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No Diablo III PC/PS4 Play

[Feb 25, 2013, 9:04 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

A post to the Diablo III forums by Blizzard community manager Vaeflare confirms presumptions that the recently announced version of Diablo III for the recently announced PlayStation 4 will not have any sort of cross-platform operability with the Windows edition of the action/RPG sequel:

While we think cross-platform play would be awesome, 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). As a result, the characters on your Battle.net account and PlayStation account will also remain separate.

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.

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Re: No Diablo III PC/PS4 Play

Feb 26, 2013, 07:06

panbient

InBlack wrote on Feb 26, 2013, 03:14: This! Plus I think they are counting on a lot of people, sorry 'people' is the wrong word here im thinking of that subhuman category: fanbois actually, to buy the game AGAIN for their consoles. Which would typically fit fanbois of all denominations. I'm certainly no fanboi, I see the obvious cash grab for what it is, I recognize the base D3 game as a 60 step tutorial (err LEVELS!) for the variety of predetermined skills. But... until I read this "As a result, the characters on your Battle.net account and PlayStation account will also remain separate." I was planning on getting a 2nd copy because for me, D3 is more of a living room game, something that seems like it would be more fun with a few friends on the couch and a couple of drinks on the coffee table. But if I can't carry over my existing characters I don't see a reason to buy it again and start grinding from scratch, so I won't (besides I still have a copy of Sacred 2 for a console grinding fix).

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Comment [quote="panbient"Feb 26, 2013, 07:06][quote="InBlack"Feb 26, 2013, 03:14]This! Plus I think they are counting on a lot of people, sorry 'people' is the wrong word here im thinking of that subhuman category: fanbois actually, to buy the game AGAIN for their consoles. Which would typically fit fanbois of all denominations. [/quote] I'm certainly no fanboi, I see the obvious cash grab for what it is, I recognize the base D3 game as a 60 step tutorial (err LEVELS!) for the variety of predetermined skills. But... until I read this "As a result, the characters on your Battle.net account and PlayStation account will also remain separate." I was planning on getting a 2nd copy because for me, D3 is more of a living room game, something that seems like it would be more fun with a few friends on the couch and a couple of drinks on the coffee table. But if I can't carry over my existing characters I don't see a reason to buy it again and start grinding from scratch, so I won't (besides I still have a copy of Sacred 2 for a console grinding fix). [/quote]

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