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Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3

Posted Mar 5, 2010 at 2:08PM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: portal 2, Valve Corporation

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Despite the original Portal appearing on Sony's home video game console, Valve's Doug Lombardi has said that the same won't hold true with the sequel.

According to Eurogamer, Lombardi has confirmed that the recently-announced Portal 2 will be heading for Xbox 360 and PC only. No reason given but hopefully we'll find out why in the next Game Informer issue, which carries a feature on the game.

Portal's PS3 version was released as part of the Orange Box. Development of this version wasn't handled by Valve but was instead outsourced to EA.

Via [Eurogamer]

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valve started all of this if.why did they even release it on the ps3 if they work on pc and xbox.im a fan of portal.and i have it for ps3.i would love to have part2 and i hope they do release it for ps3. But why the hell do they release a game for a console they wont support.i mean they started it why not just finish it

+4 # -- — TheJoker 2010-03-05 16:38

valve is too fucking lazy to learn the ps3...

-3 # RE: -- — Guest 2010-03-05 16:45

Evenso, they've only said recently they were going to learn how to program for PS3. They aren't going to have mastered anything, let alone gotten the jist of the basics in less than 9 months.

Anyways, the game will be superior on PC. PC games is what people think when they hear anything Half-life or Valve related., because that's ewxactly what they're good at. Anyways, no you can buy the game on PC for probably 20-40 bucks instead of 60. Sounds like a win win to me.

-4 # Hmm.. — Jack450 2010-03-05 20:03

Quoting youre a dumbass:

Evenso, they've only said recently they were going to learn how to program for PS3. They aren't going to have mastered anything, let alone gotten the jist of the basics in less than 9 months.

Anyways, the game will be superior on PC. PC games is what people think when they hear anything Half-life or Valve related., because that's ewxactly what they're good at. Anyways, no you can buy the game on PC for probably 20-40 bucks instead of 60. Sounds like a win win to me.

I don't think you understand how processors works the PS3 and 360 actually have the same Cell Processor the only difference is the 360 is a bit modified cause it was intended for the PS3. In reality the 360 CPU is the son of the Cell Processor so the instructions are the same the only difference is how the information is read. PS3 is more like "I'll read the files first before dumping them in to the GPU" while the 360 just dumps it all in to the GPU. This actually explains why the PS3 hasn't been cracked and at the same time it doesn't have the same fail-rate as the 360 but anyway the PS3 and 360 have the same instructions it just where you put the workload first.

+1 # RE: Hmm.. — Guest 2010-03-06 01:33

Wow... just... what

-2 # RE: RE: Hmm.. — Afrit 2010-03-06 03:25

yes, Jack450 is technically right.

u could say IBM double crossed Sony on the Cell R&D.

unfortunately nowadays most of the game developers on PC take the easy route by dumping most of the work on GPU ...thats not the right thing to do which makes the requirement high on GPU side.

Microsoft designed the xbox360 to work like that, and u know the GPU was the cause of RROD failure.

But with the cell in PS3 they wanted to do it in the proper but yet the harder way thought the CPU.

-1 # right. — Silver-Tiger 2010-03-06 09:33

Devs have gotten lazy in the last years. They put all the stress to the GPU, whereas working with the CPU is much efficient. When GPUs were developed, they should release "some" stress from the CPU, not taking the whole work.

Most games today let the GPU do the hard work. Tha's why a powerful graphics card is more important than the CPU.

Sony made the exact opposite. They wanted to put the stress back on the CPU with the PS3 and thus integrated a powerful CPU but a weak GPU. That's one of the main reasons why devs have a problem with the PS3.

+1 # Hurr — Guest 2010-03-07 19:08

Do you guys know anything about the Source Engine? It puts most of the stress on the CPU, just like you're accusing Valve of NOT doing.

Also, PS3 has no games.

# THANK YOU, NO games AT ALL — Guest 2010-03-07 22:50

You PS3 Fan boys call War Hawk, Uncharted, Gran turismo, Little Big planet, Motostorm, resistance, MAG, Socom, God of War, Killzone, and Heavenly Sword GAMES?! Not to mention those third party games that are ALL ported from Xbox plus the Cell and Blu-Ray are dead technology.

