Konami’s Negligible 360 Support: Why MGS5 Will Stay on PS3 - Valid reason?!

[Onyxmeth]

Phrancheyez said:

djs said:

Onyxmeth said:

djs said:

Sardauk said:

Publish also on the 360 and make money... what is wrong with that ?

Any fanatic having a problem with that ?

 

Same could be said about Valve! But it's not the case...

Valve has gone on the record stating they do not have the resources to make a PS3 port of Left 4 Dead. However I'm fairly sure that if EA were interested they could port it themselves the same way they ported the Orange Box over. The only reason the 360 has a port of L4D is because of the relative ease of porting between the 360 and PC. It would have been stupid for them not to.

 

 

If it is true then Valve doesn't deserve the anti-PS3 title that was given earlier!

 

Onyx, with all due respect..Valve can go on record saying whatever they want..money buys resources, and Valve has a ton of money, so porting L4D to PS3 isn't an issue of having resources.  Valve does not like the PS3 - any statement to the contrary is simply false. 

The sad part is, so many people will continue to 'trickle-in' complaints about L4D on the PS3..then what happens?  EA is like, 'Ahh, what the hell, they still want it on PS3 a year later - let's make a quick port.'  Then what happens?  It comes out decent quality, probably not as good as the original in some way, and is seen as a PS3 failure because they thought a year-late game for full price is a good idea.  All I'm saying is that after a year of being out, Bioshock dev's must have missed the memo about the game costing only $40 brand new on 360 when they released the PS3 version, and the $60 price tag has a lot to do with the fact that most people consider it's port to the PS3 a failure in terms of sales.  I don't want a L4D port..it's a fun game, but I don't know if I could handle the drama that would ensue on here...

If you want to call them liars then be my guest, but they have gone on the record about it and here is the article stating so. Valve is 150 deep which is about as big as Insomniac. Do you see Insomniac going multiplatform? Nope. They concentrate on one console and they do so purposely under their own free will. Why aren't they making multiplat games if 150 deep teams have the resources to do so with high profile titles?

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=188227

Valve's main marketer Doug Lombardi was on hand recently to show off the latest version of the awesome looking PC, 360 zombie shooter, Left 4 Dead. But PS3 is being left out of the loop.

Lombardi told us, "We're not PS3 developers - we're doing PC and 360 like with Orange Box. EA came to us and said 'Wow, Orange box was an incredible project, can we do a PS3 version?'"

So does that mean if it's a hit someone else (EA again, maybe?) could port it over to PS3? "Left 4 Dead doesn't have that guaranteed appeal yet - it's a new IP," Lombardi explained.

"If you mention a new Half-Life, people want to make as many versions of it as possible. If Left 4 Dead is big, then we may see a PS3 version later, or if and when we do a sequel, people may be more interested in that.

"We're only 150 people, so there's only so many things we can do. But it's one of those things with partners, wanting to take on that investment and risk. I think until L4D is proven, you'll probably just see what we make in that franchise."

We already think Left 4 Dead is looking great. Hit this link and check out the latest shots to see why.