No cross-platform play planned for Diablo 3 between PC and console
By Tim Colwill on February 27, 2013 at 5:03 pm
We all basically expected it, but the announcement that Diablo III was coming to PS3 and PS4 meant the vain hope that we’d be able to play cross-platform with our console brethren. Alas, this has been confirmed not to be the case.
Community manager Vaeflare took to the Battle.net forums to explain that while they think it’d be awesome, it’s not currently planned. “There are currently no plans to allow connectivity between PlayStation Network and Battle.net (this is pretty standard for most games that have PC and console support),” she said. “As a result, the characters on your Battle.net account and PlayStation account will also remain separate.”
Vaeflare also explained that just as Diablo III on PC does not support a controller, so the PS3 version will not support a keyboard and mouse. “In terms of allowing an analog controller hookup for the PC, we don’t have any plans for that kind of support right now. Similarly, since Diablo III for console was designed with a controller in mind, the PlayStation version of Diablo III will not support USB mice or keyboards.”
Source: Battle.net via Blue’s News
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Funny though they don’t seem to dismiss the idea completely, maybe just to keep us hanging or something
has there ever been a cross platform game?
Currently no plans? So there could be plans in the future? I love reading between lines. :P
Seriously though, I don’t think anybody would have expected it. There are extremely few games that allow cross-platform play like that. (ie PC/console)
jonlee,
Portal 2, Shadowrun, Lost Planet, DC Universe Online, Universe at War, Final Fantasy XIV
Just a few cross-platform PC/Console games that come to mind
I wish Call of Duty had been cross platform.
LOL. So PC users can demonstrate how superior a mouse & keyboard combination is vs even the best ‘controller pro’?
No, because a good portion of my mates played Xbox’s only and I refused to play with that god awful controller, so I would have been able to play games with a lot of my mates.
Why the hell does everything have to come down to the “PC Users are superior” bullshit argument. I’m sick to death of hearing it.
Your mates wouldn’t play with you cause you would own them easily. Its about Keyboard + mouse superiority over controller not PC over console.
kinkykel,
But I thought we were? Hang on, I’ve just got to go use my gold-plated gem-encrusted toilet I got because I’m a PC user. It’s a tad uncomfortable though so I might switch to being a console user instead in future.
PC users are not the user is irrelivent it’s the hardware that is superior just sayin
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Ah perfect, those will match the curtains!