# RE: THANK YOU, NO games AT ALL — Afrit 2010-03-08 21:23

Quoting Perph:

Also, PS3 has no games.

Quoting Xis That Kid:

the Cell and Blu-Ray are dead technology.

LOL come on flame on us more..

I was just tring to state facts about the console design but not with Flaming words and unsupported opinions like that.

yes honestly I didn't know about the source engine.

And no we didn't flame on valve we just said that in general. anyway I draw my words.

But could u tell me why " Source Engine" support xbox360 and not gonna support PS3?
is it because Gabe Newell is a Microsoft guy after all?

why they didn't port it along with the PS3 orange box released by EA?

They are even bringing it to mac and Linux systems.

...

@Xis That Kid
people differ in their opinions, taste and preferences we are not genetic clones to like the same thing or dislike the other.

what u might consider not a game it might be perceived as very good one to others.

when I don't like FPS. is that a crime?

# Second Thought — Afrit 2010-03-09 09:43

sorry "Xis That Kid"

After reading ur comment again I realized the sarcasm.

# RE: THANK YOU, NO games AT ALL — Tim 2010-03-22 12:44

Quoting Xis That Kid:

You PS3 Fan boys call War Hawk, Uncharted, Gran turismo, Little Big planet, Motostorm, resistance, MAG, Socom, God of War, Killzone, and Heavenly Sword GAMES?! Not to mention those third party games that are ALL ported from Xbox plus the Cell and Blu-Ray are dead technology.

I have both (360/PS3), and convince yourself with your 4:6 STANDARD DEFINITION that Blu-Ray is dead. Honestly now..

# RE: THANK YOU, NO games AT ALL — Tim 2010-03-22 12:45

Quoting Xis That Kid:

You PS3 Fan boys call War Hawk, Uncharted, Gran turismo, Little Big planet, Motostorm, resistance, MAG, Socom, God of War, Killzone, and Heavenly Sword GAMES?! Not to mention those third party games that are ALL ported from Xbox plus the Cell and Blu-Ray are dead technology.

Aplogy #2, my bad... I honestly thought you had a SD TV with the Blu-Ray dead stuff!

# i dont think... — Guest 2010-03-16 23:43

...u understand anything, the 360 does not have the same cell (or anything like it) and its not the "son of cell" either, yea theyre made by the same company but 1-totally different architectures 2-totally different idea and 3-that is not how the consoles work "dur ill read the files blah blah" u understand nothing about how consoles or computers or anything technology works and therefore should not be commenting on how someone else is "wrong" source: PHD from MIT btw do you even know what the gpu is or do you just like to type stuff like that cause u think it makes you look smart and thats not why the ps3 hasnt been cracked yet (which actually it has google geohot) nor is it why the 360 fails so much, the 360 fails so much because the cooling sucks, the hardware sucks and has been proven that the parts on the 360 board dont "like" each other and because ms is lazy, and no im not a fanboy i own all the consoles but seriously get your facts straight first (jsuk we did a little project at mit before i graduated comparing this gen consoles and last gen consoles, and from a straight technological point of view (how the boards were designed and how parts were implemented the ps3 was the best then wii then ps2 gamecube then xbox and last (ala worst design) was the 360, microshit tried to get their console out before the competition did and they suffered because of it even with that year headstart the ps3 is now only 4 million sales behind it (if i remember right) that and the graphics on the 360 are horrible, the only thing its good for is keeping my room warm and modding

+3 # ehhh... — Shatterdome 2010-03-05 18:12

It doesn't take 9 months to learn how to program the PS3.

It's not like it uses a totally new language that they have to learn.

It is more about theory and know how to structure their programs for the PS3....they could easy learn that in a month if they focused on it.

# you be wrong. — Guest 2010-03-07 11:18

Shatterdome... the PS3 uses OpenGL ES which is completely different than OpenGL on PC or Direct X, that means the PS3 has a completely different programming language which makes it difficult to port to.

+2 # not lazy — Guest 2010-03-05 18:25

there not lazy. the ps3 is alot harder to work with then the xbox or pc. the game i think will run the best on the PC. they didnt know if PS3 would be successful at first thats why they never took the time to learn

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-05 16:52

Fuck Valve. Valve is a video games developer - their one purpose is to develop video games and they can't be bother to figure out how to develop for one of the major consoles.

