Colin StevensPS3 Left For Dead By Valve
September 24th 2008 05:30
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.
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.
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Comment by The informed.
^Your kidding right? The games industry is like the movie industry. It only cares about money. If the PS3 was the most successful and of the 3 current gen consoles and has the power it has they would be begging to support PS3. If there was no 360 do you think a "Traditional PC only" company like Valve would NOT support the PS3? Also its not like 'The Orange Box ' sold nothing on PS3. Maybe valve will learn the hard way when consoles eventually take over PC's.
Comment by Fuck Valve
They don't deserve our money, they can't make good decisions to save their live (AKA The Box Art for Left For Dead)
Valve is just pissed because they prob tried to do a game and were too stupid to figure it out
Comment by Valveisnoteverything
Valve, suck THIS.
Comment by Davey Jay
While the PS3 has outrageous potential, until developers finally understand it, Sony's console will always get the short end of the stick.
In a few years though, the PS3 could be well ahead of the game.
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Comment by Anonymous
I could also argue that Sony should avoid a partner like Valve at all. Granted Valve makes great games, but if you look at what's in the pipeline for this holiday season, you'll see that we're already heading for game overload. With so much content out now (who doesn’t have a pile of shame they haven’t gotten to nowadays?) Sony doesn't "need" Valve at all, especially if they are hostile to the platform.
Comment by Anonymous
PS3 is a nightmare to dev for and more devs should stand up and say enuff and abandon them till they get their act together.
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Comment by Solongandthanksforallthefish
as for L4D, w/e, i could care less really. RE5 is more intriguing to me.