Valve sure it will develop for PS3 in the future?

[binary solo]

WilliamWatts said:

binary solo said:
Just to be clear: the majority of rational PS3 fans have nothing against Valve choosing not to develop for PS3. It's their choice. What I (and most others) objected to was the dismissiveness with which they cast aside the PS3 as an unworthy system. I think the words Chet is choosing to use now when talking about the PS3 are much more professional and reasonable. I much prefer to respect the integrity of a developer who says "we don't have the technical expertise to achieve the sort of quality product we demand of ourselves to commit to developing for PS3" than to have to swallow insults like "PS3 is too hard to develop for, so why would we bother?"

Glad to see Chet has changed his tune, regardless of whether Valve ever directly develops for PS3.

They don't lack the technical expertise... they just have a large range of PC systems they have to cater for and they are generally following a similar programming model to the Xbox 360 which is a few general purpose cores with a stronger GPU. It takes a lot of testing to get systems ranging from GTX 7600s all the way to HD 5870s working well and as the PS3 doesn't fit into their programming model it would take a lot more work than its worth for them to do it.

I think you're confused between talent and expertise and so became defensive towards what I said. Valve currently lacks the expertise to make a stellar PS3 title. But it doesn't mean the folks at Valve lack the talent. If they put the time and effort into getting their people up to (or close to) the Naughty Dog / Santa Monica level of PS3 expertise (or they hire some PS3 developer experience) then they have the talent to make an amazing PS3 game. Even if they get up to Infinity Ward expertise on PS3 they can do some great things. To put it in RPG terms: Valve is like a Fighter (PC & Xbox) but with high dexterity. They have the talent to multiclass into a fighter-rogue, but they lack the rogue (PS3) expertise because they haven't yet taken the multiclass option. By your logic no one who works on PC and Xbox should bother developing for PS3 because it's not worth the effort. Seems Bioware thinks it's worth the effort and they are a major PC developer.

I'm not quite sure how you think everyone is better off if they stick with PC and Xbox. PC and Xbox gamers might be better off, but that's not everyone. Of course if all they'd do is bring more FPS to PS3 then they are welcome to continue ignoring PS3, and PS4, as far as my gaming interests are concerned.