The Orange Box delayed on PS3
by Alexander Sliwinski 
{ Sep 6th 2007 at 6:00AM }
Per the usual of all these PS3 delay announcements, Valve would not identify the reason for the delay, the game is being ported by EA. Lombardi also wouldn't talk about a specific date, he merely let the "couple weeks" quote float out there. Hopefully Sony can craft some message to explain these delays away, maybe it'll be the first memo by Karraker's replacment.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
beans @ Sep 6th 2007 6:26AM
ghey
Captain_Canada @ Oct 9th 2007 3:48PM
Well on the official playstation site it says thats Half life is due December 21st.
GamerG @ Sep 6th 2007 6:39AM
I think its all to do with blu ray disc manufacturing, I mean DVD's can be made anywhere but Blu ray discs have to come from Japan and be shipped.
MariosInferno @ Sep 6th 2007 7:26AM
That's what I thought right away...a few weeks??? Must be Blu-Ray...
BUT, do games HAVE to come on Blu-Ray on the PS3?? It is capable of reading and playing back standard DVDs...seem pretty wasteful to blow the extra dev cost to put the game on Blu-Ray when it's not necessary.
Anonim @ Sep 6th 2007 8:31AM
You must pour magic in each dics...
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As I said few news back:
"But but but it's good that PS3 is hard to program so WHY delays?!"
http://www.ps3scene.com/news/static/SCEpresidenthappygamemakersfinddevelopmentdifficult-1188866269.php
"SCE president happy game makers find development difficult"
etc.
JJ Rooster @ Sep 6th 2007 10:11AM
"BUT, do games HAVE to come on Blu-Ray on the PS3??"
Your post is jokes, right?
Of course blu-ray is not needed, the 360 is doing fine without it. BR is for movies and lazy devs who don't want to compress textures or audio. Enjoy another delayed game PS3 fans! You gotta admit it's tiring eh? ahahahahahaa
Marasai @ Sep 6th 2007 10:34AM
Marioinferno
Yes they do, or sony would not be able to claim that blue ray was needed.
Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 6th 2007 7:25PM
Not about stamping blu-ray discs. They could just wait until they have supplies and ship them together.
And the point about is Blu-ray needed was about why can't they ship it on DVDs, not whether the tech is needed.
And a couple weeks is vague enough that it could be six to twelve weeks for all we know. It is a programming issues, not a production issue. I would pretty much bet my xbox360 on it.
stewis @ Sep 6th 2007 6:40AM
Its delayed because the PS3 has "potential" and they want to use all that "potential" in Half Life...
Shig @ Sep 6th 2007 6:44AM
This is madness!
No, quite seriously, this seems to be getting a bit out of hand, these delays aren't gonna help the PS3 much unless the developers are trying to make look/play the best, or just catching up with 360 development.
Sotiris @ Sep 6th 2007 6:48AM
Lol. This will significantly reduce PS3 version's sales.
E.J. @ Sep 6th 2007 12:03PM
Madness?
This is PS3!!!
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
E.J. @ Sep 6th 2007 12:04PM
Madness?
This is PS3!!!
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
E.J. @ Sep 6th 2007 12:05PM
stupid system... this reply is obviously to shig...
Ang @ Sep 6th 2007 6:49AM
Only a couple of weeks? this shows it's just marketing if you ask me. It looks like they've staggered the release with favouritism given to 360 / PC.
Why not hold back all versions, so they can be released at the same time, if it's only a couple of weeks.
OnimushaSoki @ Sep 6th 2007 7:28AM
Yep. I'm thinking c-o-n-spiracy here, as well. Not saying EA's the only publisher delaying stuff on PS3, but they seem to be doing it most frequently. Hell, even in their commercials, it's X360 depicted at the end... not PS3/Wii. Add in their own high end employee making the jump to M$ and hey... bring on those c-theories.
Neebs @ Sep 6th 2007 2:42PM
Yeah, screw making money faster...IT'S A CONSPIRACY!