Not that I'd buy the game on a console anyway (it's more of a PC game), but still, it's laziness. How come EVERY other major third-party dev has been able to figure the PS3 out?

# you be wrong. — Guest 2010-03-07 11:19

Valve is a PC developer, consoles are a second thought. They would rather not develope for any consoles, but it's dicks like you who don't realize that. Also, it's damn expensive to develope for the PS3 due to the completely different programming language it uses.

# erm — aperson2 2010-03-18 12:21

The PS3 is a major console?

+4 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — devilish 2010-03-05 16:55

Anything coming from a company that has Jabba The Hutt (Gabe Newell) as owner won´t be welcome to my PS3.

+2 # RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — SuperQuest 2010-03-05 17:20

i have both PS3 and 360 and i still agree with you

no valve games for me neither

# RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Afrit 2010-03-05 17:37

Quoting devilish:

Anything coming from a company that has Jabba The Hutt (Gabe Newell) as owner won´t be welcome to my PS3.

lol @ Jabba The Hutt..

Anyway to all who didnt know "Gabe Newell" was once quoted in 2007 that ps3 in general was a waste of everybody's time:
"The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted,"

# You're an idiot — Guest 2010-03-27 00:48

Fat man makes games therefore game is bad zomg guise

+4 # I dont understand them — Chilloutcolin 2010-03-05 17:19

I mean, why not just release the game on the ps3 and expand there potential market. The ps3 must have a fairly close market share by now and its growing everyday,

I can think of maybe 3 reasons why they dont:

1)They're lazy and dont wanna learn the ps3

2)They're not happy with their skill with the ps3 yet and want their first proper release on the system to be of a high standard.(hopefully)

3)(For the conspiracy lovers)Microsof t in coalition with the reverse vampires are paying them off not to release titles for the ps3 in an effort to destroy the ps3 and eliminate the meal of dinner.

+1 # RE: I dont understand them — Musev 2010-03-05 17:46

Quote:

3)(For the conspiracy lovers)Microsof t in coalition with the reverse vampires are paying them off not to release titles for the ps3 in an effort to destroy the ps3 and eliminate the meal of dinner.

I doubt its that, anyone that interested in a valve game will play it on pc.

# I know — Chilloutcolin 2010-03-05 18:17

I just figured someone was gonna say it eventually and decided it should be me.

# you be wrong. — Guest 2010-03-07 11:21

number 2 is the correct choice.

+3 # meh — narutosaiyan 2010-03-05 17:58

not a big loss if u ask me.i could hardly care about valve games. ive played them yes, but they are mediocre when compared to the stuff i play on my ps3

# RE: meh — Guest 2010-03-07 06:37

Oh I bet.

# Holy crap, its Stratofarius — Guest 2010-03-27 00:49

from podcast17 and stuff lol, i remember you...

# lol — Guest 2010-03-07 17:03

Somehow that doesn't surprise me coming from someone named "narutosaiyan". The name basically screams 'I have no sense of actual quality and love mindless shit!'.

+2 # OOOh — hush404 2010-03-05 18:00

I'm SOOO Surprised!

/sarcasm.

+2 # .... — Shatterdome 2010-03-05 18:16

Basically it boils down to, they make it on PC first, then it takes no time to tweak the code for 360.

Basically a re-write of the code is needed to put it on PS3 and probably costs more in time and resources than they feel is worth it.

Most dev's are using Unreal 3 or have an engine that makes the transition from 360 to PS3 and vice versa easier....valve has no such thing, source is still very much a PC engine.

# so — pookiepoo 2010-03-27 14:30

the ps3 has been out for 4 years

+1 # ... — nehebkau 2010-03-05 19:16

fuck valve

-3 # ROFL GG Valve — Guest 2010-03-05 19:19

Sell your shitty PS3 and go buy a REAL gaming machine.
If not, quit your bitching and go play Cod:MW2357. Or whatever other diluted PC franchise you PS3 sheep are playing.

# RE: ROFL GG Valve — davidn64 2010-12-17 14:33

wow, u mad?

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — HeX 2010-03-05 19:21

Most other companies learn how to develop for PS3, why not Valve?

