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Offline mode allows up to four players to play on the same screen at the same time. There is no split screen. In but in order to keep the screen as uncluttered as possible each player's on-screen UI is condensed and each one will sit in a corner of the screen.
Online mode is accessed via Playstation Network or Xbox Live and not Battle.Net. A Battle.Net account is not necessary to play Diablo 3 on a console. Characters created this way will be stored on your cloud storage space or on your console's hard drive. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/additional-diablo-3-console-details-revealed-at-pax-east Playing Online] - Kotaku, 25/03/13</ref>.
As there are different tiers of membership through Playstation Network and Xbox Live access to characters is handled differently depending on the console. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-console-save-files-and-offline-play-issues Saves Files and Offline Play] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 15/06/13</ref>
<blue>How guests can play with you on same screen co-op varies between the console systems.
On the PlayStation 3, additional players will have access to any saves that any User on the system has; however, only the primary User can unlock trophies during single-system co-op.
As an additional point of clarification, PS3 players that visit a friend’s house for some local co-op action will be able to access their own characters from either a save on a USB stick, or by accessing their characters from cloud saves (if they have PlayStation Plus).
How this works is that at their friend’s house, the visiting player would need to create a new local User on the console, then sign into their Sony Entertainment Network (SEN) account with PS+ and pull down their save from cloud storage. They could alternatively bring over their save on a USB stick, but they will still need to create a new local User on the console in order to partake in local co-op with their character(s) from home.
On the Xbox 360, if additional players logs in on other profiles, they are able to load their own heroes from their own save files. They can also bring their profile and Diablo III save on a memory unit or memory stick and load it at their friend’s house, or alternatively, they can bring their save file and recover their profile from Xbox LIVE (both Silver and Gold tier accounts can do this). If the player is an Xbox LIVE Gold Tier member and they choose to use Cloud Saving from Microsoft, they can also recover both their profile and their save at their friend’s house. It’s important to note that only Gold Tier members can play online with other players over Xbox LIVE, however, Silver and Gold Tier members can play locally and recover profiles.
If additional Xbox 360 players log in on a guest profiles, they cannot load their own heroes from save files. If they log in on a guest profile, they will need to create a new hero and when they quit out of the game, their hero will not be saved.
On the Xbox 360 version, each profile that is playing together can unlock achievements.</blue>
There are no plans to add support for USB mice or keyboards. <ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/no-diablo-3-playstation-network-and-pc-battle-net-connectivity USB mice and keyboards] - CM, Blizzard Entertainment, 26/02/13</ref>
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Using the D-Pad you can scroll through the last few items picked up in this way too. Unlike accessing the inventory screen this action will not interrupt game play.
Items can still be traded in via the in-game trade window however.