Snukadaman @ Sep 6th 2007 2:55PM
Like they did with GTA4....yeaa not many companys want too sit on all versions if they are finished..shit we all heard the excuses about blu-ray being needed for GTA4 but now im sure this is proof what the real problem was that delayed the game.
Supino @ Sep 6th 2007 6:58AM
so many PS3 delays.
Brandon Johnson @ Sep 6th 2007 6:59AM
Is EA porting both the 360 and PS3 version or is it just the PS3 version? Because they have gone on the record as saying that as the develepment of a game nears compleation they do move manpower over to the 360 game.
Taco_Hell @ Sep 6th 2007 7:19AM
Ouch baby, real ouch. I hope Sony or a dev team explains why so many games are getting delayed for the PS3. I actually feel sorry for the people who only own a PS3 and can't play HL2 on their computer. I mean sure its only a couple of weeks, but in those few weeks they'll have to deal with 360/PC gamers telling them how awesome the game is until until they reach insanity.
sheppy @ Sep 6th 2007 8:21AM
I know, right? I mean, it's maddening when this game isn't like currently available for PC or anything for under $20 nowadays to tide them over. That's just crazy talk.
Gimp @ Sep 6th 2007 7:28AM
Maybe they are delaying it so they can "fix" things..I mean hey, it worked for LAIR didnt it? that game turned out to be AWESO... i mean..yeah.........
License to ill @ Sep 6th 2007 7:33AM
Delays delays delays I don't really care since I don't own a PS3...
YET!
HaleysComet @ Sep 6th 2007 7:31AM
Thats what sony deserves...
2kings @ Sep 6th 2007 7:39AM
"NEXT" generation!
we better get used to delays... oh wait we are.
Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 6th 2007 7:32PM
I am not used to delays.
I am on next-gen, but I don't own a PS3....mmmmm, what does that tell you?
"Play Beyond."
Should be, "Play Beyond....when xbox360 owners get to, cuz its GONNA BE LATE"
hotnutz @ Oct 11th 2007 3:26PM
That tells me that you are on the Wii because Xbox 360 is DEFINITELY not next-gen. DVD, HDMI 1.2, no bluetooth, 30% failure rate. Yeah, that sounds like next gen to me alright.
TRUTH @ Sep 6th 2007 7:41AM
Yet Another PS3 Delay.... Nothing new to see here....
It must be that there's to much power in the cell...
Yet we're still waiting for a triple A title... Ohh well guess I'll be waiting a long time... didn't they say 6 yrs till the reach there potential... damn, Sony got me Again!!
eXisten3 @ Nov 26th 2007 3:46PM
how can hotnutz say the 360 is not "next gen"? great games. great user interface. great controllers. gfx that at worst is on a par with ps3. hdmi. can now output 1080p.
all i seem to see are adverts claiming that ps3 is the ultimate machine. assasin's creed "looks" worse than its 360 counterpart. and i remember seeing that game first on ps3, where i was led to believe it was the lead platform. seeing as it was ps3 exclusive.
there are huge problems with HL-2. low fps, glitches and a large delay of "a couple of weeks".
not trying to be a fanboy but it's hard not to sound like one. i will be getting a ps3 at some point but only when i consider it to be a viable investment. when there's something worth playing.
so i guess "true next gen" means next week, next month, next year. "POTENTIAL". when?
i'm sorry about the rant as this probably isn't the place to do so, but i felt the need to reply to hotnutz' bollocks about 360 not being next gen.
PerfectCr @ Sep 6th 2007 7:45AM
PSOw3ed!
Slaziman @ Sep 6th 2007 8:22AM
BAWLIN'
REUYL @ Sep 6th 2007 8:42AM
SUP BISHES
sheppy @ Sep 6th 2007 8:23AM
ith only a two week delay, that sounds likely. After all, I have NEVER heard of a full fledged bughunt in under two weeks.
waves @ Sep 6th 2007 11:22AM
Well, they did something similar to a multiweek bug hunt with Lair (pushed from Aug 14th to Sept 4th). But that just goes to show why it's a bad idea. It always raises red flags when developers have short delays. You need months not weeks to fix a broken game (see GTA). However Orange Box is a multiplatform game, and I doubt their doing bug hunts for one version at this stage.