Seriously, most of their games can run on low end PCs. The requirements aren't that high. That's good and all but why so many problems with PS3?

I'm more than sure a good company can translate Source engine to PS3 without problems.

Good example of this is: CryEngine 3 is coming for PS3 and X360...

# you be wrong. — Guest 2010-03-07 11:23

they are learning how to develope for PC... they just are still learning, stop bashing a company for trying to make a good port.

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Heratiki 2010-03-05 19:42

Sigh... If you don't want my money Valve then that's fine by me... I'll just watch all the Xbox pirates steal it from ya... Thanx for not listening...

-1 # RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — AithePanda 2010-03-06 02:05

Quoting Heratiki:

Sigh... If you don't want my money Valve then that's fine by me... I'll just watch all the Xbox pirates steal it from ya... Thanx for not listening...

lol, it's like a kid who holds a sandwich next to his dog, even though he knows that the dog is going to eat it, or rather make that a few thousand pirate dogs lol

+1 # lol... — Jack450 2010-03-05 19:50

For those of you that don't know, Gabe isn't holding back cause "he doesn't want to be bothered learning the PS3 system" or "it's just too hard for them", it's the simple fact that he use to work for Microsoft and he's being a bitchy fanboy. Gabe left Microsoft to focus his attention on Steam and the money he made working for MS funded the whole project (with Mike Harrington). I can understand why he's so reluctant to developing it on the PS3 but the whole "The PS3 was developed so wrong on so many levels" is just his gayass fanboy side.

# RE: lol... — Guest 2010-03-07 19:35

Makes sense. Especially with bringing Steam and Portal 2 to mac osx.

Definite fanboyism on Gabe's part.

+1 # -- — TheJoker 2010-03-05 20:08

and yet. other companies learned the ps3. but, valve is just too fucking lazy. all they have to do is ask for help. im sure sony is willing to help them out.

-1 # RE: -- — AithePanda 2010-03-06 02:03

Quoting TheJoker:

and yet. other companies learned the ps3. but, valve is just too fucking lazy. all they have to do is ask for help. im sure sony is willing to help them out.

sony would (is) ask(ing), just that everyone is to 5 year-old-ish to understand what they don't understand

# Fuck this shit. — Guest 2010-03-05 21:09

Valve pisses me the fuck off. We don't even get fucking trophies for the fucking Orange Box. I used to love Half Life, and anything they put out was golden. But Valve decides to take a big shit on the PS3. WTF is this shit. The 360 is a fucking PC, let's face it. And PC's can only be so powerful. The PS3 is a real gaming machine, not some bullshit MicroSHIT invention so Bill Gates can suck more dick and become even richer. Fuck Valve. Gabe Newell just sits on his fat ass, eats twinkies, and grumbles about the PS3. Fat ass fuck.

+1 # dude.. wtf — Guest 2010-03-06 19:35

ps3 is a real gaming machine? i've got a ps3, a 360, and a gaming pc. Gaming pc is a real gaming machine. sure, less exclusives and what not, but you don't have to shell out 300-600 bucks on a new pc for new games. buy a new graphics card/processor and you're good to go. pc has alot more potential. though, there are pirates nd what not.

+1 # RE: Fuck this shit. — Guest 2010-03-07 06:00

A PC can be MUCH more powerful than a PS3.

# PS3 Has Microshits — Guest 2010-03-10 20:42

Yeah.
You are not very smart are you?
First off, trophies? You base a game off fucking trophies?
Secondly, Games for most consoles are designed on PCS and in some cases Macs.
Thirdly, The PS3 basically runs off what 'microshit' invented years ago.
So don't say such things, it makes you look retarded

# eh — aperson2 2010-03-18 12:24

Everything they do is golden, its just not on the console you want to play. All console Valve stuff is crap... hasn't anyone noticed? This is why you play it on PC where they're perfect.

-6 # ... — symbal 2010-03-05 21:29

Sony consoles have always been unnecessaryily difficult to code for and Sony don't offer enough support to developers with using it, can you really blame Valve for sticking to the easy to use 360 which is the place most FPS sales go anyway, Sony really does need to get these problems sorted on it's next consoles.

