Rumor Buster: Left 4 Dead is still Xbox 360, PC only

This is exactly what Xav was talking about... Lol. It didn't even take 5 comments.

The irony of this comment is BEAUTIFUL.

That's it, we are resurrecting the Comment of the Week feature on the Fancast.

I completely disagree. This game is going to be f***ing awesome. This game might just get me to buy a new rig, but we'll see.

You're the man Xav.

Half-Life 3 is actually Episode 1-3. Valve already said this in the past. It helps keep them from long development cycles (although they're really blowing the whole "Episode" part of it by releasing their games 2 years apart from one another).

If you want to play a game similar to Left 4 Dead now, though, play the Killing Floor mod for Unreal Tournament 2004. It's a hell of a lot of fun, and it plays almost exactly like L4D (although it came out years before the L4D concept even came into being).

http://www.moddb.com/mods/killing-floor/news/killing-floor-25-released

Yes it's true.

This game is truly a sading.

Yeah. And Haze was the Halo killer that would make Xbox owners jealous.

And then when it comes out. "Man, no one even cared about that stupid game!"

@offday i never in my life backed haze and never believe it could be a halo killer.

Yup.. I was right. This argument DID start with

360: Cool! Cant wait to play it!

PS3: Who cares.. this game is going to suck anyway.

Wow...



You good sir, need to get a fucking life.

Most everyone I know owns a 360..is all I'm saying.

I wouldn't say it would be better on the Ps3, but I wholeheartedly support the opinion that FPS games tend to be stronger on the PC. I prefer the 360 controller for these types of games if I had to use a console, since there tends to be a delay with mouse + keyboard on the PS3, but overall, if I had to buy the game, it would definitely be for the PC.

Doesn't hurt that the game costs $10 less. :P

I say rumbles and triggers.

I haven't noticed a lag with M+K on PS3, but I am also using a really expensive Logitech Bluetooth series...

Agreed.. Keyboard + Mouse > Console.. but if I had to choose a controller for a FPS.. the 360 wins in every catagory.

Maybe if I did better on the grammar portion of my short essay, my thoughts would come across a little more clearly. lol

Valve just doesn't want to port L4D to PS3. Or any game for that matter.
And rightfully so, I'd rather have them developing games not porting them.

It's pretty much a given that EA will port the game.

Don't even get started on the whole if the game is developed on Ps3 then ported to 360, the 360 version will be better as well argument. Since no game in PS3's exclusive library has blown me away with graphics or gameplay, I don't see how that's possible.

I said nothing about gameplay or graphics. It all comes down to hardware, and unless you're really ignorant, you have to admit that the PS3 has the stronger hardware (the 7 SPE's and BluRay drive attest to that). It's the same as if a game was developed first on the PC then ported to the 360. It benefits since the PC are on the cutting edge of technology. I'm speaking only about multiplatform titles.

I'm not trying to sound like a fanboy, but it's obvious. Both systems have their own great games, however, so I hope you understand where I'm coming from. =)

Speaking in terms of real-world performance Zack the 360 just slightly beats out the PS3 in even CPU power. The PS3 has a slightly stronger CPU but with one SPE out for redundancy and all the needless features there is approx. 13% of the total CPU power locked away whereas the 360's CPU only loses a mere 3 percent in real-world performance. The difference in GPU power and over-all design efficiency is clear as well, the nod obviously goes towards the 360. It's a sad and depressing truth, but the PS3 was just poorly designed. Honestly, why do you think the real reason Ken Kutaragi was replaced?

To anyone reading this I can link you to the full spec sheet of each console, the calculations made to determine the real-world performance of each console and all the other boring tedious facts you’ll have to read through. The calculations were even done with the potential performance data released by Sony regarding the PS3. Keep in mind it may take me a little while to find this information again as I’ve not had to use it in a long time.

Basically this all means 360 > PS3 in a completely objective technical manner.

@anticrawl

You're saying that the PS3 is a poorly designed system...boy the IRONY on that one.

Also, to the other person who replied. Pick up a copy of Uncharted and then tell me there is no exclusive on the PS3 with mind blowing graphics.

Zack,

What I don't understand is what you use your game console for?
You see, I use it to play video games so I care about GAMEPLAY and GRAPHICS, etc.
You apparently care about how many SPEs are under the hood.

Unless there are games to back up the theory that developing a game using PS3 as the lead platform will benefit the 360 version, I call BULLSHIT.
Oh, and this theory came from Kaz of Sony. I have yet to hear any developer backing it up.

Look, I admit PS3 has some pretty looking games. But 360 is delivering the same level of graphics fidelity if not better. How can anyone claim that the PS3 is the better leading platform.

