Valve: “We’ll Support PS3 Down The Road”

The road to humble pie, perhaps.

Published 19/02/2010 at 20:51.
By Lee C [Kovacs].

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Discussing upcoming Left 4 Dead 2 DLC “The Passing” with Edge, Valve’s Chet Faliszek intimated once again that the award-winning developer will support the PS3 – when the time is right.

“Before we do anything on the PS3 we need to be able to support it in the right way.

“But we’ll look at it, and I’m sure down the road we’ll do it.”

It’s not the first time Valve have commented on their lack of PS3 support and the possibility of embracing Sony’s console in the future. Previous comments on the topic suggested that Valve are open to working on the platform, but only when they had the talent in-house to do so.

Of course, they also did once suggest that the PS3 is essentially “a waste of everyone’s time.” That was of course before the recent surge in PS3 sales and the bombardment of stellar PS3-exclusive games such as Uncharted 2 and upcoming crowd-pleasers such as God of War III and Gran Turismo 5; titles that showcase that the PS3 is far from the weaker of this generation’s current consoles.

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Erroneus | 19/02/2010 20:56
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Down the road with Valve means in five years, just take a look at HL2:EP3. It has been confirmed by Valve, but NOTHING has been released about the game and we are getting close to three years since ep2 was released…
- Raider197 | 20/02/2010 10:22
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  Hey, now that’s not true, they gave us a… eh… concept art image about two years ago…
  - Erroneus | 20/02/2010 11:49
    Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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    True, such happy times :(
- drgoodier | 20/02/2010 13:28
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  It better be amazing when (if) they release it. I’ve been waiting for so long and I’m surprised they haven’t mentioned anything about it for so long. Maybe they’ve just gone straight to HL3. That would be pretty awesome.
  - Erroneus | 20/02/2010 14:01
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    I’m pretty sure they are working on a new engine and that’s why it’s taking so long. I would also expect them to release HL2:EP3 and Portal 2 at the same time, properly in a box. Also HL3 wouldn’t be more then 1-1½ year away after Ep3.
    
    I really can’t see them NOT announcing it this year, personally I hope they are going to announce it at Gamescom cologne this august, where I’m going to be :)
cc_star | 19/02/2010 20:58
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Just wait until Gabe Newell opens his mouth for the opposing view
- MUKARKAR | 19/02/2010 21:38
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  dahhh i cant wait for that to happen, lol
Brinaldo | 19/02/2010 20:59
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“We will support PS3 when Gabe Newell’s weight will be less than 80kg”. So, never. Or maybe they’ve seen that PS3 is selling a lot and they have discovered that they love money, so this could really happen.
- Kovacs | 19/02/2010 21:15
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  Play nice. Attacking someone you don’t like by mentioning his weight just because he has a different opinion to you is pointless.
  