+1 # Hmm... — Lazyboy256 2010-03-06 12:07

That's why we saw 50 kabajillion games programmed for the PS2...

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — astaroth001 2010-03-05 22:54

Valve doesnt like money? there are 30+ million users out there of which at least 30% might like to have the game...that would make some money for them...but I havent played any other Valve games since Half-Life...it wasn't that great for me...but they need to start learning PS3

-1 # nooooooooo!!!!! — Guest 2010-03-05 23:16

comon valve... i brought the orange box for my ps3 just to play portal i've already plyed half life 2 on my old fatbox...

oh well..as soon as i upgrade my pc hello portal 2!!

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — jjcobra 2010-03-05 23:38

Who cares. Just buy it on PC.

# RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — AithePanda 2010-03-06 01:59

Quoting jjcobra:

Who cares. Just buy it on PC.

or others can pirate it lol

# RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-06 02:49

intel 945gm graphics card just doesnt cut it these days...

+1 # RE: RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-06 12:16

Same here bro :(

# RE: RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 06:04

it never cut it...

# you be wrong. — Guest 2010-03-07 11:26

$50 = a new graphics card on you desktop PC, stop trying to use a laptop.

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — AithePanda 2010-03-06 01:59

and what i said about them last week about the orange box is real?, they are to f*cking lazy to learn, srzly wtf? the only thing i can see is that they hate piracy but they put it on both of the best pirating consoles, if they were smart, they'd be investing at least some money into working games on the ps3, i like their games, but it's just too f*cking ridiculous!!!!! !!! hey , wth they can send me, i'll torture myself to learn the ps3's secret power, that's the only reason why the ps3 is "failing", lazy *ssf*cks

-1 # stop fighting — Guest 2010-03-06 03:52

insted of fighting with our 360 brothers we should be helping them hack there 360 and showing them all were to get there games for free,this way when Valve starts lossing money they will come to a system with "almost" hack proof system

-1 # Of course... — ptspyder 2010-03-06 04:00

Programing a game with such complex physics presents a huge challenge. But wait, they did the exact same thing with flash games.

Maybe its the advanced graphics. Oh yea, I forgot about the very mediocre graphics in portal.

So, WTF is the problem again? Oh yea - Valve sucks balls! That's right, I forgot that.

# You're a retard — Guest 2010-03-07 07:42

Comparing flash games to retail games that are being marketed around the world and cost money.

LOL.

# i agree all the fanboys here suck — Guest 2010-03-07 17:11

prime example of maturity right here folks

# RE: Of course... — Guest 2010-03-26 17:35

Grow up kiddo and get a computer.

# Customer Loss — Guest 2010-03-06 09:00

I would say I would definitely purchase Portal2 for the PS3. However, I am not going to build a gaming PC or buy a 360 just to play Portal2. I have a netbook and a PS3. I am fine with what I have.

Simply one sale lost for Valve. Companies should expand their customer base. Looks like Valve is still mismanaged.

# RE: Customer Loss — Guest 2010-03-06 18:18

they don't expand because they are the type of company that only releases a handful of games, not like ea or ubisoft where they have their tags plastered on many many games.

valve wants their games to last, cs 1.6 is still one of the biggest games in the world, even beating out the updated css. cs1.6 is even part of the world cyber games along side games like starcraft.

the most likely reason they don't port to the ps3 is EA probably wanted more money.

and its not viable for them to learn ps3 coding because their not producing games ment for the ps3, their producing pc games and porting them. and its easier to port on the 360 because it uses dx9 so its viable.

But i Just think EA just got Greedy and jacked the price up on valve.

+2 # LOL — DXcellence 2010-03-06 12:03

Why do most of you people care about valve. If they don't want to make games for the ps3, so be it. Get over yourself, and stop making stupid comments like "oh fuck valve" "valve is too lazy" etc. Let the 360 have their exclusives lol. They don't have to make ps3, they prefer the 360. Just like how some devs prefer the ps3. Big fucking deal

# i agree all the fanboys here suck — Guest 2010-03-07 17:12

god damn thank you

# . — SCLakitu 2010-03-06 18:43

Valve is primarily a PC game developer. Of course consoles aren't high on their priority list. I think the only reason they're releasing a 360 version is that it's so easy to port to, so they want to capitalize on it.
As mentioned in the article, EA handled the PS3 port. Maybe EA didn't want to port Portal 2.

