Why do you think Blizzard Entertainment never moved one of his major titles to consoles?

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chriswingate | 1 year, 11 months ago

Actually a few of their titles did make it onto major consoles throughout the years, besides being on PC and Mac. Some of them had slightly better success than others. One of the problems is bringing a real-time strategy game to a console is the controls. With a keyboard and mouse you have easy, fluid control over your troops and management. With console controllers, it's not as easy due to using the D-pad and such.

One of their early console titles was The Lost Vikings which appeared on the Amiga, Amiga CD32, Game Boy Advance, MS-DOS, Sega Mega Drive, and the SNES.

Warcraft II appeared on MS-DOS, Linux, AmigaOS 4, Mac OS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and Microsoft Windows.

Diablo DID appear on the Playstation system, along with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

Starcraft showed up on the N64 along with Microsoft Windows and Mac.

and Diablo 3 on a console is a "maybe":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2008/jun/30/blizzardinterviewdiablo3co

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment#Titles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft:_Orcs_%26_Humans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_II:_Tides_of_Darkness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_(computer_game)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StarCraft

One of their early console titles was [[The Lost Vikings]] which appeared on the [[Amiga]], [[Amiga CD32]], [[Game Boy Advance]], [[MS-DOS]], [[Sega Mega Drive]], and the [[SNES]].

[[Warcraft II]] appeared on [[MS-DOS]], [[Linux]], [[AmigaOS 4]], [[Mac OS]], [[Sega Saturn]], [[PlayStation]], and [[Microsoft Windows]].

[[Diablo]] DID appear on the [[Playstation]] system, along with [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac OS]].

[[Starcraft]] showed up on the [[N64]] along with [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Mac]].

and [[Diablo 3]] on a console is a "maybe":
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2008/jun/30/blizzardinterviewdiablo3co

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neon22 | 1 year, 11 months ago

Actually the skills required to make console games are quite different to PC games. The biggest difference is the licensing and packaging requirements which are quite complex and the environments are quite different too. You have to skill up on the special libs for the consoles and their dedicated hardware.
For console only companies it generally takes a few years to get a grip on a new platform and make optimized solutions.
Probably Blizzard just never bothered. Also there is some elitism that they may well feel towards the consoles and their dedicated controllers as opposed to the fast mice and more customization available in PC games.

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