It Turns Out Blizzard Won't Actually Be Adding Cross-Platform Play To Diablo III

Seems to be a missed opportunity. Hopefully in the future they’ll implement cross play?

Well, that's too bad. Oh well.

You changed the title from cross-console to cross-platform... Is there that much of a difference?

Well that rep’s fired.
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I am still very much looking forward to Diablo 3. I played about 6 hours of it once on an underpowered Mac and haven’t owned a console since PS1 so switch will be my first proper go at this. It looks like the kind of game I will love and am pretty sure it will sell well enough to have a decent online following, hopefully one day crossplay will be a thing too.

Typical stupid reps.

@Mamabear its more likely to be in diablo 4 at this point since they would be able to implement it at the same time as its development.

I’d really love to be able to access the same characters from Switch or PC. If I could do that I’d get the Switch version on day one. No interest in maintaining two separate Diablo 3 universes.

That's a shame, but I'm still excited to play it again! This kind of game is perfect to lay down in bed and grind while watching Netflix.

@Dalarrun if I’m grinding in bed it won’t be with a Switch

@Dalarrun Dude, I'm upset with you. I'm addicted to this dumb manga and it's your fault

Tomorrow: "We've changed our minds and are looking forward to crossplaying"
Day After: "Scratch what we said, screw crossplaying. Never gonna happen"
Next Day: "Now that we think about it........"

@Kalmaro

It's good, right?! I'm just waiting for season 2, I recently bought an Elias Funko Pop from a night market and I have a t shirt with the characters. I don't often buy anime merch but it stood out to me and about three episodes in I fell in love with it!

It’s almost like these reps have no idea what’s actually going on in the companies they’re supposed to represent. Happens a lot, one person says one thing then another says something else.

@Dalarrun It's such an interesting story. I get your pic now. I love when he suddenly goes to cute dog/goat head. I got to see his true form though, this guy is legit.

@subpopz ...Fair point.

Sad but not surprising. Maybe in their next game.

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Of course they're not planning it right now. The focus right now is getting the game out first on Switch and see how it goes.

still getting it to play as ganondorf to slaughter demons as the demon king.

@Brewsta it is a fantastic game with great replay value as well. As each hero has unique skills that make it so refreshing. I know that feel of having underpowered PC, hense I also jumped to console

@th3r3ds0x Netflix and "grind" 😂

That's totally understandable because :

https://segmentnext.com/2018/10/12/next-diablo-4-ps5-open-world/

I been following Diablo 3 developments and there's a lot of stuffs. I was surprised that they wanted to make an cross-play since they have said that they don't want PC to connect with PS4 at the time. Now this make even more sense. The reasons why they don't want cross play for PC to PS4 at the time because of the season features. PC is always online while the PS4 can be played offline therefore they don't want people on PS4 to be cheating.

But you could argue cross-play between all the consoles are different story from PC to console.

@Kalmaro what manga are you talking about?

Wow...thats a big switch back ain't it? Welp, they lost a sale. Not because I'm bitter or anything. I simply have no reason anymore as my brother and cousin play on other platforms.

@Ignatius The Ancient Magus' Bride

@th3r3ds0x actually laughed hard at this

@Cobalt the site is using reddit as a source. which 9 out of 10 isn't true.
it would be neat to have next gen for next year. only thing required is a strong line up.

@Spectra i hope you re joking cause nintendo would not say no to cross play not like sony.

Nintendo whouldnt say no

This is coming from the same company who also said they had no plans of bringing Diablo 3 to Switch just a few months before they announced Diablo 3 was coming to the Switch. It seems that Blizzard's strategy for responding to leaks is to simply deny it even if it's an outright lie.

This is what happens when you make articles based on anonymous reps statements. Wait for official announcements instead. Now you’ve built up hype for nothing.

@Kalmaro

So much of it is subtle, the story I mean. The little touches here and there were really cool, and I actually like that it isn't super action heavy. I'll probably start posting in the forums here soon and maybe we can talk about anime over there!

@Dalarrun That would require me to actually go on the forums 🤔

@PrincessBowsette was wondering when someone would try and blame the big bad Sony.

@IBeAGamer

He/she kind of has a point when it comes to crossplay, though. Sony is definitely the farthest behind in that department and while it's cool that Fortnite is crossplay now, we still need Rocket League and other games.

buhahah first they news was that they wanted.... poor souls here who get their hopes up.. .all gone now

@IBeAGamer are you serious sony has gotten so much flak in not having crossplay wen it came to fornite and the backlash made them look bad.

@Tasuki It's not really a false report, a Blizzard representative told businessinsider that they were working on it and that it was a ''when, not if''. Just stupid miscommunication on behalf of Blizzard.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/diablo-3-cross-platform-2018-10?r=US&IR=T

Oh look no anger at Blizzard. More proof that this whole thing was a scapegoat to dump on a competing console.

If Cross play was really that important you'd be demanding it for this too.

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This game is fantastic, even for the story while running solo. This doesn't bother me one bit. It is a shame I had my fill of the game years ago.

@PrincessBowsette yet there is absolutely no proof that they're the cause here.

All I want is native keyboard and mouse support! Square and FFXIV can do it, Blizzard get off your but and fix this so I can play some of the builds that need it to be effective.

maybe they will announce a diablo 4 at blizzcon next month and the investment isn't worth it ?