+1 # Why do we care? — Guest 2010-03-07 02:41

All of you are posting this from a PC, which valve is planning on releasing portal 2 for. So explain to me, why, exactly, it matters?

I think PC ports to consoles are stupid regardless of what console they go to. I own a PS3 and I wouldn't touch the orange box if you paid me.

>Less than stellar ability to update content
>Typically gimped controls
>Joystick vs. Mouse

Let the xbox have their cake. I'll be playing it on my computer.

+1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 02:55

hurrr durrrr a team of 260+ development staff is lazy, thats the only reason why they wont make gaems for ps3 herp derpity doo

lol @ whoever the dolt is that said Microsoft funded Steam, they are trying to kill it with Games for Windows On Demand. You people see things so simply, are you all twelve or something? Valve doesn't want to waste their time hiring development and support staff to figure out how to code games on Sony's pig disgusting Cell chip and I don't blame them.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 03:14

It's funny because PS3 sucks.

+1 # STFU ALREADY — Guest 2010-03-07 04:44

GUYS IF YOU HAVE A PC GET IT. IF THE PS3 AINT GETTING IT MAYBE VALVE HAS NO MONEY TO AFFORD TO A HD GAMING PLATFORM. YOU ALL ARE SUCK GEEKS

-1 # joke — Guest 2010-03-07 06:20

valves a joke altogether ever since half life episodes they make 5 hr gameplay games n take em over a year to develop new one series they are well known for CS, something they didn't even invent in the first place instead hired the guys who created it blah

-1 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 06:38

Valve sux

+1 # RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 19:39

haha you're so cool

# RE: RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-09 13:09

Yes I am. Now GTFO.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 12:47

Wathever ps3 suck balls

+2 # LoolTrool — Guest 2010-03-07 13:38

BAWWW PS3 Owners. Fucking BAWWW.
If this was an announcement that Portal 2 was PS3-Exclusive, you would all be sticking your small twinkies in gabes mouth by now.

+2 # RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 14:38

valve is a pc developer, they only do 360 because is really easy to port.

EA almost never ports their games to pc and you don't see me complaining

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-07 16:08

Haha Portal is coming to the MAC but not to the PS3.

+2 # i agree all the fanboys here suck — Guest 2010-03-07 17:10

You guys are acting like kids, and the only handful of sensible people in here are being rated rated down, which is a prime example of the maturity of the general ps3 fanbase. No wonder Valve doesn't want to develop for you guys, you guys are all a bunch of under-appreciative pricks.

+1 # It's a PC game anyway — davidg 2010-03-07 17:16

Ok, it's pretty imbecile of them to never make ps3 games, but they also only do PC games anyway. I wouldn't play a portal game on a console, it would play really badly, unless you plug a keyboard and mouse, and then it's pretty much a PC game. Still, PC games are free, lol, so if they continue making PC games, they'll always have way less cash. It's the consoles that pays. Anyway, I can't complain.

+1 # RE: It's a PC game anyway — Guest 2010-03-07 20:49

PC games aren't free, and Valve games are the least pirated of all of them, mostly because the pirated copies never work right, or are missing alot of features.

# RE: RE: It's a PC game anyway — Guest 2010-03-14 07:24

Haha the only thing that does not work pirated is Online MP and ALL Valve games are like Online Games ;)

# RE: It's a PC game anyway — Guest 2010-03-12 06:12

Davidq, you're missing one important factor.
Steam.

Other companies wish they made as much money as valve does.

# duu — Guest 2010-03-07 22:26

valve hates EA, they wouldent let them update retards, valve gave up on PS3.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-08 08:23

Look at all the Sony fanboys complaining. "HURR DURR VALVE IS A MICROSOFT FANBOI DERP." Well why don't you look at your self first. I am happy Valve didn't give the PS3 portal 2 as there will be 1/3 less 12 year olds playing co-op and making my ears bleed with you squeaky voiced. Flame away biaches. trollface.jpg

# Oh no! — Guest 2010-03-08 15:52

You are now realising that Episode 3 will never come to the PS3.
Manually.
;___;

# screw valve — Guest 2010-03-08 22:38

Valve is a true stupid company. They will have PORTAL 2 ON MAC, AND STEAM ON MAC BUT THEY DONT DO A DAM THING ABOUT THE PS3

!!!!!!!!!!!! But their games are amazing.

