Sounds Like Blizzard Really Is Porting Diablo 3 To Switch (Even Though It Said It Wasn't)

I'd take overwatch instead.

Day one if true!

If it comes I'll buy it. I want Starcraft as well

If it comes.......it'll be full price.

I find Hack and Slash to be a very tiresome genre on PC due to the incessant clicking. But if you replace it with button mashing I may be interested. I'd feel compelled to finish the previous two games though, and that would mean clicking in a clunky, outdated UI
Of course if they were to remaster Diablo 1 and 2 and port all 3 to Switch as Diablo Trilogy that would be ace.

Please let this be true!

i may rebuy if it has all of the content AND maybe some nifty nintendo pets.... a pet zombie yoshi or bone koopa would be super.

They also said Pokemon Stars existed and quiiiickly backpeddled that to say "IT got reworked into USUM". Uhuh.

They also said Bandai Namco was working on MP4. Funny how they retconned that too.

More then likely it would be Reaper of Souls version if they port it.
Its pretty cheap on Xbox and Playstation even though it comes with the base game with it. Unlike the PC version where you have to buy both >:v

The teaser was anything but subtle, do, I'm not shocked. Great news.

@SandersEvers Is that not how Splatoon also works?

@SanderEvers the same for Rocket League.. oh wait.

@Saego Rocket League functions offline through either local wireless play or solo play with AI opponents.

This isn't official at all

Nice, I'd think about picking that up.

Well had it on Xbox one before I sold it for the switch but never ended up with the opportunity to play as tied to tv do I will defo pick this up as the switch lets me fit more gaming hours into my lifestyle

Give me the full version with the necro expansion and I'll buy it.

But still they don’t give us Act VI 😑😑😑

Bought it 3 times already, I don’t need it portable and to be honest the game is so reliant on a permanent online connection, this could be a train wreck of a port.

4th time! if, true

@RusevDay

i wonder what graphical concessions they'd have to make. there's A LOT going on on screen. nothing a pc or even ps4 can't handle but the switch is no where near even the lowly xb1 so i dunno. it could be a nightmare 30 fps chug-fest.

Day one for me if they do.

If this is true, I'd consider this a first trial project to see how feasible porting more Blizzard games would be. This is promising.

@NewAdvent Does the game get worse after 5 years or something? I've been around long enough to find new games disappointing at times and old games stand the test of time and everything in-between. People pay for what they value. I don't see a problem with that.

Great news....although i must say Diablo III didn't appeal to me the same way Diablo I did.

Not even a hint that this'll come to Switch. DLC for other consoles maybe?

Not even a hint that this'll come to Switch. DLC for other consoles maybe?

Don't do it... please, PLEASE, don't do it... I've just managed to break free from those demons on PC...

Diablo would be great on the switch, if this is true ill buy it.

Why would Blizzard go the lengths to troll by making an obvious hint, then straight up denying the port? Don't even throw a tease out there if you're just going to deny it. That's called being an ass!

@SmaggTheSmug I recently played Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun with a controller. Totally different genre but similar controls and camera perspective. It worked surprisingly well.

Never played any Diablo games, so this has my interest piqued. These days it's turning into a positive to be an insular Nintendo gamer like myself, cos all these ports are brand new to me! 😄

Haven't played Diablo since the original. If this is true, it gets me excited for other possible surprises the Switch may have up its sleeve.

"Diablo me down"

Diablolical pun, but then, so is mine.

I've played this game way to much on PC, I don't even get on for the last couple seasons because i've played it to death. However I think it's great for people that haven't played it, it's not as good as diablo 2 in my opinion, but the game got ok over the years with patches and added content and reworks. As long as it's not the launch version of the game lol.

@Biff_ARMStrong Because it's Blizzard. Remember the rainbow logo for Diablo 3?

@NintendoFan4Lyf With Nintendo's online service not being solidified yet devs for predominately online games like Overwatch would be naturally wary. Especially if it meant giving Nintendo access to Battle.net.

@countzero That's a completely different genre and the game was developed with controller in mind. I've not played it on any platform, so I wouldn't be able to tell if it is a compromise or not. Somehow I feel this was a preemptive reply to someone suggesting StarCraft for Switch again, which would be just awful. It's more likely that Zerg invade the Mushroom Kingdom and make Peach their queen than StarCraft ever coming to Switch

Also remember that Diablo 3 was the weakest of the three and damaged Blizzard's reputation a lot. Auction House didn't help.

give me both dlcs or give me death

I read this more as "trying to port" rather than "the game is coming".

