Rumor: PS3 Gamers Suing Valve for Bad Orange Box?

SCRAWL writes:
"One of our readers, Toni T, has sent us in this saying that unhappy Orange Box gamers are going to sue Valve unless they receive a patch for the game before July 1, 2008. I know that is a short time, though when you think about it the game hasn't received any real support in seven months. We post this as a rumor because the thread posted was supposedly deleted and we have no real proof whether gamers will actually pursue the suing. The case is for false advertising and they are bringing it to the US Federal Trade Commission."

[Lucas22]

nice

[Time Lord]

Becasue nothing will come out of it, when the developer of the game (the fat guy..forgot his name)publicly declared his hate for the PS3.

[pharmd]

i agree, though a valiant effort, it will be a waste.... they received the game they paid for initially, upon purchase there was no promise of further support

[peksi]

I personnally would not try suing such a big company but I'd return the product as faulty and demand my money back.

[breakdancefight]

He should be suing EA or electronic arts, because Gabe Newell said from day one that Valve would not be handling the PS3 port. EA had in fact assigned a development staff to over see the port and any subsequent updates that followed. I know this seems as though he (Gabe) has washed his hands of it, but EA I believe is also refusing to patch.

[Lifendz]

you can sue anyone for anything. You bought the product willingly. No one forced you. And who buys these sorts of things w/o doing their research? Valve didn't promise you a patch? Valve actually didn't even do the game: it was shipped it off to some other dev team. I passed on Orange Box for that reason. Meant to rent it but the Uncharted was in my possession and the rest is a happy COD4, DMC 4, Burnout, etc history.

Leave it be guys. Don't buy their games and you'll hurt them more than any lawsuit would.

[Hitman_Legend]

They bought the game expecting a working product, but they got a product that was broken and seeing as its become such an issue and not even their petition worked hope they get what they want by suing. All they asked for was a patch to fix whatever issues may plague the game but how many months has it been. I don't have the game and don't really care for it, but I hope they hurt Valve or EA or whoever the hell it concerns where their pocket is, theirs no reason to pay god money for an inferior product.

[cp68]

Very nice indeed. Time we get things moving.

[TheHater]

Hope this help those gamers get the patch, because this is getting out of hand. These gamers should have gotten the patch around the same time as the xbox 360 and PC gamers. It unfair for them to buy the product, and don't have it fix while other system version is getting the patches and what not

[meepmoopmeep]

yeah, i agree.

hope they win.

[Snukadaman]

It was already known there were several issues with the game...being delayed should of been a red flag...another one was the original developers of the pc game outsourced the game to another company...Caveat emptor.

[meepmoopmeep]

i don't care what company is responsible. it's right that the people who buy a broken product should be heard and that's why i support their cause whether or not it turns out in their favor.

or maybe we should just sit there and take it up the *ss from companies and just never voice our concerns.

look what the RROD news did for the gamers. They b*tched and MS coughed up $1B for warranties. maybe your 360 needs to break a few more times to wake you up a bit.

[Snukadaman]

3 times to be exact....Purchased it at the time of gears of war...If I would of known of such rrod problems I would of steered away from the xbox and just bought a wii...problems with that was rrod was being recognized as a giant problem AFTER my purchase. Again as I said..the problems were known before those people purchased the game.
@bottom..No doubt they have a right to voice their concerns and no one should accept the problems.

[meepmoopmeep]

but that doesn't mean they have to accept it when they hear about other platforms getting a patch. they have a right to voice their concern.

whoever is responsible for the patch should remedy it.

[Kassanova07]

Power to the gamers!

[SmokingMonkey]

you know, they ported Orange Box over to the PS3, it's not VALVEs fault the Orange BOx is sub-par on the ps3. (still great games)
didn't GABE NEWELL (i think that's that fat f!cks name) say they should cancel the PS3 and start over?
i wonder what he thinks about the PS3 now?

[Snukadaman]

http://www.destructoid.com/...

[socomnick]

Im going to laugh at the counter suit that EA throws at those guys. :)
Just let it go already and learn not to commit the same mistakes. Dont buy multiplatform games on the ps3 always buy them on the xbox 360 or pc.

