The press conference held by Blizzard included a Q&A.  This gem was in there:
 
16:50: Will Diablo III be coming to console? Lead designer Josh Mosqueira said we "are very, very serious" about bringing the "Diablo experience" to consoles, and they are hiring a team to help do so. "It will be awesome, stay tuned."
 
The source contains a recap of the conference:
 
http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/levelup/a335650/gamescom-2011-blizzard-press-conference.html
 
Here are a few others:
 http://www.gamingbus.com/2011/08/17/blizzard-press-conference-%E2%80%93-gamescom-2011/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-17-blizzard-serious-about-console-diablo-3

God I hope they do.

Sweet this means i'll actually play this game .

Good. I rather play Diablo on my big ass TV than my old iMac.

That's fine.

I just hope it turns out better than the PS1 port of the original game.

Woah, way to jump to conclusions. He could very well be talking about some sort of "Diablo-lite" XBLA spinoff in the same vein as Torchlight.

Great news; the more people who get to play this the better.

I just hope it won't be a watered-down version. Play my games primarily on the PC but it's always a bummer to hear things like TF2 being stuck in 2007 for the 360 duders.

They'll have to slow it down. Especially for spellcasters who need to be able to cast spells at specific parts of the map in a split second to succeed at higher difficulties.

Good news but I'd rather play it on the PC...if it can handle it.

Considering Torchlight and Bastion, I think consoles can handle Diablo games just fine.

"Diablo experience" which I assume would mean something in a similar vein to Civilization Revolution.

Sure I guess. The PC version will still be the definitive version

Knew that already, and it'll get the full treatment imo. It's a natural crossover w/XBL also. Was the pc beta start date revealed yet?

"Diablo Experience," so were going to get Diablo Slot Machines that give you money in the real game if you play it before release! Don't forget Diablo pinball and Diablo Breakout that drop epic loots when you play for 18 hours straight!

Huh...my sarcasm made me interested in something like that.

Cool beans.

Sweet this means i'll actually play this game .

@BeachThunder said:

"Diablo experience" which I assume would mean something in a similar vein to Civilization Revolution.

That's my guess as well.

The more the merrier.

This has been pretty known for a while to anyone that pays attention to diablo 3.... I believe someone said they are only going to do it if they can figure out how to make it work well in consoles.

So really the only question here is was he just reconfirming that or was he stating that they actually came up with a satisfactory way to do it.

edit: either way, it is definitely designed to be a pc game so i wouldn't get my hopes up about the console version if it does happen.

They've said they would for awhile...but would take awhile cause you obviously have to change the whole control scheme. What I think they'll do is make it direct control, so it's more of an action RPG.

God I hope they do.

IF it's the real deal (and not some watered down XBLA / PSN title) I wonder how they'll do with the auction house with real cash transactions. Sounds like something Microsoft and Sony wouldn't want to have in a game on their consoles, or at least without them seeing anything of said cash for themselves.

Now when will Diablo II come to consoles? It's the only one that hasn't, so I expect some type of downloadable version of it or whatever.

Wouldn't be the first time a Diablo game was on consoles. Shouldn't be any surprises there.

It's pretty much confirmed at this point.

FUUUUUUUUUCK YEEEEEAAAAA!

saw this today on twitter. D3 coming to at least the PS3. Blizzard posting job opening for software engineer for the PS3.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=1100059

@TaliciaDragonsong said:

The more the merrier.

@Three0neFive said:

Woah, way to jump to conclusions. He could very well be talking about some sort of "Diablo-lite" XBLA spinoff in the same vein as Torchlight.

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! FUCK SHIT ASS NO NO NO!

I can see this happening. It certainly bodes well for players who wouldn't get a chance to play the game otherwise. Anything that expands the potential audience for the series is a good thing. It only ensures a continued focus on the series.

@august said:

They'll have to slow it down. Especially for spellcasters who need to be able to cast spells at specific parts of the map in a split second to succeed at higher difficulties.

This.

I sincerely hope so. Saves me from having to install a new OS and run the game at a medium setting with bad framerate.

@Video_Game_King said:

Now when will Diablo II come to consoles? It's the only one that hasn't, so I expect some type of downloadable version of it or whatever.

I can't imagine playing a Necromancer in D2 on a controller and not having a frustrating experience. Or any other spell caster, really.

@Video_Game_King said:

@august: So that's your way of telling me to avoid the PS1 version?

I've never played D1, so maybe it works well on console? It depends on how the spellcasting works in that game. Or maybe you could just play as a Warrior and have a good time. I only know D2 really, and a lot of the classes and abilities rely on speedy and accurate mouse pointing.

Good.  The game deserves to be enjoyed by as many people as possible.  And there must be at least a few people in Blizzard's upper management that salivate at the thought of console gaming income.  Plus Torchlight on 360 proves how well those games can adapt to gamepad control.  Not as precise as mouse and keyboard, but certainly not bad either.

Already expected. As long as it doesn't ruin the PC version it doesn't matter.

I find it amusing that the elitest PC crowd are once again worrying about consoles dumbing down a beloved franchise. It makes sense in some cases, but Diablo is already as dumb as they get. I imagine it'll be handled like Torchlight, were certain mechanics are changed for the console version to make it better suited for the controller. Which is fine, the PC version is untainted and console owners get to enjoy the fun too.

@WinterSnowblind said:

I find it amusing that the elitest PC crowd are once again worrying about consoles dumbing down a beloved franchise. It makes sense in some cases, but Diablo is already as dumb as they get. I imagine it'll be handled like Torchlight, were certain mechanics are changed for the console version to make it better suited for the controller. Which is fine, the PC version is untainted and console owners get to enjoy the fun too.

NO THOSE CONSOLE PEASANT DO NOT HOW TO ENJOY A GAME WHICH BEGINS ON THE PC. IT ONLY BELONGS TO PC. HOW DARE BLIZZARD BETRAY US LIKE THIS! THIS IS A SLAP TO THE FACE! I'MA GONNA PIRATE ALL BLIZZARD PRODUCTS ANYWAY. THEY LOST THEIR WAY AFTER THE MERGER. GRR. SO ANGRY ANGRY MANGY ANGRY

ASLO

FUCK YOU CONSOLE 'TARDS.

/peace

I don't see why people are complaining about this.

Good news but I'd rather play it on the PC...if it can handle it.

I just hope this doesn't ruin the PC version. I know it won't, but I have my fears.

Most Blizzard games have a shitty console version. Not surprising. 

one of those games thats just meant to be on pc so i will play it on pc.

It would be great if it had cross platform play but as they are likely going to have to change certain mechanics for the controller scheme it's not gonna happen I bet.

Will still be getting it on PC. If you have the choice it's a no brainer, always good to not be locked out of a game just because you don't own the platform it's on, though.

That's good news for a lot of people who doesn't own a gaming PC.

Interesting to see how they to handle it. They could just port it to PS3 with mouse & keyboard support, but that might be redundant if they slow the pace of the game for pads anyway.