PlayStation 3 Left for Dead by Valve

[Starlight]

Valve are among the most respected and successful game developers of recent history. With a string of uber-successful titles franchises such as Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal and in the future the highly anticipated Left 4 Dead.

Add to that what is arguably the most used and reliable digital distribution system, Steam, and you have a very desirable business partner.

Which is a shame for PS3 owners. If you are a fan of any of these games, combining that with a love of the Sony console means that something has had to give. That comprimise has come in the shape of EA. GamerChip examines the implications of this predicament and why poorer versions of these great games are set to continue for Playstation gamers.

Looking at the history of Valve products, The brilliant Orange Box had to be handed over to EA to even get a version for the PS3. A lack of any development team in Valve gives a fairly clear indication of their priorities and resulted in a pretty dissapointing port. While this was appreciated by the consoles owners, the port suffered from unique issues, such as dropped frame rates and inconvenient load times. The polish and talent that created the original games never had the chance to give the PS3 version the spit and polish that is their trademark.

Secondly, Valve have flat out denied that they are developing a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead. Adding a groan to the already vocal chorus of "Wha?" reverberating through the Playstation forums, EA have once again raised their hand to get the title across.

It's a sorry situation for Playstation gamers. While the Xbox360 and PC get the benefit of the master touch of a beginning-to-end product from Valve, PS3 owners suffer the fate of the slow start to life of the console, hampered by the exhorbitant development costs and lack of install base. The result? Even at this point in the consoles life cycle we are seeing lazy coding due to the percieved lack of return from PS3 titles.

I can only wish PS3 owners the best of luck, your tenacity in investing in the futureproof console has been tested over the last couple of years. It is time for developers and Sony to give you your dues. More PlayStation 3 News...

[adrianc1982]

I hope that even if we get a BAD port we get it. I own the orange box and even with all its problems like bugs, framerate issues, and noisy sounds being made, Ive been playing the orange box for the ps3 for a long time and still havent finished it yet and very happy that this port good or bad made it to the ps3 because I only have a ps3 right now and I would really cash out $60 to get a port of left 4 dead.

The other thing is that the active comunity for valve games in the ps3 is a good comunity and hasnt let valve die like valve has let us die. check out the tf2 servers adn theres always people playing and Im happy really happy to have the port AT LEAST. The experience is not the same, but at least we get an almost experience which is good anyway.

[CyanCaze]

To be Quite honest.... That's absolute bull. I can understand not porting every game to every console. But for a entire company to do it is absurd!

I love Portal, And I love Half-life. But to take away the next chapter of half-life 2 because I didn't buy a 360 or a gaming computer? I know the sales of the orange box we're not that good on the PS3. But then again they are nothing to be proud of on the 360.

If they Refuse to release the game on the PS3 just because they don't want to. Then I won't buy their games anymore. Again Why should the first game be a multplatform and then the next be exclusive? I could understand if it was going to be exclusive until a few months later when it is ported. But make it so the only way the fan's of your games can finish the storyline is to buy another console?

At any rate I am not against exclusives. But I am against people all of a sudden deciding people who bought a console to play video games, only deserve half of the storyline. And it may not be that much for me to not buy their games, But I know some other people will not but them as well, and will put a dent in their sales.

All I have to say to valve is, If you want to please your fans and make some more money. Then you better reconsider.

Last edited by CyanCaze; 09-25-2008 at 05:59 PM.

[asabla]

Originally Posted by CyanCaze To be Quite honest.... That's absolute bull. I can understand not porting every game to every console. But for a entire company to do it is absurd!

You are not alone with this. I've been playing nearly every title they have released since Half-life became popular. I did even play counter-strike when it was in the beta-stages. But I guess the only thing we could do is hope that valve change their mind about this.

Or else they will lose another one of their loyal gamers

[adrianc1982]

Originally Posted by asabla You are not alone with this. I've been playing nearly every title they have released since Half-life became popular. I did even play counter-strike when it was in the beta-stages. But I guess the only thing we could do is hope that valve change their mind about this. Or else they will lose another one of their loyal gamers

Well i disagree with you, I would love valve to hand over a port for us ps3 owners but if they dont, I think I will probably get an xbox360 AGAIN for 200 dlls and play some games I have been waiting to play. Im not going to stay staring at the xbox360 people because I dont have one.

I want to play the games and if I have to have the 3 consoles I will as long as my gaming experience is satisfied.

[OnA XM202]

I knew there was a reason I built my gaming rig. To be honest, I play on the PC a lot more then my PS3.

[blood911]

I hate Valve. And they got beat by Sony in TF2. How do you lose at your own game? Now Gabe says the PS3 isn't a waste of time. What a bunch of morons.