Crossplay should be a thing for all multiplatform games imo.

Well internet, it's time to do what you do best...

Grab your pitchforks and torches! You're marching to Blizzard HQ at dawn.

@Brewsta

it's fun. if you liked diablo it's diablo.

i've never played it on a console but i assume it holds up.

It’s an old game. It wasn’t designed with cross-platform play in mind like the latest games such as Rocket League, Minecraft bedrock Edition and Fortnite.

@sword_9mm

The console versions use an alternate control scheme (direct 1:1 control over the character instead of point-and-click). A lot of people don't like it, but plenty enough do.

I still plan on getting it regardless but cross play would have been nice.

@IBeAGamer you seriously havent read my first post to spectra really well i was making a point him that nintendo would not say no to crossplay while sony has a history being stubborn on that issue.

@Kalmaro Watched that whole series on Funimation. Brilliant stuff. Even my girlfriend loved it.

This is legitimately disappointing. I played a lot on PC, and might be inclined to get a Switch version if I could continue those characters.

But I have absolutely no interest in starting from scratch.

@Dpullam I love it!

Seems like they are going to do it, but they don't want to announce it until they're ready, just in case, so they're not held liable for saying they're doing something they end up not doing.

Already finish to play story on PC Version.

@th3r3ds0x it will be with Palmela Henderson and her 5 sisters 😂🤣 ✊.
I gest only and also agree with you. The bedroom is for different grinding 🤘

@Kidfunkadelic83 that would be a different type of “handheld” but my wife might object 😂

@th3r3ds0x she may be up for some 2 player 😂

@Kidfunkadelic83 Co-op

Top 10 Anime Betrayals.

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Its fine...i can play it on my PC if i want to play with other veteran and hardcore PC users.. its kinda refreshing imo. They are so bored of it so they can't stand mistakes or have patience for new players.

Hmm, it doesn't say it won't be happening. It just says they'd love to and have no plans to do it at 'this time', as in 'now'? What about 'now'? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5drjr9PmTMA

They refused to answer after the whole light switch thing too... https://blizzardwatch.com/2018/03/07/blizzard-wont-confirm-deny-whether-diablo-3-coming-nintendo-switch/

Would have been nice. This is the big reason I'm not picking Diablo III up for Switch right away. I've had to grind so much in this game on PC and PS4 that it's not really appealing at all to start over now on Switch though the portable aspect is really appealing. I'd love to even have the option to just have a one time copy of your Blizzard Diablo III stats to Switch and they diverge paths from there, that would be good enough for me. But if there was cross platform I would also likely pickup right away as I could have a higher level friend help grind me up to a higher level faster. Still I will pick this up eventually, and I am sure there are some new to the franchise that will thoroughly enjoy this. I hope Blizzard does well with this game and continues their support of the Switch console, maybe even with a Diablo 2 or StarCraft II remaster.

Please announce Diablo 4 for switch as well. If not, going to be added to my PS4 backlog

Well there goes that title for me and my friends, the plan was that we could bring our switches and play with our m8 who has a ps4.

Still gonna grab this.

But i can see why if you've already played it on other platforms, crossplay would appeal to you as you can migrate over, not being able to do so might stop you buying the game.

I’m afraid that there won’t be enough players on switch to justify this game.

I think someone spoke out of turn and ruined the surprise. They're spending too much effort into trying to debunk it.. like they did when they posted the Twitter graphic a while back and kept saying "we're not making a Switch game". Cross-play and/or even cross-platform syncing would be tremendous. When the game first came out years ago, cross-play wasn't a thing and they backpedaled the cross-platform character import/export. Nowadays you can only migrate from last to new gen.

I recently just got back into Diablo III: Reaper of Souls after years of being on my shelf and fell in love all over again, just put in 10+hrs this weekend alone. I honestly think, this is one of the few third party games that would legitimately gain from cross-play connectivity. I'm sure most D3 players who have a Switch would buy it again (probably for the 3-4x) if it meant that they didn't have to grind all over again.

The portable nature of the Switch and how easily it is in D3 to go offline and online co-op, screams "cross-play". Now whether Blizzard wants to patch the previous versions is up to them, but I'm sure they can put something in where the Switch can read imports from PC, Sony and Microsoft versions. I feel like the Switch can be the oddball console (being that it is hybrid) that could benefit from being able to import characters of previous versions. Who wouldn't want to play D3 in portable mode in offline co-op. I mean, before we had to farm at a TV or PC.. now we can do it anywhere!

Cross-play would guarantee old players coming back in droves. It's almost necessary for the Switch version to be a successful port so late after the previous versions. I'm getting it regardless, because I'm only 20hrs into it, but I can't imagine how demoralizing it would be for those who invested 5000+ hours to start anew. This will legit be my new/old hotness come November.

Well one day.... One day crossplay will be a given to most, if not all games released on all platforms. I can't wait for that day because I have friends on different consoles playing this game.... And I don't have dinero to buy all consoles, nor do I want to own all three.

I imagine this is something in the works and they just don't want to say for sure yet. Hopefully they're not as stubborn as Sony when it comes to this..

I’d be more upset if they totally ruled out Overwatch for Nintendo Switch, feasible is much better than no way.

I'm fine with Diablo 3 not having cross play since it's great title already. Cross Play is something we should push for in new games like Fortnite

No problem for me, I’ll buy it only for local co-op