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Valve: 'We messed up on PS3'

Orange Box 'didn't put our best foot forward', developer tells CVG

Valve has told CVG that it didn't put its "best foot forward" on PS3 with The Orange Box - and that it is working to "get better" on the system.

The PS3 version of The Orange Box - a huge commercial and critical success on Xbox 360 - was criticised by some quarters after Valve outsourced its development to EA.

The game was marked down by reviewers - with frame rate issues becoming a common bugbear.

Valve writer Chet Faliszek told CVG:

"We thought that the Orange Box didn't put our best foot forward with the PS3 community. We don't want to do something like that again on the PS3. We want to give PS3 owners the best possible experience.

"Some of that will come from us learning and getting better. Before we can go onto the PS3 again, we want to make sure we're better at developing for it."

The comments come after Faliszek said that Valve would develop on PS3 "down the road".

He also told CVG that Valve wouldn't be making 'sh*tty party games' for Natal.

So when Ps3 starts to sell better they would like to develop for the Ps3. Aren't these the same guys that said Sony mest up and should just end Ps3 cycle and start over? Seems like it's not integrity they have. They just didn't see enough money in Ps3 until now.

Don't feel so bad. Sony messed up on the PS3, too.

Cool beanz. Playstation 3 games next year please.

Well I'll be damned...

And now Sony should work closely with valve to better help them understand the Ps3. Send them a couple of guys to show them some tips and support Sony!

what dicks, i know its all about the money but damn, if your gonna develop for a freaking console, do it right, idc how complicated the architecture is, other dev. are making valve look like ass

Well noone at that point in the PS3s life cycle expected Sony to dump 4+ Billion dollars into the console to get it to this point. There was truth in the earlier statements because noone expected Sony deliberately lose as much money as they have. Since they've paid the cost they can be welcomed back into Valves circle of trust.

Do you really think they would say anything different? What else are they going to say? If they ever do decide to port another game over to the PS3 they want to keep people happy that own the console.

lol... I expect them to say "ps3 sucks and we'll never work on it" like they have been doing for the last 3 years.