Blizzard isn't going to release the game on Switch if they can't get it working, they aren't going to pull a Rime. And they probably don't want to pull a Yooka-Laylee on Wii U either, or the myriad of other games recently that have been announced then canceled, like Scalebound, so I'll assume Blizzard is working on this, but I'll also assume they won't release it unless it works. And they won't announce it until they're sure they can get it to work.

They didn't release Rise of the Necromancer on PS3 or Xbox360 despite the game and first expansion being on those, they might be trying to figure out just how much they can get running on Switch. And then there's the matter of how much they can fit on a cart and how much will be a download.

So, I wouldn't go making and pre-order purchases just yet, but I believe they are trying.

I've definitely played this one to death already. I would likely continue to do so on Switch too.

@sword_9mm That would be awesome!

I would double dip on Diablo 3 if it came to the Switch. I still will do a Diablo II run occasionally.

Titan Quest and Diablo III? That's like coop perfection on one console!

Oh it's coming, let's hope it's not a lazy effort but a true commitment for the Switch.

I'd take Overwatch or even Starcraft Remastered over Diablo

@aaronsullivan I have respect for that statement 😊

@sword_9mm
It was originally released on the XB360/PS3. Of course it will be fine.

@dougphisig Diablo III, for better or worse, was built for consoles first (the same flaw Skyrim had from the PC perspective versus Oblivion and Morrowind.) It was the Diablo that just felt "wrong" on PC after the masterpiece that was Diablo II+D2LoD. But play it on console, and it just feels right!

@NintendoFan4Lyf none of the games you mentioned are as intense as overwatch

Day 1 as well.

@NEStalgia

meh; i like the d3 style of play better than 2 on the PC. simplified is not always bad imo.

i'd still like to see a remaster diablo2 come out. that would be pretty keen.

Until it's officially confirmed, take this with a grain of salt.

Make sure it’s no dearer than £39.99 and I’m all in! Hopefully it’ll be an Ultimate Edition with all DLC. Six years old or not, I love Diablo III 😃

@Xaessya Yeah the PC is great like that, giving people choice and freedom over their purchases, at cheaper prices than on console too.

Barely got into it on ps4. So this excites me.

@thesilverbrick I know. Which is also possible for Overwatch. Only thing it couldnt do is splitscreen.

@NintendoFan4Lyf It's locked from other devs. The payday 2 devs and several others have said they weren't allowed include voice chat in their development.

@SanderEvers Neither does Splatoon really. And people play that game to death.

@NintendoFan4Lyf The cheapest option will always be PC – it's always completely free. Online doesn't need any premium crap, it just needs to be reliable.

Splatoon 2 was built by Nintendo specifically for the Switch. Rocket League apparently has some success, but Overwatch is a different kind of game. Does Payday 2 enjoy the same success as Rocket League? It would be a better equivalent. DOOM's multi is meh on all platforms, most people buy it for the single player. Is PS4 Overwatch as popular as PC version I wonder.

And no matter how many times anyone tries to deny that: Mouse + Keyboard is just the way to play an FPS

@NewAdvent I bet this will be full price. I'm hoping for 40, but if Bethesda can do it, why can't Blizzard?

Never played these games. You have my attention Blizzard.

@RusevDay This is what kept me from getting it on the PC. I've mainly played Diablo (1+2) solo, occasionally going online to enjoy multiplayer. Unfortunately my ISP has no interest in stabilizing my internet connection, which goes down for a while at least once a day, which makes Diablo 3 single player a gamble on whether or not I can play it. I would hope that maybe Blizzard can somehow do a single player offline mode for the Switch if they port it.

Yeah! Another port!
... that I wont be buying

Triple dip ahoy!

But if they made it 2 players on screen at the same time it would make things much more interesting!

@NintendoFan4Lyf Is it though? There's a lot happening in Overwatch. You wouldn't want fatal crashes every time two people at once activate their Ults. The game is hardly watchable due to everything happening in it. Constrain it to the Switch and you've got a severely gimped experience.

@YummyHappyPills but isnt bandai, indeed working on MP4? lol

I would probably double dip and grab this.

The wait continues...

Never played it, but always wanted to. Seems as though the wait was worth it. Being portable is a massive boon.

