Portal 3 will be Released Before Half-Life 3

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Killiana1a said:

Khuutra said:

Killiana1a said:

Khuutra said:

I think you are confused as to what "selling out" means, and exactly where Valve came from in the first place.

I may be, but I love to use the term when I don't get my way : )

Last I recall, Half-Life released in 1998 was the game which made Valve the company it is today. Is there some back plot I don't know of where Gabe Newell and Valve had Portal in production prior to the release of Half-Life and they waited all this time to drop this gem of a game upon us ignorant heathens who wrongly appreciated the Half-Life series over Portal?

Valve is the video game equivalent of a garage band that proceeded to conquer the world. The stories of Portal and Half-Life are basically the same: ambitious indie projects that become much more explosively huge than anyone had any right to expect.

Don't get me wrong for jesting with you. Valve has every right and every need to pursue projects other than Half-Life. Valve themselves promised three episodes for Half-Life 2:

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/halflife2episode3/news.html?sid=6274868&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;3

I am just irritated because it has been 6 years now since Half-Life 2 and 3 years since Episode 2. Such a length of time makes me wonder where their priorities are concerning the Half-Life series. I have no doubt they plan to ride off of Portal's success with Portal 2.

Then again, Portal was released in The Orange Box bundled with Half-Life 2, Episode 1, and Episode 2. What I am implying or rather saying explicitly is, I don't think Portal 2 will do as well standalone in the same manner Portal prospered being bundled with Half-Life 2.

In a similar vein, preorders for Portal 2 are not underway yet leading to further questions:

1. Why haven't preorders started for Portal 2 when it is scheduled to be released in April 2011?

2. Does Valve care more about critical reaction for the Portal series than actual sales?

3. Will Portal 2 be released as a bundle with Half-Life 2: Episode 3 to compel sales of a game when the desired game is Half-Life 2: Episode 3?

4. If Portal 2 is bundled, can we expect Portal 3 to be bundled with Half-Life 3 making Portal the first truly bundled series?

I don't anticipate any answers to my questions as they are my thoughts. What I do anticipate is what Valve has promised us will be a very revealing year in 2011.

I think Valve's POV can be summed up with:

1. For Portal 2 we will do what fans want and everyone else will follow the brilliance of Portal.... it's that good!

2. Half Life 2 Episode 3 is so good, people are willing to wait for it's brilliance!

As long as Valve deliver the goods (and I'm still alive) then I'm happy.

Btw: Sorry for the typos (if any), but I'm quite drunk.