abandon that market. Diablo 3 might be on of the few games were the PC stomps the consoles in sales.

Anyway as for the subject sounds like a bunch of fans trying to blame consoles for their disappointment with D3 and nothing more. Personally I was disappointed that it was D3 that was announced when Blizzard took the stage. I was hoping for something new.

 

[casmith07]

LoL.

Clearly none of those whiners grew up playing Diablo or Diablo II, both of which were for 1-4 players, and never were released for consoles.

 

[inky]

Fuck those losers.

Oh man, took way too long for this post to be made.

Edit: I don't think the reveal was surprising, in fact, it was underwhelming as hell. For years now we've all know about Blizzards intentions of bringing the game to consoles. They have said as much very clearly and openly.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Loved diablo 3, and I'll be double dipping on this as soon as PS4 is out. The butthurt is strong with some people.

 

[Odrion]

You see, the same was made that way that they could port it to consoles in two years.

 

[Quasar]

More like this.

Why would anyone still be playing D3 after Torchlight 2 and the PoE Open Beta, we may never know.

I'll admit I'm curious. But then I never played Diablo 3 on PC, and am mostly curious about 4 player couch co-op.

Of course I would have liked something new rather than a PC port. Well I would have liked to have seen them attempt to do a RTS to see f they could do decent controls.

 

[Lulubop]

It's probably going to sell millions and further cement Blizzard foray into console gaming while they slowly stop being a pc centric company.

Next step, World of Warcraft on consoles.

I doubt it'll sell anywhere close to what it did on PC. Not even PS3/XBOX exclusive put up those kinda numbers. It'd be really dumb to actively alienate the PC base even more.

 

[Almighty]

LoL.

Clearly none of those whiners grew up playing Diablo or Diablo II, both of which were for 1-4 players, and never were released for consoles.

Diablo was I remember playing it on the Ps1. I am not sure about 2 though.

 

[Kunan]

Typical nerd reaction. Sorry but this is stupid and I own Diablo III on PC and am interested to play it online on PS3 or PS4 with my consoles friends.

Me too. The local multi sounds like it will make for some great gauntlet legends style fun

 

[kassatsu]

"4 controllers"

Even PS3 can do 7.

 

[NullPointer]

Fuck those losers.

 

[Skilletor]

Can't the ps3 have 6 controllers simultaneously?

"4 controllers"

Even PS3 can do 7.

Ah, just knew it was more than 4.

I own D3 on PC. Will buy on ps3 because of potential local multi and pad control.

 

[Zee-Row]

I would definitely play Diablo on a console , I already did with the PS1 version and the similar Torchlight on XBLA. It plays fine to me on a controller.

 

[soulassssns]

I was disgruntled when I completed Diablo III on my PC. Just didnt live up to my hype or D2.

 

[Raistlin]

Out of curiosity ... is the opposite of port-begging bannable as well?





Regardless ... CRY MOAR

 

[Omega]

"That's how ActiBlizzard intends to make real money"
I thought I read somewhere D3 sold 10 million

 

[lexi]

wasnt Diablo2 on PS1 the same game as on PC?

This conspiracy runs DEEP.

 

[Seasoned Badger]

LoL.

Clearly none of those whiners grew up playing Diablo or Diablo II, both of which were for 1-4 players, and never were released for consoles.

Diablo was on PSone and Diablo 2 was 8 players.