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No PS3 Team Fortress 2 updates (ever?); Left 4 Dead staying on 360, PC (for now?) |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Electronic Arts, Gabe Newell, The Orange Box, Valve Corporation
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In terms of continued support and additional content updates, it looks like Valve won't be able to deliver any companion cubes (so to speak) to the PS3 crowd. While Electronic Arts was the one that published the PS3 Orange Box for Valve, they themselves (Valve) don't have the in-house resources to develop for the PS3.
This leads to a bit of unfortunate news: while the patch update for the Xbox 360 and PC versions for Team Fortress 2 are well under way, the PS3 version will not get it.
In an interview with 1Up, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell said that, though the PS3 Orange Box might have gotten the 1.10 patch from Electronic Arts earlier this year, "[EA isn't] doing ongoing development on The Orange Box for the PS3."
It is this lack of in-house developers for the PS3 platform that hinders Valve from releasing Left 4 Dead on the PS3 as well. The final verdict of a PS3 Left 4 Dead lies on EA's hands. Newell further explains:
For The Orange Box, EA did the PS3 version. They're interested in getting a PS3 version done. We just have to figure out where the resources can come from. We don't have the bandwidth. We're doing the 360 and PC version ourselves.
They might lack manpower and resources now, but Newell also reassures everyone that Valve Corporation is still committed in trying to get an in-house team of PS3 developers... which you may find surprising, considering that it was none other than Gabe Newell himself who was previously quoted in saying that the "PS3 is a waste of everybody's time."
I guess people can have a change of heart after all, eh?
Related articles:
- UK Retailers list Left 4 Dead PS3, Valve denies
- Lombardi: Team Fortress 2 DLC for XBL close, PSN remains uncertain
- Valve reconsiders PS3, chance for Left 4 Dead to come over
- Gabe Newell: PS3 is a waste of time
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Pfft. Whatever.
Sell your PS3 and buy a PC.
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Valve IS and HAS BEEN one of the best developers out there - and my personal favorite. Alot of games stole their ideas from Valve *cough* Gay-lo *cough* head crabs
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If you want to blame somebody for the lack of PS3 love blame EA.
Valve games + PC. Buy one.
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Do you see people complaining that Nintendo is not developing PC games? Same deal, just not the same kind of games.
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If a company is going to make their games available on a platform then they ought to be ready and willing to support that game on that platform either in house or have patch porting in the original contract with whatever company ports the game over.
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