Valve has no plans working on the PS3.

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Kantor said:

heruamon said:
How about there be a new rule...no more ASKING Gabe Newell about PS3...this is getting to be riddiculous...why don't we get them asking PS3 3rd developers about their multi-plat plans...why...nobody wants to play their games?

Because clearly, Sony's deal with Insomniac, Sucker Punch etc. is contractual. Valve has no deal with Microsoft, they just don't want to waste resources for little gain. This can be interpreted as laziness, and in a way, it is. They would certainly profit on a PS3 version, right?

They certainly could, but that's not the primary issue.  Judging by their actions Valve believes that they can make more profit by taking the same development resources that would have gone to PS3 ports, and applying it toward development of more PC/360 projects.  Where making some profit is good, making more profit is better.  ROI is more important than simply turning a profit.

Now, whether or not they actually do make more profit this way we'll never know, but they are making calculated business decisions, not just trying to spite ps3 owners.