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Half Life 3 For Steam Box Only, No Xbox One & PS4 Versions In The Making: Would That Be A Good Idea?

S&R talk about Half Life 3.

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ZodTheRipper3859d ago

It would definately be a system seller and an intelligent move from valve. I for one can live without a new Half Life though ...I'll buy the steam box nonetheless some day.

iamnsuperman3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

I don't think it would. It depends how good the system is or how good the value for money is. If it is steam box only it would piss of a very loyal PC fanbase (something Valve should avoid). Now if it doesn't come to the Xbox One or PS4 but does to the Steam Box and PC I don't see it making a lot of difference as weirdly the Steam Box is targeted at the PC gaming crowd and the previous factors I just mentioned would come into play (the money aspect is interesting as I think the steam box will not be cheap as Valve isn't making the consoles so the manufacturer needs to make some money off the hardware. Like how mobile phones are very expensive because the manufacturer cannot off set the cost with software sales like Sony and Microsoft does with their consoles)

XB1_PS43859d ago

Yeah, if it's not on normal steam, I'm gonna be pretty pissed off. I can't imagine that happening though because they are the majority share holder in pc games. They would take a loss doing so, because most of their customers own a pc.

zeal0us3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

It would be a huge gamble on Valve part. They would be better off adding exclusive features for SteamOS users rather than going down the exclusive for SteamOS road.

Even though all PC users would have to do is just dual-boot the OS on their machines or run the OS through a virtual environment, Valve would still receive some backlash over this.

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-Mika-3859d ago

I personally don't care. I think this series is overrated. I could never get into it.

XB1_PS43859d ago

Yikes. You must've played it years later, the games revolutionized physics in games.. I actually still don't see games that use physics in the creative manner that valve implemented them.

Th4Freak3859d ago

Not only physics, it revolutionized the whole FPS genre.

Dojan1233859d ago

I think that was my problem as well. I bought it the last steam sale for the Gary mod textures. I need to five it a shot again.

djplonker3859d ago

Same here I think left for dead is better!

l4d3

half life 3

portal 3

lots of 3's to come!

PSN-JeRzYzFyNeSt3859d ago

i could care less i like portal more. but that said everything from Valve is overrated

Belking3859d ago

Of course it's a good idea. It's no different than having exclusives on the consoles.

SnakeCQC3859d ago

Wouldnt Pc users be alienated too unless we install steam os?

Software_Lover3859d ago (Edited 3859d ago )

Yes, yes we would.

They would basically be doing the same thing they accuse Microsoft of doing. Trying to become a monopoly.

Stsonic3859d ago

No you would just dual boot into steam os

GhostPanther3859d ago

Half Life is not even a good series in my opinion. I'm good with my GTA 5 and soon will have my next gen console.

Deividas3859d ago

Spend over $700 to play one game?...I think I will pass.

ZodTheRipper3859d ago

Do you want a list of PS3 exclusives?

saber000053859d ago

@Fireseed

Hey... Microsoft did it.

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Details of Multiple Cancelled Valve Projects Revealed, Including Half-Life 3

A new Half-Life making-of has revealed details about cancelled Valve projects, including Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3, a Dark Souls-inspired RPG, and more.

moongrim1406d ago

wait so I have to pay Steam money for this "Video" and Epic Games are the ones who are greedy? FOH

kitano19471406d ago

its an interactive storybook, written by Geoff Keighley, why should it be free? hes worked on reporting valve games since before half life 1 released.

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-Foxtrot1406d ago

Open world L4D game?

I'm curious

I'd love to see Zoe, Francis and Louis come back, or maybe Bill if they pretend the cross over with L4D2 never happened and they went North to Canada.

Knightofelemia1406d ago

Shame about L4D3 I would have bought that day one

FlyingFoxy1406d ago

Same, tho interestingly if you check the steam database page you can see L4D2 is being updated frequently, just not publicly, seems they are up to something.

Also we can look forward to B4B trailers etc soon so we have another game that might be similar.

MadLad1406d ago

Damn I want more Half-Life and L4D..
Half-Life would be less jarring if it didn't end on such a cliff hanger.

Hard to believe that was all the way back in 2007.

Fist4achin1406d ago (Edited 1406d ago )

Wow, great plans all flushed down the toilet. These probably would have all sold well too. A fan in me no more of valve.

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Six Gaming Sequels We Desperately Need

B. Michael Logan writes: "Sometimes pressure from gamers has paid off when it comes to pushing game developers to grace our lives with sequels of games that we desperately need. However, we may never see sequels to game we’ve been demanding for years."

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ApocalypseShadow1693d ago

Not desperately. But I'd definitely take another Jet Set Radio.

SlagWolf1692d ago

I’d love a portal 3 but I don’t know where you’d go with it. The second one pretty much wrapped up every thing nicely.

AK911692d ago

Don't bother with Valve IPs anymore they don't make games anymore just focus on Steam.

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If Valve won’t make Half-Life 3, maybe one of these studios could

Gabe Newell's omni-studio might not have the appetite for Half-Life 3 anymore - but these developers could do it.

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THC CELL1777d ago

Someone should make in dreams on ps4

thatguyhayat1777d ago

Thats most likely to happen since theres a sonic Kirkby game and a playstation all stars battle royal sequel happening on that too

Profchaos1777d ago (Edited 1777d ago )

It's interesting but after all this time i don't think it's possible to launch a HL3 game without disappointing fans in some way.
Do they keep the old mechanics and risk the game feeling dated?
Do they overhaul the game play systems to be more competitive and risk alienating hardcore fans?
Who writes the story as the writers from the original have long since parted ways with valve?
Is it even worth it? HL2 ep 2 was released in 2007 games have evolved dramatically in the past 12 years and the same techniques and story devices have been surpassed these days and valve hasn't released a fully story driven game since portal 2 in 2011 (even that's a little debatable as to how much story it had IMO it was light on story intentionally but lots of fun).

Most fans have developed their own theories and there are so many possibilities out there with the direction the story could have went maybe Valve don't want a 3 because it will never live up to fans and their own story they create after ep 2.

If we see anything HL related from vavle i would prefer it to be set around an entirely new cast

porkChop1777d ago

Arkane is the only dev on this list that would remotely fit or make sense.

Skuletor1777d ago

They were working on Half-Life 2: Episode 4 before it got cancelled

CBaoth1776d ago

Gearbox did the expansions for Half-Life; Blue Shift & Opposing Force. They also served as a liaison between Sony and Valve during the early years, creating Half-Life Decay for the PS2. Arkane would be a decent second choice if Viktor Antonov is still there

porkChop1776d ago

I know Gearbox has worked on Half Life before, but I didn't think the expansions were any good. I don't think they're a good fit for HL3.

chazjamie1777d ago

How is this a topic worth writing about?

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