Moving on, the change is likely due to the recent announcement from Microsoft that their network had been retooled from the ground up and now has complete native compatibility for cross-platform play. The one positive might be that all players on the two affected services will be receiving free promo items. PS3->PS4 and XBox 360-> XBox 1 save transfers will not be affected.

Two key services, the switching of saves from XBox to PSN or PSN to XBox format will be unavailable after that date. This announcement came out of nowhere, and heavily affects the console versions of Diablo 3. Several services will no longer be available as a result.Īll the services which link and both Xbox Live and the Playstation Network (PSN) are being decommissioned on April 26. Aoife took a look at it and said the Switch port was ' solid and dependable'.Starting profiles will no longer be able to be linked to the Console versions of Diablo 3. I guess we'll watch this space.ĭiablo 3: Eternal Collection will release on Nintendo Switch on 2nd November, 2018. It's a curious statement, though, given the original report intimated the Diablo 3 team was 'actively working' with partners at Sony and Microsoft, so it's unclear if the dev was simply a little too excited and let the cat out of the bag too soon, or entirely misconstrued details about the team pursuing cross-play in the first place. However, in a subsequent statement to DualShockers, Blizzard said: 'While we love the idea of bringing our players together across platforms, we do not have any plans to implement cross-platform gameplay for Diablo at this time.' The news seemed plausible given Sony recently reversed its decision to prevent cross-play, permitting PlayStation 4 owners to play with people playing on Nintendo Switch and Xbox One for the first time. Blizzard has dashed hopes that Diablo 3: Eternal Collection will be available with cross-play.īusiness Insider initially reported that during a demonstration, a Blizzard representative confirmed that console cross-play - which would enable Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One players to play together - was 'a question of when, not if'.

Diablo 3 cross platform play?