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De85 on 09 June 2009
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infamous8 said:
NJ5 said:
@infamous8: Again, they didn't say they can't... they said they don't want to. They don't think it's worth it for them.

You can question the business practice, but this is not due to ignorance or laziness. They simply think their staff has more valuable things to do than PS3 ports.

Im sure it would be profitable if they released a game at the same time on Ps3 as they do for 360.

 

Some multiplats sell even better on Ps3 (especially this year) and the ones that don't, still sell well over a million copies. GTAIV for example sold much better on 360 but still sold over 5 million on Ps3.

 

 

I'm sure it would be profitable too, but the issue is whether or not they could make more profit by doing a PS3 port or something else. 

Think of it this way, say you have 10,000 dollars to invest.  You could invest in company A where you expect to earn 10%/year on your investment, or you could invest in company B where you expect to earn 15%/year.  Where would you put your money?

Valve's position is that with their finite resources they believe they can make more money by sticking with PC/360 development than by shifting resources to start PS3 projects. 

It really isn't that hard to understand if one can just manage to take off their fanboy goggles.