# RE: screw valve — Guest 2010-03-09 17:58

They are learning to code for the PS3, it's completely different than the PC or Mac and it takes a lot of money and resources to develop for, also, I'm sorry, but the PS3 is not a viable platform for a PC developer.

# RE: screw valve — Guest 2010-03-26 17:29

Well, it seems to be more profitable to make it for the mac.

# You guys are all pathetic — Guest 2010-03-12 06:10

Valve is definitely one of the most successful game companies, and for good reason.
To call Valve games crap because they're not coming to your precious console is just childish.

# Valve is Great — Guest 2010-03-12 07:58

I hope you all understand Valve used to be affiliated with Microsoft, and when they split up, they still got funding for steam from them. Sony did jack shit for Valve, thus they will do the same.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-16 15:09

PS3 owners, I know you hate Valve right now, but believe me when I say they HAVE hired some new employees from Naughty Dog to help them create an eventual PS3 version of Portal 2.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — But Fukir 2010-03-16 15:12

Lol.

Aren't valve and MS neighbors up in Washington state?

Methinks there's some collusion involved.

# You know — aperson2 2010-03-18 12:46

I really enjoy the unintelligent fuckwits going on about how much Valve suck etc. No, they don't suck. The reason why you're all pissed off is because they make good games for other systems.

Why would you be upset anyways? Valve games suck on consoles. Their engine is quite scalable... I can play all their games on my x1600 ancient computer from 2006 (main machine too). Yet here I am just flat out enjoying their games.

+1 # be real. — Guest 2010-03-24 19:10

Ive had both systems. Sisters ex bf smashed my 360. My pc is like 9 yrs old and dont have the extra money to upgrade it. I simply want it because I love valve games. To me the ps3 is way better than 360 but I know a lot of people like 360 more. The sad thing that most people who get all mad and say stuf like 'this one sucks' has spent little to no time on the other console. I respect both consoles but I got mad that I had to pay extra to use internet when ps3 shows I dont have to. I also hated when my 360 would mess up due to some hardware fail. I also hate that microsoft buys all the stuff so other systems cant use them. The ps3 doesnt have many exclusives but that is because microsoft has them all for various reasons. A pc is only good if you have enough money to get good parts for it. I do think ps3 has a lot more capabilities than the 360 though. I just dont like being screwed by microsoft which I have been before. Dont choose a side unless you know what you are talking about and have spent sufficient time on both consoles. otherwise it makes the console look worse.

# Why valve is not releasing it on ps3 — Guest 2010-03-26 14:09

Hello all you ps3 fanboys, im gonna tell you Why valve is not releasing portal 2 on the PS3

The PS3 uses a IBM PowerPC processors which are alot different from the intel processors that PC's and xbox 360's use.

There are 2 ways to fix this, either emulation (which takes a LOT of processing power) or conversion (which thakes long time to do). Valve is not lazy, they decided that Xbox 360 would be the most profitable of the 2 consoles.

Also the ps3 has no games

# PS3 nerds or trolls? — Guest 2010-03-27 00:51

Are these comments morons or trolls its hard to tell?

# HEY TARDS — Guest 2010-03-27 20:56

WHY DON'T YOU EVER LEARN TO FUCKING STATE YOUR GODDAMN OPINION INSTEAD OF JUST FUCKING BASHING VALVE YOU FUCKING FUCKS

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-28 20:17

Haha, how butthurt do you want to get!

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-29 14:12

I won't yell "360 sux, PS3 pwns!" without having any opinions.

For you that says: "PS3 got no games", yes it does:
God of War 1-3 (third with 93 metascore)
Heavy Rain (87 metascore)
LittleBigPlanet (95 metascore, 1 less than HL2)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (94 metascore)
Uncharted 2 (96 metascore, same as HL2, 38 100:s)
Uncharted (88 metascore)
Killzone 2 (91 metascore)
Resistance 1 (87 metascore)
Resistance 2 (86 metascore)
... You get the thing...

