Why anyone gives-a-crap what half-assed ports Valve gives to the consoles is beyond me. I don't understand the appeal of playing Valve games on consoles, because they play like crap. TF2 on 360 is basically completely worthless, and the analog controls greatly reduce the uses of things like the Gravity Gun in HL2.

Seriously people fight over the pettiest crap.  You might as well fight over RTS games on consoles.  Who cares? It's still an RTS game on a console.  This is still a Valve game on a console, and if you think Valve in any way needs the PS3 or even the 360 you are absolutely bonkers.  Steam is worth 5 times the profit they'd ever make out of the consoles.

i would rather see gabe newell leave valve and return to ms, than support the ps3. or make a new studio and support just pc/360. why simple he hates the ps3 and has said he never wants to make a ps3 game, valve can make enough money supporting the 360 and the pc, without any support for the ps3.

I love these sort of comments.

Gabe Newell may be fat but he's a hell of a lot smarter than anyone on this forum.

Remember that a shitty port of a Valve game is still better than 95% of the games on the market, Naz.

/care, never cared about valve

Btw, the whole premise of this thread is wrong. Valve was never forced to do anything, they also have a pile of cash and more coming in every day so its likely that they won't ever be forced to anything for a very long time.

1) The port was the worst but in no way damaging in reputation... as it's still one of the very best games in the PS3's library and the PS3 is damn lucky to have that bad port.

2) Sure there was. It takes PC developers twice as much time and effort to work on PS3 develoment then 360. That's a lof ot extra development money. That and reason 3.

3) As Gabe said himself recently. There is a lot of stuff they want to do. However they don't do most of it as they have only 150 employees. Every bit of time they spend on a port or some other idea, the less time is spent on their known ideas. The longer it is for HL E3 to come out and other bigger more money making games people are looking for on PC.

There is more money in HL E3 for PC or other PC projects then there is LFD PS3.  Don't be surprised if he was talking about someone else being a port.

He was asked two questions.

Did you rethink your position on the PS3.  (That they should stop makign it!)

and

Is there a chance LFD will come out on PS3. (Not if they would make it.)

I mean they've also said they want to make Wii games.  My money is on them doing neither.

True, but Gabe gave his reasons, and even as a PS3 owner I can understand his gripes with the console as we have seen the same ones from many other developers.

Gabe maybe be an ass but I will always side with his company when it comes to their games and their commitment to their fans. Thats right they care about the people who own their games. This is why all their major game updates are FREE and add new features or content.

Valve doesnt like the Orange Box port EA did for the PS3 and made them patch it. It was not EA's choice to patch the game.

thats cool that we're getting it and all but it better not be way after the 360 version.

Its the same with bioshock, its like a year later coming to PS3 and honestly who will buy it a year later?


If it came out near the same time i'd think about it, but i'm not buying it several months later.

Well... free on PC.

It's going to cost you on 360...

and PS3 isn't seeing those updates at all.  (Orange box.)

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=39070

PC is the way to go... but everyone already knows this.