Personally, I'd go for the stepchild version. How is it better to just completely 'abort' as it were that child? Why not give us something at least?

So until Valve says they are releasing a PS3 game there is really no need to keep rehashing the fact, just like there is no need to call Gabe a fat lazy developer because of it....... I have L4D on my 360 and it really isn't all that great imho. It is really fun for the 1st few days but the lack of an actual story lined campaigned really made it feel like a unfinished game to me.

Your loss Valve. There's money to be made here. You're making yourselves look lazy.

in purchasing anything from Valve (says a PS3 owner.) Support goes both ways...

why keep making these articles ps3 owners don't want the games, heck listen to them here. so stop asking about it. as long as theres no support from the gaming community on the ps3 Valve will stay away and for good reason.

IMO Valve games are nothing without steam.

got em for PC so could care less.. too fvckin lazzy devs,we got all the good ones anyways.

Skill wise,Valve has NOTHING on Naughty Dog and Insomniac.

well for me yeah they can stick it up their azz if we want it bad enough we will buy for pc

Its not a big deal and it seems its just the media pushing this issue with valve. they make pc games and port over to the 360, whats the problem?

i dont care for valve games. never saw thier genius, never appreciated any of their games. I was a big red faction fanboy and I hated half life. I thought it was pretty boring.

counter strike was good but Im a socomer so not a loss on my part.
media should just leave valve alone. gamers will find a way if they really want to play thier games dont ya think?

Who cares.Valve games are best played on PC and has been for the past 15 years.

"we'd feel like we sort of got the stepchild version of the product while the guys on the 360 get the sweet version"

Pffft Where is the L4D and Team Fortress 2 mod support for 360?

Why?
Playstation has tons of mini games on psn and more that are coming to satisfy the mini frag fest in all of us.

Its not a real problem as we can all just play any valve game on PC where it belongs. Really not a big deal & if Xbutts wanna try and use this as ammo then I only got 1 word for ya... INSOMNIAC.

LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

it`s good that`s valve is being honest. This all can change in future .We all know valve are pc devs.

Not going to start now.
I'd be much more interested in the resurrection of Free Radical,mind.

You know, I'd like to see SCEA try and help out on this front.
If PS3 ports are handled internally at Sony then we could see some great titles.

GUESS HALF LIFE 3 WILL BE XBOX 360 ONLY!

AHAHAHAH

Try hiring some people with previous success with that platform. With all the studios that closed last year to now, I'm quite sure Valve can find a good team. But I can bet Valve will never do it, they don't know what they are missing.......

Valve sucks.

No wonder thier graphics look like the underside of my balls.

and still no one really cares, bottom line, they arent knocking out blockbusters every week, they have 1 really great game the Half life series which at this point there is really on 3 left.

L4D is temp sucess it will be short lived, its really about Half Life, with out that they are nothing, and once it comes out and feeds the hungry, then they are back to really having nothing as far as I can see, i just cant take them seriously anymore.

they are morons. when kojima wants to work on sony systems only, its because he's a genius whose work can only be done on sony systems.

Can't say I'm worried or even disappointed tbh, Valve to me have always made games that are best experienced on the PC. I have a 360 aswell but I think Valve's games are just a better experience on PC.

Still, noone cares.

I guess PC will have to do.

Meant to be played on PC.

on PC or PS3 - I have boycotted them

Valve the piece in the toilet that is used for flushing

Big deal. It's a good game and I wish it was on the PC but it doesn't stop me from playing it. it's all good.

It's not worth Valve's time to re-design the Source engine to run well on the PS3. It works well on the 360 because it's code is 95% the same as PC. All the PS3 owners seem to hate Valve anyways, or at least say you do because you're not getting their games.

Damn Droids, stop begging Valve for games.

It only takes one person, Valve.

You're telling me that NO ONE in Valve would even be SLIGHTLY interested in learning the code? You're telling me that all this time the PS3 has been out, and you STILL have not even TOUCHED the code yet? I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't even have ONE person who is ALREADY a member of the company know SOMETHING about the PS3 code.

Maybe they should hire this person:

"until we find the people who want to come to Valve or who are at Valve who want to work on that"

Seriously?? Out of all the game developers out there, and all the people trying to become developers and break into the industry, they can't find anyone who wants to work for VALVE on the PS3?? I'm fine with them sticking with PC architecture, they can remain true to themselves, that's fine, but they don't have to make up excuses like this. They can just say they're a PC company.

its their loss

Oh noes! :o

In other news, I have bought Blaze Blue Calamity Trigger. I am most happy now. :3

So Ps3 fans are screwed outta having to buy a 60$ Expansion?(L4D2)

Not a big deal if you ask me. I've said it before and Ill say it again. If Valve wants to show what kind of talent they have they would Develop on the Ps3. They are the ones who say they would spend to much on Development costs and such(material and man power). The said part is that all they are doing is twikking a game engine that is almost 6 years old.(Source here http://source.valvesoftware...
Now it takes talent to write an engine like what they have but the sad part is that Unreal Engine 1 can do what they have now. Visual upgrades now and then are not going to show off the power of a Pc/Console. So I say it again when Valve is ready to up their game they will Develop a Ps3 game, but then Gabe might have to shed a few pounds having to work late.

i know i will be bubble-less..........

i thought half-life was solid but not the greatest fps that is or will be. programming for the ps3 is challenging but the finished product of a game is awesome. not that i dislike valve or anything, but their games look very dated/old. i can understand valve's stance or the ps3, so let us not make valve out to be diamonds when they are still coal.

