Gabe Newell hates the PS3.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12568/Gabe-Newell-PlayStation-3-Is-a-Total-Disaster/

Apparently he is also a prophet:

(article date) Jan. 16th, 2007 9:10 am

"Newell drop another bomb. He believes that the Nintendo Wii will win the console war.

"I’m betting that by Christmas of next year, the Wii has a larger installed base than the 360. Other people think I’m crazy. I really like everything that Nintendo is doing.""

And all this was just after the launch of the ps3 and wii.

Developers shouldnt be fanboys. Period.

I love these threads. PS3 fanboys that have posted that Wii owners asking for certain multi-plat games should buy an HD console now whine that Valve is lazy because they aren't supporting their platform of choice. The hypocrisy is over-whelming really. They aren't lazy. They just don't think the investment into learning the PS3 architechture is worth it. The blame lays with Sony for intentionally creating a system that is hard to maximize for whatever retarded reason.

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. 

I FIND THIS WHOLE THREAD RATHER HUMOROUS.

When Kojima says something to the effect of, "only the PS3 can deliver the MGS4 experience I imagine," that seems to be perfectly acceptable. When Valve says something like, "we would rather focus on making the BEST GAME EXPERIENCE we can rather than focus on technological hurtles", then they are lazy.

If I were an X-Box fan, I could just as easily say, "Kojima is lazy." In fact, some people did. That was just as bigoted and wrong.

Valve is not a huge team. They cannot afford to spread too thin working on what - from their point of view - is peripheral technology. They are first and foremost PC developers. Let EA do the port if a port is to be made.

"What about when PS3 outsells 360?" Well, by then this generation would be largely irrelevant. Plus, EA can do the port. Besides, 360 and PC together will always be greater than the PS3.

"PC = piracy" Yes, but Steam is a great system to address that. The platform is there.

Most other points have already been addressed into the ground. Just let it go! It's no different than a 360 fan complaining about MGS4.

Yes Valve, please keep your games confined to 360 and PC, thanks.

Valve is an independent developer so it's not really that cost effective to place the game on the PS3 when it wont generate the kind of sales needed. Valve would have to hire a larger team in order to get a game working on the PS3. That's where EA comes in... they outsource it to some retarded dev that half ass ports the game to the PS3 :-p

Has no one on this god forsaken post played a valve game? You all sound like a bunch of little 5 year olds that have never played anything but a PS3. Valve does amazing work on EVERY single title they publish. I would like to see any developer out there today make an engine last 5 years, and still look as beautiful as it does today. The reason they don’t even want to mess with the PS3 is not because they are paid off. Sony’s platform just does not sell the games like MS or the PC can. They are a small company so why take all the time to hire a PS3 staff, almost double the development time, double the cost, and for what less sales then 360 or the PC??? Why would anyone do that?

Which BTW "paid off" has to be sony-fanboys favorite saying of this generation, cause that’s all I hear coming out of their mouths. O NO another 360 exclusive or, O it was only on PS2 before o no MS must have paid them off. Don’t blame your problems on MS all the time why don’t you look at Sony and go HAY WTF IS UP DONT LET THIS HAPPEN DO SOMETHING!! Sony has been ignoring its fan base since this gen started where as MS is actually listening. If you want a Valve game on PS3 then tell Sony to pay Valve for the development cost. (Just please for all that is holy dont let EA take it over and do what they did to the orange box OMFG NO!

all you PS3 owners who are whinging about how they are 'lazy' continue doing so if you really have to... Im gonna go play TF2, because Valve recently released a hue update with new maps and weapons. kthx.