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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 27, 2012, 11:50
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 27, 2012, 11:50
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eunichron wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 17:41:
Yeah, I don't get where Diablo 3 has been "consolized," that claim is a pretty long stretch.

Though isometric ARPGs have worked on consoles before, D&D: Heroes for the original Xbox was a blast, especially 4 player coop.

If D3 has been blended with anything, it's WOW...
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 27, 2012, 08:39
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 27, 2012, 08:39
Mar 27, 2012, 08:39
 
killer_roach wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 17:44:
avianflu wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 12:25:
The problem with the "lite" is that it will be discontinued 16 months later for whatever MS has in store next.

Not sure it is a good idea for consumers unless the Lite is really cheap.

Best guess? The Xbox Lite is primarily geared as a media set-top box like Apple TV, only with enough computational power to run some XBLA titles and legacy Xbox games. Could very easily be priced at $79-99, though.

Microsoft pretty much abandoned XBLA and XBLIM so I doubt it.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 23:24
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 23:24
Mar 26, 2012, 23:24
 
eunichron wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 17:41:
Yeah, I don't get where Diablo 3 has been "consolized," that claim is a pretty long stretch.

Though isometric ARPGs have worked on consoles before, D&D: Heroes for the original Xbox was a blast, especially 4 player coop.

Certainly, I don't mean to imply that the genre can't work, but that doesn't mean it's a 1:1 conversion, that one platform doesn't influence the design decisions for the other.
Things need to be taken into account when the control surface is a gamepad, I would say Diablo 3 was designed with a lot of that stuff already in mind, so the transition wouldn't be too difficult. I personally think they are holding off until the PC release to avoid upsetting anyone, and will help avoid cries of concessions for consoles, but I think it's fairly obvious. I would say the recent change, where all of your skill choices are locked to a certain category (unless you deselect the option in gameplay settings,) is another example/step in that direction. As previously mentioned, limiting things to 6 abilities makes it easier to adapt it to gamepad (2 trigger buttons, A,B,X and Y/Square, Circle, Cross and Triangle,) would be another.

Overall though, Diablo 3 seems really lazy to me compared to Diablo 2, which I guess isn't surprising when you consider how lazy they got with WoW.
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Microsoft 'to release Xbox Lite before next-gen console'.
Mar 26, 2012, 22:16
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Microsoft 'to release Xbox Lite before next-gen console'. Mar 26, 2012, 22:16
Mar 26, 2012, 22:16
 
killer_roach wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 17:44:
avianflu wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 12:25:
The problem with the "lite" is that it will be discontinued 16 months later for whatever MS has in store next.

Not sure it is a good idea for consumers unless the Lite is really cheap.

Best guess? The Xbox Lite is primarily geared as a media set-top box like Apple TV, only with enough computational power to run some XBLA titles and legacy Xbox games. Could very easily be priced at $79-99, though.

WTF is this shit?! Seriously, if Microsoft wastes money towards R&D on this instead of the next-gen console then I will never buy another consumer electronic from Microsoft ever again...
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 17:44
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 17:44
Mar 26, 2012, 17:44
 
avianflu wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 12:25:
The problem with the "lite" is that it will be discontinued 16 months later for whatever MS has in store next.

Not sure it is a good idea for consumers unless the Lite is really cheap.

Best guess? The Xbox Lite is primarily geared as a media set-top box like Apple TV, only with enough computational power to run some XBLA titles and legacy Xbox games. Could very easily be priced at $79-99, though.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 17:41
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 17:41
Mar 26, 2012, 17:41
 
Yeah, I don't get where Diablo 3 has been "consolized," that claim is a pretty long stretch.

Though isometric ARPGs have worked on consoles before, D&D: Heroes for the original Xbox was a blast, especially 4 player coop.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 17:34
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 17:34
Mar 26, 2012, 17:34
 
Draugr wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 15:31:
Dev wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 13:31:
Diablo 3 on console will be 'a true Blizzard-level experience'
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the firm made the decision to look at a console release for the title not primarily for financial reasons, but because it feels "that particular product makes a lot of sense" on platforms other than PC.

Sure actiblizz, sure. I believe that.

SPend any time looking at diablo 3 and it's clear where they made concessions for consoles.

Like having 6, instead of the previous 2 (though instantly swappable with F1-8 keys) action keys... And that controller/keyboard based movement where you don't need a mouse...

-Alamar
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 15:31
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 15:31
Mar 26, 2012, 15:31
 
Dev wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 13:31:
Diablo 3 on console will be 'a true Blizzard-level experience'
[...]
the firm made the decision to look at a console release for the title not primarily for financial reasons, but because it feels "that particular product makes a lot of sense" on platforms other than PC.

Sure actiblizz, sure. I believe that.

SPend any time looking at diablo 3 and it's clear where they made concessions for consoles.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 13:31
Dev
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 13:31
Mar 26, 2012, 13:31
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Diablo 3 on console will be 'a true Blizzard-level experience'
[...]
the firm made the decision to look at a console release for the title not primarily for financial reasons, but because it feels "that particular product makes a lot of sense" on platforms other than PC.

Sure actiblizz, sure. I believe that.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 12:46
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 12:46
Mar 26, 2012, 12:46
 
avianflu wrote on Mar 26, 2012, 12:25:
The problem with the "lite" is that it will be discontinued 16 months later for whatever MS has in store next.

Not sure it is a good idea for consumers unless the Lite is really cheap.

Most likely it will be $99 and have a full access to a full catalog of titles rapidly falling in value. A new Xbox will likely be $499 and have access to only a few titles that cost $60.

It's less true since the PS2 sold apparently 4 to every US household, but there are still people that can't really afford current systems and operate a generation behind. This is to appeal to them. Two-digit system and tons of games available for $20.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 12:25
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 12:25
Mar 26, 2012, 12:25
 
The problem with the "lite" is that it will be discontinued 16 months later for whatever MS has in store next.

Not sure it is a good idea for consumers unless the Lite is really cheap.
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Re: Morning Consolidation
Mar 26, 2012, 11:01
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Re: Morning Consolidation Mar 26, 2012, 11:01
Mar 26, 2012, 11:01
 
Wonder how many more years can Microsoft squeeze out of the 360. I am pretty impressed how many years they've got out of it already.

It will be interesting to see what the next gen console(s) bring to the table, and how will they keep up with backwards compatibility.
For one thing I really hope they drop this whole Kinect non sense crap.
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