@NEStalgia Diablo 3 was built for consoles first? That's news to me...

The PC version of D3 was released WAY earlier than the console versions. So much in fact, that they probably only started porting when the PC version was already released.

The menus don't look like they were made for consoles at all and even ingame there is nothing that screams "console" to me.

I would be very surprised if this game was actually built for console first.

@SmaggTheSmug

If you're going to mention outdated UI, lets take a good look at the console port UI for inventory management. What a damn nightmare.

Give me a mouse and grid based inventory ANY DAY.

Not the Blizzard game I want. Cough.. overwatch.. cough

@NEStalgia

It actually wasn't. It was a fully PC game, down to the isometric mouse movement and inventory management via a grid.

The console ports didn't come out till much later after the PC version hit retail and was a critical success financially.

It was a PC game first, before anything else.

Cool. Hope it is true!

@Alcovitch The PC UI was isometric and grid driven, but so much of the menu was clearly compromised for gamepad support from the start. They didn't butcher it as bad as Skyrim PC, but it's clear the design was well under way, release dates aside, to be workable on both from the start, somewhat to the detriment of the PC version.

I don't know why Blizzard would do another port of Diablo III. Before last year's BlizzCon they let everyone know that there would be nothing new announced for the game or the franchise so people wouldn't be as disappointed. So it's really the least supported of Blizzard's current game lineup. I know they have hired new people for the Diablo team but most people are hoping that they are working on Diablo 4 or Diablo II Remastered.

I'll triple down when the price is right. For me that's around 20 or 30 bucks. Already own on both pc and xbox.

I abandoned the game 3 years ago and this news came up, I'll be hack & slash again on the Switch. One plea from me, please include DRUID DLC.
Thank you.

If the online all the time thing isn't on this version it would be a day one buy for me.

Blizzard likes money. The Switch is minting money. Ergo, Blizzard likes The Switch.

Blizzard gets no love from me. Not only do they own King (which has a history of ripping off other iOS games and then getting the original work banned from the App Store), but they ruined everything good about Activision, making it a pitiful shell of its former self.

@Shiryu Aw man, don't remind me. Didn't look half bad either. Well, at least: from what we could tell from the beta...

Maybe I'll double dip. I have played it already on PC years ago.

For the love of Glob, gimme Starcraft!

@SanderEvers @MaxPlastic Splatoon can play Locally - Multiplayer - 8 players and also Salmon Run - no internet connection required.

Had it for the 360 but didn’t really finish it I’d purchase it if included all expansions. £30-40

@SmaggTheSmug It doesn't really matter how much is going on at one time on your screen. It seems there is a common misconception that good looking games somehow make it harder to get the netcode right, which isn't the case. From what I've read, and the little I know from my professional career (Former network engineer, current software dev, but not game related) FPS are among the most forgiving styles of games when it comes to netcode. It's not like a fighting game, or something like nidhogg, that requires millisecond accurate input/response. With an FPS, you have a lot of wiggle room and tricks to make it feel more responsive.

If you weren't referring to the netcode being the difficult part, then disregard =) Graphically, I don't think it would be too difficult to tone it down to get it to run smoothly either, but that's just a gut feeling.

I've never played a Diablo game so it'd be new to me. My buddy still plays nothing but on his PC, even after all these years. He's going to let me try it out to see if it interestes me at all. So, a maybe for me. Glad its coming though.

And its a triple dip from me!!!

@roadrunner343 I meant performance and gaming comfort. Overwatch is visually overloaded and pretty fast, which makes it hard to follow, let alone play with something as slow and imprecise as a controller. Splatoon got around it by making shooting everywhere but the enemy an integral part of the game – and ingenious design choice IMHO. But for something that was developed with precise mouse aiming in mind... No, sorry.

Another part is that the longer Nintendo holds off full price + microtransactions poppycock off, the better IMO

@Audiobrainiac You know both original StarCraft and SC2: Wings of Liberty are both completely free now? Play some Brood War on PC, then get SC64, play it for a while and then tell me if you want them on Switch.
That would be my advice to anyone asking for those games on a console

@Ziggy93

how'd it run?

the switch is basically a 360 with an even smaller thermal/power envelope so whatever concessions they made for the 360 would probably have to be made for the switch as well (even ramped up depending on how bandwidth starved the tegra is compared to the 360's cpu/gpu).

