Throughout its 15 years of game development, Blizzard has never created any non-PC games, but this doesn't mean that they are against consoles.
"I don't see the PC market as being bad. I mean, we didn't have 12 million players ten years ago," Samwise Didier, senior director of StarCraft II and art director of the first three Warcraft games said. "Whatever the format, console or PC, I think if there is a good game, it's going to be played."
"We're working on PC because it's familiar to us and it's relatively easy and it's not changing formats every other year and there aren't three different versions," he continued.
J. Allen Brack, production director for World of Warcraft then added that the notion that Blizzard is somehow "anti-console" is "absolutely not the case," and that they " just want to make the right game for the right platform."
"Think about StarCraft II," Brack explained. "Some real-time strategy games have tried to happen on the console. Some of those have been successful, but overall, our experience is that it's going to be a better game on the PC, ergo it's developed on the PC."
"But we're a company of gamers," he concluded. "I have two consoles at home. Sam has consoles. We're a culture of gamers. We will definitely work on a console game at some point. I have no doubt about that. It's just [a matter of] what game. What makes the most sense?"
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Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
good to know blizzard didn't make rock and roll racing
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
agreed, rts games just dnt work n consles
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
probably 'cos they're bullocks, anyway... slightly less interesting than watching paint dry!Tried fire emblem, and it was the biggest pile of tosh and hyped up mess this century!Why do people make sh!!t game?!
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
Diablo I was released on PlayStation some 12 years ago. Since almost all console games are available on PC now, why is this big news?
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
Diablo 1 for the playstation, Star craft for the N64, No games for consoles eh?
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
they are talking exclusively for the console. Diablo, warcraft and starcraft were first made for the p.c you c**k suckling noob poster below me
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
They were going to do a console EXCLUSIVE named StarCraft: Ghost. But they canceled that.And what's with the gratuitous cussing, anon at 4:4? Is your father also your uncle?
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
The Lost Vikings 1/2? Blackthorne? Rock N Roll racing?Journalist fail. Get your facts straight and do some research.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
@ anon 15:30Rock&Roll Racing was not done by Blizzard per se but by Silicon&Synapse - its predecessor. same for lost vikings 1. lost vikings 2 produced by blizzard was a pc game later ported to consoles. blackthorne was released simultaneously for pc and snes - here i am not sure but could have been developed for/on pc and then ported to snes.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
Wrong, and totally wrong. Do some research ! Warcraft II and Diablo 1 were made also in the PlayStation Format. So, yes Blizzard did some games for console.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
Console ports are usually made by an external dev studio. Not the creators of the game.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
Blizzard has said:"We just want to make the right game for the right platform."I have a number of good 'ol PC games that have been *totally remade* for a console (RA3 as the latest example) and they suck like a collapsing star drinking a thick milkshake.Seriously now, right platform = PC and always will = PC.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
@20:35 then how about justice league task force? lost vikings 2 is an snes game and later ported to the pc and others.
Blizzard Will Definitely Work On A Console Game
RPM RacingRock N' Roll RacingThe Death and Return of Superman[Justice League Task Force
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