It's only silly if you put on your blinders and pretend the PC isn't THE market to be in if you're Blizzard. Mac users LURV Blizzard for actually paying attention to them. I wouldn't be surprised to see a 2nd-hand console port of D3, but everything previously (the Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft ports) have been laughably bad.

Until Blizzard decides to thaw out Starcraft:Ghost, console-only gamers can shiver in the cold while the rest of us go to Hell (in a good way).

1) Blizzard has made every single one of their games Mac compatible. I remember buying Warcraft 2 the day it came out at Electronics Boutique, and it was the only Mac compatible software in the store.

2) I'm more than happy to see a console port, more people enjoying Diablo 3 that way... but Blizzard wont do the port. Blizzard themselves is a PC only developer, and in the past, their ports have all been farmed out

Remind me again how many copies Resident Evil 4 for PC sold?

Anyway, Diablo III would sell a bajillion copies on consoles, so I can't imagine Blizzard not pursuing it. I'm sure there are a number of design hurdles, but come on...this is Diablo, not Stacraft.

I think Diablo lends itself to a console port more than any other game. RTS (the 'craft games) needs mouse and keyboard for total control, and an MMO just has too many hotkeys to strain onto a controller.

But if you're talking about a dungeon crawl experience like Diablo (I'm sorry, but isn't it just Gauntlet with mad skills and specialized gear??), It makes alot of sense to me to just make a console port. Most systems have enough buttons for a nice set of core action skills.

Also worth considering. For some people, these consoles are pushing more pixels and textures than their home computers, which wasn't the case a few years back. Graphic processing on most consoles now are on par with the PC. So I think that's another part of the perceived clamor for console ports of everything.

I never said RE was a traditionally PC series, although I will point out that every main series release (RE 1, 2, 3, and 4) was ported to the PC. I was just bringing up a counter example.

At the end of the day, I just get mad when every few days some story comes out "OMG PC GAMING IS DEAD," but, when the premier PC gaming developer announces a major game, people complain that it doesn't get ported to console.

Screw that. Screw 360 and PS3. Stick with your guns Blizzard. Your fans are legion.

"Furthermore, I find it laughable that Blizzard is probably going to be willing to take the time to make Diablo III Macintosh compatible, but the idea of going to a console is just to silly. "

What a ridiculous thing to say. Its about translating mouse+keyboard action to a gamepad along with maintaining compatibility on different operating systems and hardware, in the case of consoles; in the case of the mac the only change is in the OS. Apples and oranges. Actually, to be totally accurate its apples vs oranges and apples. But I guess that's a less compelling saying.


Every play an RTS on a console? Doesn't translate so easily, does it? I had an N64 C&C, which was pretty cool but playing it was a totally different experience, because pointing and clicking was now a significant overhead.

Console games with pointers don't work, period*. Taking a game with a pointer and turning it into a game where action takes place relative to your character changes the game. I don't see how you could disagree with that.

*Wii-exceptions aside.

Blizzard will make millions no matter what they choose to do, which I'm guessing is stick with the PC. Until their games stop producing sales numbers on PCs, I don't expect to see any change from them any time soon. All for the better imo. Their games are some of the best PC games you could ever ask for, and by the looks of it they intend to keep it that way.

At the risk of stoking up the old "Console vs PC" embers I have to ask, has Capcom ever made a PC port of a game even worth playing?

Demtor: Yes all the REs before 4, a bunch of street fighter games, recent ones like lost planet and dmc4. Actually now that I think about it, the only poor ports are those of PS2 games (dmc3, re4)...

I think that it's better that it stays on PC. I've always considered myself a PC gamer, but the past few years (at the dawn of HD gaming / fully functional online gaming) the PC market has started to drivel down into just MMO's and a random FPS port. I think with big PC devs like Blizzard/ Valve, they have a responsibility to save PC gaming, or take it off of MMO life support. How? Well the big MMO super hit,WoW is one of the most popular PC games out there, and one of the main reasons it can hit so many billions of subscribers is because it isn't demanding on PC requirements, thus halting the upgrading of average users computers....they dont want to upgrade because the only game they have runs fine. Games like Starcraft II, and Diablo III which will surely only make a PC release, will be very demanding graphically and force many old PC gamers out of retirement and reconsidering upgrading their PCs. Blizzard has the numbers, and the fanboys to single handedly bring back PC gaming as the major competitor that it once was. Once people cave into a new graphics card and some more RAM so they can play Diablo III, they will have the PC power to be able to play other new PC games that are yet to be released, which will encourage dev's to keep pushing the limits on graphics and gameplay for PC users. Hopefully creating a larger gaming fanbase for PC users, that includes games that are not MMO's.

You forgot to put 'Not 360 compatible too' in the topic pic.

If no console port, please make it compatible with oldish Mac integrated memory graphx. GMA 950 support please! Mac is still selling Mini's with this as the only graphx option possible. Don't do a spore!

