PS3 Fanboy

True.. Since PS3 can work with keyboard and mouse, a straight port would be 100% feasible, even.. Though they wouldn't release the game without gamepad controls, I guess, since not everyone has a keyboard and mouse for their PS3. But it'd be sick if they did the port and had both control options.

Diablo is a hack'n'slash game after all, isn't it? How many extra controls would you need? Magic spells, each having their own key on the keyboard?

Mind you, I never played the Diablo series' games, only so-called Diablo clones, but the controls never were anywhere near complicated.

As a long time Diablo junkie, I can tell you that there is absolutely no reason you couldn't get Diablo working on a game pad. The basic functions are pointing and clicking enemies (or in the case of barbs and multi-arrow zons etc, clicking in the general direction of enemies) while using potions every so often to keep your health up. That's literally the only play mechanic as far as combat goes, and there is no reason why the online element would be a problem either (could use the same Battle.net servers).

I think 1UP said it best when they stated that if Diablo III makes it to a console, Activision is truly wearing the pants over in Activision/Vivendi (Blizzard) land. There is no doubt that the general consensus at Blizzard is that PC gaming is where they want to spend their time and effort, and I don't think that will change, but the chances of another company porting Diablo III to a console (Sorta like how EA ported Half-Life 2 to the PS3) are very high, I'd say.

Another studio within activision/blizzard I mean*

Everyone seems to be forgetting that the very first Diablo game was ported to the PS1!!! It worked great with a controller instead of mouse and keyboard!

Indeed... and I hope they don't have a port in mind, meaning the interface on the PC version suffers a la Oblivion... time will tell I guess

Trying not to get abused for this, but I agree. These kind of games, although possible, dont work very well on consoles/gamepads unless they are specifically designed for a gamepad.

Why would it be terrible? Diablo 1 was available on PS1 and I owned it and later purchased the PC version. I personally preferred the PS1 version for control. Diablo 2 got a little more complicated and if they're doing anything similar to WoW, then a Keyboard is a must. But there's no reason they can't set controls to be used with USB Mouse and Keyboard as well as an option for the controller. And what exactly was dumbed down from Oblivion? I played Morrowind on both Xbox and PC, but I didn't notice a difference and the games are practically the same.

I must be a "false" gamer then becuase I want this on my ps3.

So you don't care that a great game will be dumbed down so that it can be played on a console?

i'm with carl, so long as i get to play it ... no, i have no problem.

plenty of movies have been dumbed down from their original source material, and still turned out to be entertaining ....