Blizzard more 'invested' in Diablo 3 for consoles than ever

By Mike Jackson for computerandvideogames.com

Diablo 3 game director Jay Wilson has said that Blizzard has 'never invested' in console development 'to the degree that we're doing now' with Diablo 3.

"We are starting to fill the team out with new hires and some core members of the Diablo 3 team," he added.

Despite being fairly vocal on work on a console version, Wilson again said Blizzard won't commit to announcing a product.

"We are still in active exploring mode; we haven't officially announced a product," said Wilson. "We say that because we like our product announcements to be a big deal. We haven't been as secretive about this one because our biggest barrier is actually getting a console team," he explained.

"People don't believe us when we say we're going to make a console game. I understand why they don't believe us, because we've tried this before. We've also never invested in it to the degree that we're doing now, and we've never had a product that we felt was appropriate for it."

Wilson said later in the interview that the team isn't interested in a port. "We don't want to port it. We want to build it for console. There's a key difference," he said.

"Our goal is to make a game that feels like it's natively made for a console. If we make it, we want it to feel like a Blizzard game and that we built it for that platform from the ground up."

The console platform holders have, he added, been keen to make the project happen. "They are some of the most eager," he said.

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