Im not advocating console controls, I know FPS games suck on consoles and diablo would be lousy as well with the current scheme just like RTS games on consoles. But what I am saying is that console gamers are used to that handicap it seems so more power to them, you can offer the OPTION to use mouse on the PS3 like in Unreal Tournament 3.

Keeping it to PC is good for several reasons, like breathing some life into PC gaming. Also, it allows them to focus on how to translate their visionary ideas into one specific game for a specific platform. That way they don't need to worry about what game features they'll need to remove, in what way should they degrade the game complexity so they don't confuse the poor console players, or how will they use their shortcuts and their hotbars with a gamepad (actually, two gamepads, or three, if you consider the Wii).

Keep it simple, keep it PC.

How does this breaths new life into PC gaming exactly? No succesfull PC game right now has any new elements or innovation and are instead retellings of games that came 10 or 15 years ago. I mean you guys named it: Half life and valve = Same old FPS. WoW = Has been the same thing since Ultima online and before. Diablo 3 = Visual upgrade to the original Diablo. I could go on like that for a while.

Keeping the same games means keep appealing to the same audience, which means PC gaming is NOT expanding to new audiences ( outside of flash games ) which means its dying

@ Misanthrope
Yeah, that's so much different from the consoles.

Highest selling Wii games (besides Wii Sports, which comes with the console, and Wii Play, which comes with a Wiimote):

Super Mario Galaxy
Mario Kart Wii
Smash Brothers Brawl
Mario Party 8
Wii Fit
Zelda

PS3:
Grand Theft Auto 4
Motorstorm
Call of Duty 4
Resistance
Assassin's Creed
Metal Gear Solid 4
Grand Turismo 5

360:
Halo 3
Call of Duty 4
Grand Theft Auto 4
Gears of War
Forza Motorsport 2
Assassins' Creed
Guitar Hero 3
Elder Scrolls 4

How many of these are sequels or rehashes of old products? How many also came out for the PC? The remainder: Motorstorm (a racing game..), Resistance (a mediocre shooter), and Forza Motorsport 2 (another racing game). Hardly a groundswell of successful innovation if you ask me....

Besides, ever hear of Europa Universalis or the other crazy-ass Paradox strategy games? Their shit makes Risk look like checkers!

@Misanthrope:

What killias said. I'm not going to have anyone claiming that consoles are revolutionizing the gaming world.

I would buy this for 360 just so I could play it on my projector screen. 7ft (my screen) > 19in (my monitor).

@ B-Radicate: Ever noticed your projector has a VGA input? Ever heard of wireless keyboard and mouse?

I don't get the "couch vs desk" argument for consoles: I can have my big comfortable couch set in front of my big screen TV with a book on the arm rest to use the mouse and it works out just fine.

I think the PC has a lot to offer. However, I'm really biased. I'm a big fan of strategy games. Colonization, Empire: Total War, Starcraft 2, etc. all have me crapping my pants. Of recently released exclusives, Sins of a Solar Empire is great, Crysis is good, and Europa Universalis 3: In Nomine is fantastic. Spore should also be cool. Fallout 3 will also be bomb, but I guess you can get it on PS3 or 360 anyway.

I don't think everyone needs a PC, but I also think it's a great alternative to a 360 or PS3 (especially for people into Strategy games). I don't think the PC market is incredibly vibrant right now, but it's still doing well. Digital distribution is moving a lot of copies, MMO's are making out like bandits, user created mods are continually breathing life into old games, etc. As a PC gamer with a pretty good PC rig (I can play Crysis on high settings), I have no reason to get a PS3 or 360. As a sidenote, I do have a Wii. I figured the Wii is so unique in terms of games, play styles, controls, etc. and cheap that it was worth it. In retrospect, I was correct.

Diablo on a console wouldn't work... The controlsheme would have to be re-invented...

if they want to actually make some money on the game they should (lol piracy)

Yeah, their annual revenue is 1.1 billion dollars. Considering Nintendo's is 8.2 billion dollars.. and Nintendo is the number one publisher in the world and the number one video game hardware manufacturer in the world.. that's pretty crazy.

OR, if that doesn't convince you, in the last 10 years Blizzard has released only THREE FULL GAMES: Diablo 2, Warcraft 3, and World of Warcraft.

Of course, Starcraft was released just before 10 years ago, and there have been a number of expansion packs (Brood War, Lord of Destruction, Frozen Throne, The Burning Crusade). They also re-released Warcraft 2 B.net edition within the last decade. Still, though. Think about that! Nintendo releases a new game like every other week! Even if you count all these expansion packs and such, that's only NINE RELEASES IN TEN YEARS!! ALL ON THE PC!!

Keep also in mind that this is revenue. I'm sure Nintendo's costs are significantly higher than Blizzard's. There's a reason why the biggest video game publisher in the world (Activision Blizzard) decided to use Blizzard's name despite Blizz only providing like 1/100th of their total output....