@SmaggTheSmug Visually, I don't think the game is that impressive. Due to the art style they chose, I think they could lower the graphical fidelity to maintain a steady 60fps. Again, just gut feeling, nothing to back that up, but I feel it could be done.

As for the slow/imprecise nature of a controller, I won't disagree, but it's entirely a moot point since the game exists on other consoles. I'm a PC/Switch only gamer myself, so I understand and fully agree with the benefits of Keyboard/Mouse for certain games (Especially FPS/RTS) but there's apparently plenty of people who don't agree and want to play Overwatch on consoles.

If Diablo 3 does come to Switch, I think it will include the expansions but it will probably launch at $50 or $60 which will turn a lot of people off.

@roadrunner343 I like to think that those people were trained wrong, as a joke

@NintendoFan4Lyf I don't know how it works on consoles so correct me if Im wrong, but in PC's case, you can't connect to the game AT ALL if you don't have access to the Internet, so even if you want to play in a custom game alone against bots, you'll need a connection and that's the difference with Rocket League or Splatoon 2, if Overwatch makes its way to the Switch, it will surely need to have some sort of game without Internet (even if its just training against bots like and/or local wireless play like Rocket League), cuz you know, hybrid console ..

As for Diablo 3, if it's real, it will come with the expansions, I don't see the reasons why it wouldnt

@NEStalgia Come again? Diablo 3 was developed for PC first. The XB360 and PS3 console version came almost one and half year later.
Since the first year Blizzard was frantically dealing with the mess on the PC version and the backlash of the Real Money Auction House and how the whole itemisation was tied into it. It was almost as worse as the recent EA fiasco of SW Battlefront II.

So maybe check your facts first.

Back to Diablo 3. I don't see a problem with it being 6 years old. The graphics style makes it almost timeless and if Skyrim can launch on the Switch that many years later, so can Diablo 3.

I am looking forward to it and will buy it day 1 !

@LightBeam I still don't understand this mentality. Who cares if it's a hybrid console? That means you CAN use it at home and on the go - not that every experience needs to be tailored to it. Just like not every experience needs to support touch or motion controls.

As long as the game is advertised as requiring an internet connection, then bring it to Switch. I think the average consumer is smart enough to understand that an online only game will require an Internet connection, which means they may need to play a different game while away from home. I don't see that as a showstopper.

EDIT: And just to be clear, I'm addressing that line of thought in general, not you directly. I don't know if you hold to that view, or if you were just making a statement based on Nintendo's perceived stance/others comments. Regardless, I don't agree it is an issue.

Where's the news here? Wouldn't this still be classed as a rumour, seeing as it's still, y'know, a rumour?

Buying this day 1 😊 Perfect game for undocked mode 😊

Cmon it’s defo true, even before it was a little rumour! Why is it hard to believe a 6 yr old game is coming to switch lol
Wait till grand theft auto 5 gets announced, it is 110% going to happen it really is just a case of when. Think about it!? The switch they say will be around for years with no possible upgrade, in other words new games on PS4 or Xbox or pc will not be coming to switch unless specially catered for so that means the next few years the switch really will be a console for older ports. Tech is already way ahead of my beloved switch so I know the bigger games will NOT be coming to switch apart from Nintendo ips.
In other words the switch really is a console that will get all the ports as it’s breathed new life into that market all because of portability. So expect these games to flood in the next couple of years!

@Jeronan I know when it was released. What I'm saying is it was clear console was part of the design planning from the get-go and that influenced some design decisions, regardless of when it released ultimately.

And please don't remind me of the auction house. I'd nearly forgotten. You've renewed my darkest nightmares.

For those complaining about the price. Two things. First if it's physical, you know the switch cartridge is more expensive. Second, if you really want something you would get it regardless of the price.

@Rika_Yoshitake Technically, Overwatch could be run on the Switch, since it's so well-optimized... However, it's an always-online title, and would need the Switch's stock clock settings while docked to run smoothly, so portable/undocked mode would be out of the question- which kind of defeats the purpose of the Switch. Whereas Diablo 3 could be played in single player while portable/undocked, or perhaps even with local multiplayer, while online multiplayer could be accessed while docked. So D3 would lend itself moreso to the Switch than Overwatch.

@Rika_Yoshitake
Overwatch might look offensive on the switch....