Wow, why has my post garnered so much negative attention? Heaven forbid there's any constructive comments on here. lol

I'm not focused just on SPE's. It was just an example. The fact that Sony uses BluRay exclusively to develop the games is the big bonus. If Microsoft used HD-DVD to make their games, I can almost guarantee that they would've won the format war, since there is nothing that BluRay did that HD-DVD didn't do (and in most cases, did better).

Both systems have plenty of flaws. The Xbox 360 has a high return rate, and the PS3 has had firmware that decimated a portion of their systems. But when you have developers that are deciding to develop for the PS3 and port it over to the 360, there is something there to say. I mean, the only time you see games directly developed on the 360 is really when it comes to exclusives or when third-parties hold close relationships to Microsoft (or they just find it easier, which is understandable). When it comes to companies who have spent years developing mostly on the PC, it makes sense that they would focus a lot on the PC and 360 since the development kits make it a lot easier to move content over.

However, in Valve's case, I don't really see why they can't move it over to the PS3. It seems they complain a lot when it comes to a console's architecture, but because of that, they're losing out on another audience of people. I mean, you saw it with the case of Square-Enix with Final Fantasy XIII. They're quite used to developing on the Sony platform, but they realised how much money they were missing out on , so they moved over to the 360, at least here in America, due to the strong install base.

Here is EA's take on why using the PS3 as its native development platform and porting over will help them a a company: http://gamer.blorge.com/2008/08/04/ea-focus-on-ps3-as-lead-platform-for-game-development/

e.Missark brings up a good point about how Uncharted is actually a pretty good game. I recommend checking out the demo. You can love your 360 to death, but sometimes, it's worth it to at least try some of the games. It certainly won't kill you. lol. That's why two of my favorite games are Mass Effect (never tried the PC version) and Ratchet & Clank. I'm not a fanboy of consoles, I'm a fanboy of the games themselves. If we all get to play the same game, I think that's great! I await the day when we can play online cross-platform (aside from the PC and 360) like with Final Fantasy XI. It will be quite enjoyable. =D

With all due respect, it's not like OXM and Nintendo Power are any different. I just have to mention Headhunter Redemption and you'll know what I'm talking about.

A lot of magazines have factual errors in their print. For example, newspapers do it all the time. OPM could've found out the error, but the magazines were already shipped out to retailers. It's not as simple as hitting an 'Edit' button for online journalists. Nobody's perfect.

I understand. But with an "official" in front of it, you'd expect more professionalism. This is different than a typo. Someone just flat out lied somewhere down the line.

@ offday

if you guy actually read more about the story you'd find out the OPM put it under the "Rumor" category.....seriously....

@Devin

Actually, it says absolutely nothing anywhere that this was stated as a rumor. In fact from reading this it even says that OPM "claimed" that Left 4 Dead was coming to the PS3. Do I need to define claim for you? Or can you be a big boy and look up for the word for yourself? I mean, since you're so busy criticizing people's reading abilities when it seems that you don't even know how to.

Uh, offday, it was in their "Rumor" section. I picked it up off the newsstands today. That's why you see the Rockstar comment above it. It's all rumors, not to be taken as fact. Just pointing that out. ;)

lololololol

I like shooting aliens for a living. It is so much fun to just point and shoot. Hooray! Guess which games I'm playing. Tha'ts right little boy...Gears and Halo. Hooray for games where the main premise is humans vs. aliens.

Why I bought a 360 for the 'creative' titles but instead I got Miis.

DOH!

No wait! I bought a 360 to play some Halo. Good thing there are 4 Halo games currently in production. Now I can masturbate multiple times on all 4 covers.

Talk about milking a franchise for what is worth. Oh well, I've learned that Microsoft and creativity just don't mesh well.

DOH!

I seem to have realized these PS3 "fans" have nicked at everything 360 just because it's doing good.. this is pathetic, for both sides.

Honestly, and this is speaking from experience, the Orange Box wasn't that bad. People have expressed little to no problems. I think there were two levels in the entire pack that experienced a little bit of that "slideshow" framerate, but it only plagued me for a few minutes. Sure, it was pretty annoying, but it certainly didn't kill the game. It just received enormous amounts of bad press from the Gametrailers fiasco (didn't help that they had different settings for the PS3 version compared to the 360), and because Valve threw the pile of work onto a development team inside EA.

This is my experience from testing Orange Box for the Ps3, 360, and the PC.

Regardless, it's a timed exclusivity, which sometimes is just as potent as a total exclusivity (see: Bioshock)

I didn't give a crap about FF when it was PS exclusive, and now that we get it, guess what? I still don't give a crap about it.

And FYI. You're the worst kind of fanboy, one who's totally oblivious to the fact.