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Everyone wants Blizzard to make a console game. The studio hasn't touched consoles since StarCraft: Ghost was canned and despite off and on rumors that various platform holders were courting Blizzard to release a version of World of Warcraft, nothing's come of it. At BlizzCon 2009, however, Blizzard started deliberately hinting in interviews it's moving towards a console project.
"I can tell you that philosophically, the company is interested in consoles," said Battle.net project director Greg Canessa to Shacknews. "Many of us are console gamers. We all have Xbox Live gamertags, and we all play Xbox at home, and so we love Xbox. And we love Sony and other platforms as well. We have a great deal of respect for them."
Canessa said if Blizzard embarked on a console project, it wouldn't want to spend a bunch of time retooling a computer game -- it should naturally fit. The hot rumor around BlizzCon, perpetuated by Blizzard employees in interviews, was Diablo III could make the jump onto a game pad. Another issue, Blizzard told Shacknews, is bringing the Battle.net experience onto consoles, too.
"How that would work, the details, I have no idea," said Canessa. "Couldn't tell you today. [pause] I actually do have an idea, but I can't talk about it. [laughs]"
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Nasty_Gamer
Blizzard would definitely be better off creating a new game that is actually designed for a console. Just the idea of something completely off the wall and original from Blizzard would be huge. If any of the PC based games were converted to console the game just wouldn't have the same feel to it..
SaintV
Nothing is ever impossible. WoW on a console would work, alot of work but it would work just fine. I could Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 being the more appropriate choice for consols.
fuyuhana
Porting WOW to a console would be impossible, not technically but logistically. Blizz wants to get their $15 a month from everyone who plays World of Warcraft. However, console customers have enjoyed being able to play virtually any game online in some form without having to pay anything more than their low subscription fee.
What could Blizz do?
They could use the current business model for consoles which allows console gamers to play WOW online as part of an existing subscription service. But then, especially in the recession, you 'd have pc gamers canceling their $15 a month to go play WOW on the consoles for $5 a month (or even for free). But even with the potential $5 subscriptions, Blizz may only see a tiny percentage of that five dollars a month; not appealing to a company interested in money.
On the other hand Blizzard could continue with their current business model and just pull consoles into the fold of their try-before-you-buy 10 day demos and regular monthly fees of the pc gaming realm. But in this case you'd only pay the $15 once and be able to play both online OR on a console if you bought both versions. With other console based MMO's such as Final Fantasy 11 and FF 14, however , both of which do NOT require additional fees, WOW would be a tough sell to console MMO players and Blizz could risk pulling in only modest profits. Blizzard, a company that has fallen victim to the corporate mentality of maximizing profits with the least amount of effort, isn't interested in risking a single penny of their $1.7 billion a year if they aren't guaranteed a mega-return.
Realistically, any of the console companies who would be interested in offering WOW would simply have to make Blizzard an offer they couldn't refuse; meaning Sony or Microsoft would have to compensate Blizzard for each WOW player on their consoles with money or advertising ( I'd guess mostly money ) , guarantee the largest royalties on unit sales, basically offer Blizz more money anyone in their right mind to pass up. But no company, not even Blizzard, cares about WOW so much that they need to let people experience it at the expense of mega-profit.
GameFreak398
WoW for 360 would be awesome because people who want to play but don't have computers would be able to enjoy the epic quests and mounts. But c'mon who doesnt have a computer these days lol
Smartguy81
If D3 isn't coming out next year because of consoles I'd consider that not a good enough reason.
ryo_ortega
Bring back Black Thorne!!!
SkylerPatrick
I gotta say it is an interesting idea. My only worry is the interfacing and how that will be converted from the past Diablo controls and interfacing, however I have a ton of faith they wouldn't have any trouble solving that. In addition it would be nice to have it on console so you could run it on high settings without lag and not have to buy a supercomputer.
Utmost_NutsZo
I wouldn't get Diablo 3 for console. One of the best things about PC gaming is that all my friends have them.
Reaper24683
Wow, the thought of diablo 3 on a console is bitchin,man I hope it's true!
and if not, oh well I still have dissidia to play!
Fyzban
They cant bring WoW to console , everyone in WoW used mod , even the game , raid,dungeon is designed for player using mods.
Kanelives913
I hope they don't convert to consoles and delay games even more. But Diablo 3 would be interesting to see on a xbox but SC2 or WoW and god forbid Warcraft 4...not so much.
Masquerade
I was really looking forward to Starcraft: Ghost and, like IcemanMX, was extremely disappointed when it was canceled. Hopefully they'll bring some of their Blizzard magic over to consoles one day.
IcemanMX
Blizzard built my hopes up with "StarCraft: Ghost", then expertly trashed them when the game got canned.
Thanks a lot, Mr. Klepek. Now you've made me sad. I won't be falling for any more phony console game promises from Blizzard.
-M
babyscottback
I remember playing Diablo on the original PS. It wasn't bad, and pretty easy to replay too.
xRxUxCrazyNuTzx
I would love to see Diablo 3 on a console. A version of WoW would be cool too.
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