Overwatch for Consoles is Not Just a PC Port

There won't be PC-console crossplay.

Blizzard's new team-based shooter, Overwatch was designed to play well on consoles as well as PC, game director Jeff Kaplan said during BlizzCon. "It was kind of a dream of ours," Kaplan said.

Kaplan addressed the concerns that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Overwatch were ported from the PC version.

"When we started to make Overwatch ... it was our goal from day one to have this game playable on console," Kaplan said. "Designing the game so it felt great on a console controller almost put this forced design elegance on us," he added, meaning that they wanted the games controls to play well with a limited number of buttons.

Kaplan also said that the console versions of Overwatch will come with "full integration with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network." He also confirmed that there won't be cross play between PC and consoles. "They're their own ecosystems," he said.