“The Diablo 3 team has actually just received the new console generation development kits, so the translation to those platforms is yet to be done. They really like the features on the PS4 controller and want to try and do something cool with the trackpad and share button,” is what fans are gathering from interviews. “Diablo 3 will not be a launch date title for the next generation consoles. It will come in 2014.”
Yeah, that’s two years after it’s original release. I think the game will feel quite dated by then and it is doubtful that people will pay $50+ for it. It’s difficult to get too excited about this news, but I can’t help being curious to see how this all plays out. I did not enjoy the original release very much and neither did many of my friends. Everyone seemed to beat the game rather quickly and there was not much replay value after that. Will the console version be more fun? Probably not, but Blizzard does have the opportunity to make something cool as this will not be an identical port of the game from the PC version.