If you have a company who doesn't want to increase their revenue just because they are not willing to put forth time and effort in creating a port to a well established console which by the while generalize a quite bit of money for other Developers than i say, "Good day to you Sir"...

Valve and ID software, the industries best developers completely ignoring the ps3..........speaks volumes about its broken architecture and its failure of attracting gamers who buy games

I sure don't won't games from a company who says they don't develop for the PS3 because its to hard. Valve programming team has no talent. They seem to fear change and a chance to learn something when you develop games on new and more advance hardware. IMO they are limiting their growth.

And I'm not seeing why so many people are part of the Valve Defense Force. They're good games to be sure, but not mindblowing.

As I've said before though, Valve is just lazy. PS3 aside, just look at how little they've done to update their graphics for this generation and how little content they've put out despite being a powerhouse in industry.

In this economy there are probably tons of out of work devs with PS3 experience willing to retool the Source engine for the console, it's just a matter of hiring them and putting them to work.

Valve are the kings of FPS they don't want their work to be ruined by the PS3.

Valve is a PC company, I'll play Half-Life and L4D on the PC. I don't need the sh1tty Xbox ports

xD!!!

My 3 year old MBP runs everything Valve have released (in great quality too) so i'm fine with this news =)

On a side note: One thing does bother me....Where the HELL!?!?!?! is Episode 3?!!?!? I can get cliff hanger, but i've been hanging for 6 months almost O.O!!! ='( my grip...is giving way....

There's probably no point in them learning how to code for the PS3 with a five year old engine, it's just a waste of resources. If they ever decide to make a new engine, I think they would take the PS3 more seriously.

Croteam a much smaller developer on PC,known for the Serious Sam games actually hint about asking the fans if they should develop on PS3.

http://www.seriouszone.com/...

I have no interest in Valve, most of it game are overrate and boring, Half-Life 1 per example.

Will there be another "news" article next week saying "It's after 4th of July - still no love for the PS3 from Valve".

Honestly. Stop.

I'm gonna write an article called:
"Still no love for Valve at N4G"

no PS3 interest from Valve??? WHO CARES???? PS3 HAVE GOOD GAMES

Can we just stop with these articles. I mean seriously...if Valve doesn't want to make games for Ps3 then so be it. Its not like Ps3 is going to suffer some serious loss over it. Get over it people and move on. There are other developers besides Valve as well.

Wrong Post.

Still no good articles submitted this week.

Still no interest for any games made by that ugly jellyfish Gabe Newell. The Orange Crap Box was enough! I hope he will make plenty of bad games for other platforms and leaves us alone with PS 3s exclusive masterpieces. Please Valve: Do never ever make games for the PS 3! They won't be good in the first place!

it would be cool to see valve games on ps3, but then again because valve has said that they won't, most ps3 owners don't even think for a second when valve announces a game that it is coming to the ps3 now. So when and if one ever does, ps3 owners will be " alright that's cool" but they are not set on seeing it on the ps3 when that said game is announced.

i definitely sure Episode 3 will be on Xbox 360 and PC.

so last gen uncharted 2 is way better and and thats why ps3 is the most powerful machine on the market and more powerful than pc valve are lazy cause they dont know the power of the cell

i love you to valve.

CS 360 FTW

before this gen playstation fanboys didn't care nor did they care to know who valve was or what valve was about because they were primary pc devs.

the only reason valve get's this attention is becuz they have went on record as saying they don't support the ps3 and to not support the ps3 is a cardinal sin this generation especially when said company supports the enemy i.e the 360.

And to make matters worse no matter how many here say they don't like valve or valve games a huge portion of playstation faithful play team fortress 2 on the regular and many more want the chance to experience l4d on the ps3. it's okay for jaffe to work only on the ps brand, it's okay for insomniac to work only on the ps brand; but the minute valve says they are working on the pc and 360 it's a problem?

it wasn't a problem when counter strike went to the original xbox but not the ps2 was it? No; because the ps2 was the industry leader and the playstation faithful didn't care.

This generation has become so engulfed in this so called console war we have completely forgotten about the the games. Unless said game can be used to attack the opposing console loyalist.

Valve not producing on PS3 nothing new there personally I could careless if they have a PS3 game or not back to Infamous.

god!,what will we PS3 owners do without a valve game?!......Oh well i guess we'll have to pay all the awesome exclusives and multiplats.

Screw Valve guys! Talking' about developers ? Hey guys, your game engine is now at least 5 years old ! I've better games than L4D 2 comin' on PS3 (Uncharted 2, MAG, GOW 3), so screw you guys loll

And just for their arrogant speaking', no more Valve games for me. I'm a lot of $ for the videogame industry every years (Gamer PC & PS3 owner).

Yeah Valve, the 360 is such a great product that i sold mine ! Guys, don't forget there are gamers that will never touch a 360 of their lives. I made the mistake to do so... My hands are dirty... God bless me... LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

BTW, what's next ? Counter-Strike & Counter-Strike: Source are there, so how will you make money next ? Another Counter-Strike: More Sourced ? And CS: Even More Sourced Than The Source Of The Source !

"until we find the people who want to come to Valve "

clearly even PS3 developers know they are big douchebags.

I tried Left 4 Dead on the 360 and it's horrible compared to the PC one

I'll be honest here, Valve makes good ish but when your already playing the (arguably) best console FPS around in KZ2 who really cares?

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.