@NEStalgia I have to agree with you on the game design and UI of D3 being greatly simplified for use on consoles. From a PC gaming perspective, the game design and UI clearly suffer from consolitis when compared to D2/LoD. Combined with things like the poorly conceived AH that Blizzard tried to use to circumvent RMT on the PC version, subsequent to removing it for consoles, it's painfully obvious that D3 was not designed with PC gamers in mind. (Not to mention the horrible online-only decision for the PC version, which contributed to no one being able to play the game on launch day, and many other days.) My longtime friend and I quit D3 after a week. Didn't take long to see that PC gamers got screwed- the real Blizzard North Diablo III had truly been canned.

In case you haven't seen it, here's a glimpse of what could have been:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nmE5t1EvM8

https://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo_III:_Blizzard_North_version

Even at a glance, it was very clearly designed with PC in mind, no comparison to the D3 which exists today. (And personally, I preferred the Blizzard North aesthetics as well.)

I think Diablo 3 on a handheld would be a lot of fun. I will keep it on my radar.

I think it would be the perfect game for on-the-go. Diablo 3 was one game I would enjoying playing on my Switch.

Although, after Pillars of Eternity was announced for the Switch, I expected this would be in the works. Whether secretly or publicly, I figured Blizzard wanted to get this out there.

How is Diablo 3's always online requirement going to function with a device that is made to be portable. I would hate to have the game, and then not be able to play it because I'm on an airplane or something.

@SnarkyJay The console versions don't have the always online requirement, only the PC version got stuck with that horrible decision.

@PlywoodStick That's good to know! Thanks!

Another OLD game. Yay?

@NintendoFan4Lyf Laptops are portable, but they're not handheld portable. They need to be sat down somewhere to use effectively- essentially in the same manner as a stationary PC. Not to mention the Tegra X1 would struggle with Overwatch in it's underclocked state while portable/undocked. Overwatch is very competitive, it would need the Switch's stock clocks to run smoothly. That kind of defeats the purpose of the Switch, though, if it only works well while docked...

Also, if the Eurogamer source is correct, then the official statement response was just a cop-out, and Blizzard does in fact have plans to announce a Switch version in the future. If they are in fact working on it, then they revealed the night light allegory too early. (Which the source themselves was confused about- perhaps it got internally leaked through miscommunication?)

@sword_9mm

I can’t say I know exactly what the Switch is capable of in that way, or that I actually understand you fully.

But from my understanding the Switch can cope with more demanding games than the XB360, and Diablo isn’t that demanding at all according to the specs requirements.

@Syntaxkita Yes. Gotta get those hits and clicks!

Jokes aside, if the Eurogamer source is correct, then that means the Switch version is in fact on the way, and the official Blizzard statement was a cop-out because they somehow posted the night light allegory too soon. I would say that is worth writing about.

@Syntaxkita Considering there was a pretty large reaction to a Blizzard teaser a week or two ago, Blizzard denied it had anything to do with a Switch release, and now Eurogamer cites sources that state it is still coming - Yes, I'd say this is news worthy.

@sword_9mm D3 is an old game, even an XB360 can run it @ 60 FPS during light action. The Switch shouldn't have any major problems running it, although it remains to be seen if graphical tearing/frame drops during heavy action would be fixed, which was an issue for the 360/PS3 versions, moreso for PS3. Docked, probably little to no slowdown, but undocked/portable, possibly some slowdown during heavy action.

@PlywoodStick

yeah. if that's the case i wouldn't double dip for it. has to play portable for me to buy (i don't dock the thing). i'm honestly kinda upset N didn't think the portable through very far. games should be exact docked or portable with only resolution being different. if a game chugs portable but not docked that's an issue with N's design imo. also the x1 is just not very good anymore. i guess N had to pick something. probably not smart to stick with nvidia though. those guys are fine in the pc graphics card side but just ask MS how well they play in the console space.

the PC is a better way to play for me anyway and i've all but burned out on the game after hundreds of hours.

i'm just really ready for a switch 2. fingers crossed for 2019. 2 year cycles should be pretty good for a portable system.

@sword_9mm. We are talking about a game that came out before the Wii U. It’s not exactly state of the art. I’m sure the switch could run it just fine at 720p.

@PlywoodStick I’m betting if they did port it the game would run fine. As others have mentioned I wouldn’t even consider it if the game didn’t run well undocked. I almost never sick my switch. I won’t even consider Xenoblade 2 because of the stark contrast in performance docked vs undocked.

