Contrary to what most of us have probably been given the impression of (if you don't pay attention to rumours anyway), Blizzard says Diablo III on consoles is "theoretically possible." During a Eurogamer interview previewing the game, chief designer Rob Pardo seems to think out loud on what such an endeavour would entail.

It's a really solid preview too, so check it out if you're interested.

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[It] won't be appearing on consoles. Well, it's not planned. When asked, Pardo stops well short of slamming the door. "I think it's theoretically possible. It would have some control changes that I think you'd have to make... You'd need to think about a lot of the point-and-click spells, like point to area-of-effect, or things like line-damage in this direction. Target selection is something you're going to lose on console, you're really going to be able to do targeting direction, but not specific targeting." So it would need a complete redesign? "Oh, I don't think it would be a redesigned game," he says firmly. "Out of StarCraft, Warcraft or WOW, Diablo would be the easiest game to translate. But it would still take a bit of work."

chautemoc via eurogamer.net »