Diablo 3 console: No cross-platform, No seasons

It is a sad news that comes from Blizzard today, for all Diablo 3 console players, as the company has officially confirmed to Gamespot that Xbox and PlayStation owners will never be able to play Diablo 3 together, or experience any of the Seasons content.

 

The cross-platform is especially impossible to create, as the lead designer Kevin Martens sees the platforms as two incompatible ecosystems:

It is definitely not possible at this point in this game. We didn’t build it that way, so the two ecosystems are closed. I’m trying to give you the most definitive, least PR answer there is, and that is No, we can’t do that. What the Xbox and PlayStation networks do is different than what Battle.net does.

Truth to be told, no game has any form of cross-platform play between PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A more relevant option in Diablo 3 which console will miss, is the ability to compete in Seasons (when you build a new character and start the game afresh on a level playing field):

Seasons require always online, and that’s one of the major differences in the ecosystems there. For seasonal conquests and things to be what they are, everyone has to be playing on the same leveled field. That’s a great example for something that doesn’t work for consoles.