@PlywoodStick Yep. It was certainly the common trend of the time, but it was really unfortunate. The art style switch was kind of jarring (though I suppose unifying it with the (equally abhorrent) Warcraft 3 art style made sense.) I do wish we could have seen the real D3 though in motion. The D3 we got, is, on console, a pretty good game actually, so-so on PC, as a D2 fan, but it missed most of its heart.

I'm actually more excited for Titan Quest. A properly made D2 clone on console somehow feels better than D3 on any platform, despite both actually being good games.

Portable Diablo 3...I'm sold. I have it on PS4 and PC (Season 13 has just started). Even though I'm predominantly a PC gamer, I think the current gen console version is by far and away the best version of the game. If Blizz can replicate that on Switch, this 42 year old veteran gamer shall be taking early retirement.

@SmaggTheSmug I have played the first one on pc when I was a boy. And I know the 64 version was a mess. But I believe it could be done on a modern console, with the right minds behind the wheel of course. I just really really hate gaming on a pc. Really. As long as they don’t make another one on console your argument, with all due respect, is the same one I hear again and again and remains a valid point. I disagree good sir.

Okay, this would be pretty sweet.

@th3r3ds0x

yeah, that was a mess from what I've read.

switch2, switch2, switch2..

Diablo 3 is the easiest game I've ever played. Granted, I played it on Hard mode (not the infernal or whatever 'cause I couldn't open it), but I don't know how to take damage or die in the game even when I was just standing on one place and let the monsters beat me.

Its a old game, but they upgraded it for years so its not like the release version.

@sword_9mm Or even a PS3 can handle...

Multiplayer with two Joy Cons would be nice.

@Audiobrainiac It's the only argument needed. Just like playing character action games like Bayonetta or DmC is less than optimal with K+M, RTS doesn't really work with console controllers. Especially a difficult one like StarCraft.

To make a console RTS it would probably need to use Herzog Zwei style: the player controls one unit and issues orders this way. That was something invented before Dune 2 codified RTS as what we know now. There was a recent game utilizing this system called Tooth and Tail. But apparently despite the pixel art style the devs aren't competent enough to get it running well on PS4, which is a shame. Typical debuting indie dev problem.

@sword_9mm I’d be all over a switch 2. They could even make it .25-.50 inches thicker and give it the juice to push out real 1080p 60fps graphics. I don’t need anything more in the palm of my hand.

@SmaggTheSmug I can’t help but wonder if something could be done with Switch’s motion controls or IR camera for mouse movements. It seems to work precise enough on the few games that use it.

Did they actually say "We're not making Diablo III for Switch" ?

starcraft...

Honestly, I would prefer a Hearthstone port.

But if it has the expansions, I might finally try out a Diablo game. If only to encourage Blizzard to hopefully bring more stuff to Switch.

@Cia
That's a good point. I dont recall dying much, if ever. I never finished the game though. I suppose upping the difficulty would change that.

This and OVERWATCH were the two games on top of my Switch Wish List. I hope this is true as it would be a definite pre-order for me!

@YummyHappyPills No, they back peddled and said it was them "demoing" internally as practice for the future and real Pokemon on Switch.

Why people like Diablo?

It's all click, click, click on the monsters, like squishing bugs, and you do that for the entire game. The game is easy even on the hardest setting, just a couple hours into the game you will become near invincible (if you are know how to customise your gears and skills). The fun is not the action on the screen but configuring the weapons and amour, magical items and skill sets. Be the best you can be, that's the gist of this game. You set forth, slaughtering monsters and demons, collecting tons of loots and repeat again with the customisation.

This addictive cycle of loot and customisation has been replicated in many games, most failed to achieve Diablo's level of keeping it engaging. Steamworld games (Dig and Heist) comes close, and surpassed Diablo in the gameplay department.

Diablo 3 and Overwatch, I’m cool with either title first, I plan on purchasing both! Thankfully if they finally decide to port OW, I’ll be in a good spot in D3, along with Metroid Prime 4, just in time to get the next Blizz released game!

@NewAdvent Why does the price come down? Competition and lack of price. You think if people were still buying it at the same rate Blizzard would just bring the price down? Why?

If there is a customer base on Switch that will pay good money for it, it's not a rip off, it's matching the price to the value the customer has put on it. Why would they do that, though, when they can play it on their PC or a laptop? Well, why did they buy a Switch in the first place?

Charging a price that the customer happily pays for because they feel it matches the value they put on it is not greed. It's just good business.