Also, a huge difference between the 360 and the PS3 is that for the 360, you need to pay to play online.
You got to pay for playing with your friends...
Gold Membership...
That's the main reason why I say this:
360 sux, PS3 pwns!

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-03-31 11:45

Urge to kill, rising.

# RE: RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Guest 2010-04-05 10:45

you remind me of homer. Is that what you were going for?

# Valve is a bunch of lazy fucks, really — Guest 2010-05-16 15:58

I think its funny how they are porting tons of games to Mac OSX (took them like 6 months) and not even trying to release games on PS3.

Seriously, PS3 has been out for 4 years and there hasn't been a single ATTEMPT to put anything on it.

At least hand the game over to EA and tell them to port it like you did with The Orange Box.

But really, valve isn't even TRYING. They're basically a bunch of fanboys who probably get paid to talk shit about PS3 and release games for Microsoft platforms.

Fuck you Doug.
Fuck you Gabe.
And fuck you devs.

# Ueless — Captain Panda 2010-06-03 13:45

That Valve is not releasing for the PS3 is a terrible thing. Financially, it's a bad business move considering the sheer number of people, like myself, who would be happy to pay for it.

At this point in the console wars, however, exclusivity is, in my humble opinion, useless. At first it served to be a deciding factor between systems. But now most everybody has already chosen their camp. PS3 and 360 are both systems with good features and bad flaws, neither superior completely to the other. At this point there is no need for exclusivity. Releasing for one system (or, in this case, all but one system) only means that a certain demographic won't be paying a developer.

I am no fanboy of any system. Objectively, they all rock and suck more than the other in certain areas. At this point it's all about the games, not the system. Gamers seem to forget this basic principle: the games themselves are more important than the system. Who among us grew up with the old Final Fantasy games? What about the first Legend of Zelda? These games had piss poor graphics, especially by today's standards, and yet they are still beloved by gamers everywhere. Even now, if you walk into a crowd of gamers and start singing 'Still Alive' you can guarantee you'll have a backup chorus. In moments like those nobody cares who played it on what system; all that matters is that they played it. These days, the system is more important than the games in the minds of most gamers. The system is a means to an end, nothing more. That end is and ever should be the games and the enjoyment thereof.

I have a PS3. I've had a lot of good times with it. I was happy when FFXIII was released for the 360. I'm excited that the next MGS game will also be for 360 as well as PS3. All that means to me is that more people will be able to share in the games I love. More people will be enjoying the same things I can. A lot of these games have become an important part of my life, and were an important part of my growing up. Who am I to wish the denial of this very thing which has touched my life to others? Who am I to deny this joy to others for no good reason?

360 dudes, enjoy Portal 2. I hope it comes to PS3 eventually. Perhaps then we'll all be able to incessantly quote all of the inside jokes with one another like we did with Portal.

# OMG OMG — OMG OMG 2010-06-15 16:29

PORTAL 2 IS NOW ON PS3 CONFIRMED AT E3!!!

# Update to this page — Emigdio A. 2010-06-15 16:48

Gabe Newell has announced at E3 that Portal 2 is on PS3.

# Hehe. — Trannisaurus 2010-06-15 16:57

This is now DEBUNKED.

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Billy bob joe shmyth 2010-06-15 17:09

LOL epic fanboy that posted this. Way to mislead people. They just announced at e3 that the best version of portal 2 will be on ps3 as well.

so SUCK IT

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — Regor 2010-06-15 17:30

Well, this article is outdated now.

Portal 2 IS coming to the PS3!

# RE: Valve: No Portal 2 for PS3 — McTricks 2010-06-16 16:25

I have the strangest feeling that this article isn't correct... I wonder why...

# well — hmm 2010-06-17 00:00

PC>PS3>360

/conversation

# lol — sam123 2010-08-28 11:41

how wrong could this be? Not only is Portal 2 going to be on ps3 but valve themselves say if you want the best experience of portal 2 get it on ps3

# nope — tom31337 2011-01-22 15:17

You are wrong! Ps3 is only the best console with to play portal. PCs are better. sorry mate.

# The Article is a lie — WhoEatsZombies 2011-04-04 21:18

PORTAL 2 IS AVAILABLE FOR PS3!!!

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