Blizzard being Blizzard. No controller support for Diablo 3 PC

The console and PC versions of Diablo III will remain separate entities – so says Blizzard. The news was offered to Eurogamer when they were handed Tablets of Stone from up high with the words of wisdom inscribed upon them.

“The rhythm on PC is tactactactactactac – you’re clicking the mouse, you’re telling your character where to go, the rhythm is very different. It flows more, because you’re constantly repositioning your character with the thumbstick; you’re really never stationary on console, whereas on PC you’re a lot more stationary,” said Lord Blizzard level designer Matthew Berger.

“If I let you use the controller on the PC, then I have to let you use the user interface that goes with it, and if I give you the roll and I haven’t throttled the number of enemies attacking you because the mouse-and-keyboard players can handle all those enemies, but with a controller you have too many guys,” Berger declared.

“The games have really been structured to take advantage of their environment and their ecosystem, so in the same way it would not be a good fit to put a mouse and keyboard on the console. It wouldn’t work.”

Matthew Berger then vanished in a puff of smoke.