@Zuljaras Dawn of War, an excellent game series (aside from Soulstorm and DoW3). Even that would be dodgy with a gamepad. Bound boxing units, enabling and disabling special abilities like Cloaking or the fact that some abilities were basically skillshots (which DoW3 embraced to a ridiculous degree).
I think Halo Wars or whatever it was called is designed with Xbox in mind.

I wouldn't mind some 40k presence on the Switch. But most of the mobile 40k games are heretically bad. I'd rather have something developed straight for it.

Count me in!

@PlywoodStick Overwatch is no different than Splatoon 2, except that it has a single player campaign, but 90% of the game is Online Multiplayer.
I was on Maui, Hawaii last summer when Splatoon 2 released, so I bought the digital version for both mine and my son's console. Downloaded it over the hotel WiFi and we had a blast playing Online Multiplayer and Salmon run over the Hotel Wifi on friggin' Maui, Hawaii in the middle of the Pacific. lol

So I am sure it won't be any issue playing Overwatch in Portable mode, as long as you have a good Wifi or mobile hotspot connection.

@Zuljaras

touchscreen.

@Zuljaras Switch has a touchscreen, better than mouse.

@Ziggy93
I was going to say the same thing. I think anyone asking "But can the system handle it???" forget that this is on PS3 and runs just fine. Also...I have to disagree with anyone that thinks this is a "must be online" game. I have it on my PS3...along with the Reaper of Souls update...and play the game 90% of the time or more solo.

I would get it again for Switch though as I love these hack and slash time sinks...gimmee that loot! lol

I'd double dip on this, actually, it would be triple dip as I have it on PC and PS4.

@AnimeGamerFan I hope they won't add Mario or Nintendo characters inside the game. Or scanned an Amiibo and changed the costume to Link or Metroid...

@roadrunner343 I totally agree with you bud, I just thought that from Nintendo's perspective, every game on their console should be playable on the go or on TV, but yea if Diablo 3 comes with only multiplayer and same for Overwatch and other things, I don't care, playing Overwatch alone in the train or even 1v1 against a friend is not even the point of the game, the point is to play with a standing Internet connection, and I don't think that the console being a hybrid should be a reason to not see multiplayer only games. But hey, maybe it's a Nintendo argument (or another company who consider to port a game)

@NintendoFan4Lyf Yea I forgot about tablet only games and android ports, having only TV games makes more sense
But maybe from the point of view of Blizzard or any other company who consider to port a game (especially if it's multiplayer only), they'll want to develop some features so the game is really "hybrid" if you know what I mean. But meh, I'm sure they will just port it straight, like, will someone really complain about a potential Fortnite Battleroyale port but without offline play ?

@Zuljaras There are exclusive handheld mode Switch games. Also, the game can be sold on iOS and Android.

@sword_9mm Regarding graphics concessions, I have the Xbox 360 version and I think it runs great. I'm pretty sure the Switch hardware is comparable to the Xbox 360, so it should be at least that good.

@Nincompoop
I understand that and all, but I think even in a game like that there should be at least some challenge. I can't die even if I surround myself with 100 enemies and a semi-boss all beating me at the same time while I do nothing. My health bar is constantly at max, rendering healing items useless. Even getting better loot is meaningless if you're already immortal.
The actual bosses have not fared any better. Might as well not kill anything but the bosses and just walk the levels through. I'm not even halfway through the game and my character is already an invulnerable god. The regeneration perks give me more health than the enemies could ever hope to deal.
I don't remember Diablo 1 or 2 being like this. At least I had to use potions at times.

After a brief google search about the issue, apparently it's just not me and happens even in Expert difficulty. I've got no idea why Blizzard created a game where you can't die or even take damage. It's really ruining the entire experience.

Besides, the diffficulty can't be turned to max before the campaign has been played through on lower difficulties. Why would I want to start it again immediately after seeing all the game has to offer, just to get some real challenge? (if it ever gets challenging)

Of course, I'm talking about the PC version here. Hopefully they change the game for the better (an actual game) for Switch.

@Cia For me, after being invincible I invest less in defence and put everything in attack. All magic, weapon, skills, etc select the ones with strongest attack attributes. This way you can kill the monsters quicker. That becomes a goal and it gives the game a purpose to play.

If you invest less in defence, over a period you will become vulnerable when new stronger enemies appeared in new places.