Valve distances themselves from PS3 development

by Dustin Burg on May 5th 2008 1:00PM

Big Xbox 360 fanboy brownie points goes to developer Valve, not only for giving the 360 a superior version of the Orange Box, but because they openly diss the PS3. Now that's the kind of developer we love.

Chatting with CVG at a recent Left 4 Dead preview event, Valve's Doug Lombardi was blatantly honest about why they aren't planning a PS3 version of the game, saying that "we're not PS3 developers - we're doing PC and 360 like with Orange Box." Zing! Lombardi explained that "EA came to us and said 'wow, Orange box was an incredible project, can we do a PS3 version?'", so that's why a (craptacular) PS3 version was created without Valve's magic touch. Though, it's still possible we'll see Left 4 Dead on the PS3 if it becomes a huge hit on the 360 and PC, just don't expect Valve to be involved ... mwahahahaha!

[Via NeoGAF]

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Tags: left-4-dead, orange-box, valve

Reader Comments (105)

I'm glad the article was posted. It let's me know that Valve won't be developing for the PS3 anytime soon. Nothing wrong with that. Considering that Valve's games primarily target the American market it makes alot of sense. It's cheap to port from windows to X360, compared to the difficulty of coding for the PS3, and since the X360 has a larger game-playing audience than the PS3 (which is reporting high sales largely due to BR, noted by it's low attach rate), it makes even more sense. If the game targeted a worldwide audience, then they would probably dev for the PS3, since it has/will have a larger audience than the X360.

While being a fan of the Half-Life series, I can admit that PS3 gamers won't be missing all that much.

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