Mal F4cti0n @ Sep 6th 2007 7:34PM
Oh, you know that there vague "a couple of weeks" equates to two weeks?
You are nothing short of amazin'.
Betcha $50 that it will be more than 14 days later when it comes out......
ssuk @ Sep 6th 2007 8:28AM
Sorry guys, there's no conspiracy about MS paying off publishers to delay games, there's no problems with the PS3 version of games. It's just the pressing process, which seems to be different from DVD pressing processes and as a result there's the odd 2 week delay when publishers don't take into account the 2 week delay they'll have and put up a peliminary release/fall behind schedual and can't keep the PS3 release BECAUSE of this 2 week delay.
You can keep thinking your fanboy conspiracies, but don't be stupid and believe in them enough to post them here.
JJ Rooster @ Sep 6th 2007 10:18AM
That's all kinds of stupid!
"Jimmy, we've been working on this game for a year. Did you remember to plan a 2 week buffer for pressing BR discs for PS3?"
What's the problem? They should only need to make 200,000 copies for PS3. But they'll need 3 times that for the 360's awesome install base.
Mr Slavio @ Sep 6th 2007 10:42AM
Once the code is finished and the game goes gold, they start pressing them to disc. The question at that point is which finish faster, DVD or Blu-ray? I think we all know the answer to that.
Sony, you reap what you sow.
Slaziman @ Sep 6th 2007 8:31AM
- 2 WEEKS OF WAITING
+ CUTSCENES AND MULTILINGUAL AUDIO
BLU-RAY FTW
Ian @ Sep 6th 2007 12:12PM
I kinda doubt that Valve will take weeks and weeks to add cut scenes and multilingual audio to the PS3 version and leave it out of the 360 version. Their going to be the exact same versions with cut scenes done with in game engines and just english, dumbass.
Slaziman @ Sep 6th 2007 12:59PM
I guess the sarcasm didn't go through...
Slaziman @ Sep 6th 2007 1:02PM
What I meant is that Blu-Ray is causing all these delays and all it's been used for so far are CGI cutscenes (in game engine cutscenes are good enough :/) and multilingual audio (who gives a shit?!)
xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Sep 6th 2007 8:43AM
Wheres Fernando Rocker??? Hey Fernando another delay!! LMMFAO!!! Ill be picking this game up on release day and throwing the goodness of it in the POS3 owners faces lol!! I keed I keed, poor PS3 always getting delayed for what will prob be a sub-par version of the 360's
Ouch baby, very ouch....
-Austin Powers
Arno @ Sep 6th 2007 9:14AM
Har har. But, but, PS3 and Blu-Ray is the next-next generation! It is so much more advance than the Xbox360...
... yet, its games always get delayed.
KEELr @ Sep 6th 2007 9:18AM
DelayStation 3
xXFenixKnight13Xx @ Sep 6th 2007 9:23AM
DelayStation 3
Priceless............
Ska Oreo @ Sep 6th 2007 2:12PM
Nice.
Jake @ Sep 6th 2007 9:34AM
As a developer, if you sell a game on the 360 or PC, you get a bigger cut. Devs therefore stagger their release to try to get the multiconsole owners to purchase the version that nets the developer/publisher more profit.
In the case of UT3 and possibly Haze, the PS3 version is leading by quite some time. This is for a different reason. The PC and 360 fall lineups are very crowded compared to the PS3. UT3 could very well be the PS3's biggest hit this Fall, while it would have went relatively unnoticed on other platforms.
These decisions are made to maximize profit. They have nothing really to do with the PS3's complexity and difficulty to program for, which is sometimes termed as its potential.
ukickmydog @ Sep 6th 2007 11:29AM
yes, all 2000 people with the ps3 are sure to get UT3