  Attack his opinion by all means. Insulting someone you don’t actually know because of those opinions makes no sense to me.
  - bunimomike | 19/02/2010 21:28
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    To be fair, I’m a big guy and I don’t develop for the PS3 either. :lol: There’s a pattern forming here. :P
  - Brinaldo | 19/02/2010 21:34
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    Well, I’m a big guy too, and I didn’t want to offend anyone or attack anyone, just express an idea. I hope that nobody has misunderstood what I’ve written; if someone felt bad, please excuse me. What I wanted to say is that I don’t think that I’ll see a Valve game on my PS3, as they cleraly prefer PC and X360 because they feel better with those systems. But I still hope for a L4D Collection on PS3… it’s just a dream…
  - bunimomike | 19/02/2010 21:45
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    If you don’t develop for the PS3 we have a conspiracy on our hands :D
  - Kovacs | 19/02/2010 21:48
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    I respect what you’ve said in your reply.
    Personally, I wasn’t offended. And it’s not like Newell’s girth hasn’t come up before by people who have taken umbrage with the man’s absolutely baffling and insulting remarks about the PS3.
    If you meant it in jest, that’s cool. I’m sure Gabe has heard it all before. He’s also a very successful developer so I’m sure it’s water off a duck’s back at this stage.
    I just like to keep things civil. We all have our flaws, and it would be a great world to live in if people didn’t point them out to us at every opportunity.
    :D
  - bunimomike | 19/02/2010 21:57
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    @Kovacs – exceedingly mature and respectful reply. No matter what prejudice we choose to pull up on (size, race, gender, etc), it’s probably best to make sure you are absolutely and utterly joking about such a thing. Especially online when text loses all subtlety. Also, there’s probably a good handful of nob-jockeys at Valve who are relatively svelte. :D
  - Rob92 | 19/02/2010 21:57
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    Now now, lets not get all PC, I’m sure even if Gabe was reading (if so, please develop for the PS3, thankyou please) he wouldn’t mind.
  - Jordaaaan | 19/02/2010 21:59
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    I’m not a big guy and I love the PS3, coincidence?
  - bunimomike | 19/02/2010 22:03
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    I suppose one might say that Gabe is probably worried about the PS3 resembling a George Foreman Grill and that’s what keeps him away from using one.
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    Not me. I’d never say something like that. :D
  - YOURMUMANDME | 19/02/2010 23:43
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    @Bunimomike , I have a normal frame and a budda belly which , if I’m honest looks like a snake digesting a goat ……………and I don’t develop for ps3 either ! :D
- minerwilly | 21/02/2010 01:15
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  Im a normal mr average sized bloke (ahem) and I don’t write programs for the PS3 either so this puts this conspiracy to bed , which is where i’m off to now !
bunimomike | 19/02/2010 21:07
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Down the road :lol: We’re already down the road you muppet-developer! PS3 is selling well. Games are looking wonderful. If you can’t be bothered to put in the time to get to know the architecture then don’t worry. We won’t miss you. God knows I haven’t so far.
dirtyhabit | 19/02/2010 21:08
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Its not a question of whether they will support us, more whether we will support them, after their recent performance.
- cc_star | 19/02/2010 21:25
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  Good point
- MUKARKAR | 19/02/2010 21:39
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  +1
- Kovacs | 19/02/2010 21:49
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  I think it would be great if Valve came out at some point in the future and applaud the PS3 as a great machine. I think such a statement could happen. After all, they are very talented developers.
  - KeRaSh | 20/02/2010 09:26
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    Yeah but apparently not talented enough to work with the Cell… Dissing the PS3 is just a sorry excuse for lack of “mad dev skillz”! :D
  - hazelam | 20/02/2010 10:01
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    maybe they are, but have you noticed how much of their output actually comes from their community?
    apart from half life and left 4 dead a lot of their titles originated outside valve, even portal is, let’s say, inspired by another title.
    and also how long it takes them to make most of their games, didn’t team fortress 2 take like, nine years?
    and something like two years and counting for half life episode 3, somebody seems to have gotten the totally wrong idea about episodic gaming :)
    and don’t get me started on steam and the restricive drm it introduced.
    wasn’t it newell who suggested that end bosses of games should be locked to a download only obtainable via a one time use code?
    maybe when valve make something other than yet another fps, i’ll care about their output.
- TSBonyman | 19/02/2010 21:49
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  Indeed. But if they make a new Half Life i might be more forgiving.
hazelam | 19/02/2010 21:28
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words are cheap, and coming from valve they mean very little.
teflon | 19/02/2010 21:30
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I’ll believe it when I see it.
There were pseudo rumours about it a while back, when they advertised for PS3 engineers. There’s also rumours that they’re bringing Steam and their whole back catalogue to Mac and Linux…

So yeah, we’ll see, but I don’t exactly think it’s going to happen any time soon. Maybe when Duke Nukem flies.
clank250 | 19/02/2010 21:41
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Who is this guy? If he’s not Gabe Newall or Doug Lombardi, then it obviously isn’t Valve’s opinion. Just because The Orange Box supposedly looks like crap on the PS3, it looks fine by the way, means that they are never EVER going to make games for the PS3. Unless something tragic happens to the two of them, Valve’s never making games for the PS3.
- dirtyhabit | 19/02/2010 21:47
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  Newall and Lombard will go wherever the money is, simple as.
  - dirtyhabit | 19/02/2010 21:48
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    Meant to say “wherever they ‘think’ the money is”.
    
    Is there an editor in the house!?
- Kovacs | 19/02/2010 21:51
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  Chet is a writer at Valve. Apparently even Valve don’t know what he does.
  http://www.valvesoftware.com/people.html
  “Chet Faliszek – Writer
  We are all still trying to figure out exactly what it is that Chet does at Valve, but at the very least he occupies office space on the 11th floor as self-proclaimed Mr. Awesome.”
Boomshanks | 19/02/2010 21:44
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I heard they were thinking about supporting the Playstation 4
- Rob92 | 19/02/2010 21:58
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  Nope, they happen to know its a waste of time. On the other hand, PS5 is a possibility.
  (wow that felt strange writing PS5)
  - dirtyhabit | 19/02/2010 22:04
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    You should try typing ‘Missippippi’!
    ;-)
  - bunimomike | 19/02/2010 22:06
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    What the hell is a Missippippi? :lol:
  - dirtyhabit | 19/02/2010 22:08
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    LMFAO!!! :-D
    
    Ooops
UsernameHere | 19/02/2010 23:00
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Didn’t gabe newell use to work for microsoft?