[Wildarmsjecht]

I'd SOMEWHAT agree with you if this was even a year ago, but since that's not the case, and multiplats are either on par or better on the ps3 than its 360/pc counterpart, i'll just say shut your cakehole considering you are a troll.

Still, this whole thing is like the gamers suing MS for shoddy live service for those many months. Whatever happened to that case.

[Fragking28]

name 5 mulitplats that are better on ps3 or on par with 360

[Topshelfcheese]

@fragking28

DMC4
COD4
GTA4
Burnout Paradise
Army of Two

[Wildarmsjecht]

Thanks for that Top Shelf, I was too busy replaying MGS4. But im sure thats not enough for frag. he'll want 10,then 100.

[Panthers]

but these games are better on 360 so ha

Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Quake Wars
Prince Caspian

now which do you prefer.

[Topshelfcheese]

@6.5

touche...that Ironman is a true masterpiece of epic next generation gaming goodness ;)

[Sez]

you also forgot.
1)HL2
2)cod3
3)R6 1,2
4)graw 2
5)lost planet
6)NFl 08
7)F.E.A.R
8)VF5
9)skate
10)turok
and their is more multi-plats that look better and play better on the 360.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

You should remove GTA4 (blurathon), DMC4, COD4, and Army of Two from that list, it's just wishfull thinking. You do have Oblivion and Burnout and Battlefield looks the same, but thats not 5. Over 90% of all multiplatform games look and perform better on the 360, it's just a fact of life, get over it.

GTA4 http://www.videogamer.com/v...
COD4 http://i9.tinypic.com/7yga9...

[Panthers]

I wasnt trying to make a fanboy comment, just making fun of yours. Most game are equal now and only the low budget and quickly released games are worse on one or the other.

Earlier on, yea the 360 had better multi platform games no doubt

[juuken]

Ho'snappers. :o

[pwnsause]

wow, did they went to n4g to read what i said, to go sue them? wow, voicing your opinions does work after all!

anyway, this is what i think of this issue, yes the game is old and all, but it is unacceptable not to support the game by fixes and addons while the other console is getting these things. i didnt signed the Petition BTW.

[Snukadaman]

stop being mean to our console guys. Man just get a xbox and stop crying and the rrod will dry your tears.

[Veryangryxbot]

Because that is beyond console war. That is beyond business.

That is about whats right and whats wrong. They deliberately sold you a half assed game and they dont even support it. Thats just pathetic.

They bring a product out on the market. The least they can do, is make sure the damn thing actually works.

That is beyond pathetic. And that is not about console war. I am not talking about any rumors of Valve deliberately sabotaging PS3. Im talking about them being fking pussies and not taking fking responsibility. Your product is crap. You took people's money. So fking FIX IT.

[xboxftw]

The droids should sue Sony for portraying a bdplayer as a games console.

[pwnsause]

"The droids should sue Sony for portraying a bdplayer as a games console."

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lets not even go there, cause if you want to, your going to get pwned by everyone on this site for saying that.

[zapass]

"cuz like all of us xbots, you'll experience the infamous **RED ASS OF DEATH** from being repeatedly and shamelessly screwed with no lube but that's a small price to pay to experience lo-rez versions of PC games while having a chat with the dumbest racist coxuckas in the universe."

[Snukadaman]

You should encourage sony soldiers to get laid since they are soldiers for a video game console.

[poopface1]

it was funny. I have a 360, but I still think the part about the RROD drying the biatches tears was awsome.

[bigmoney617]

on a business pov between sony and them..

eventually valvebeing a pc dev first will say fuk all this they dont need ps3 while still making 360 games and the pc...

[urban bohemian]

but it does seem imo that the blame lies with EA, they were given the code and were the ones responsible for the port. But thats my opinion and I can see why people would get mad at Valve because negative PS3 comments and the fact that they own the IP.

Valve and EA should have listened to gamers long ago, it can't have been that hard for them to release a patch............

[Shimrra]

Why blame Valve. They didnt want to even bring the game to PS3. EA is responsible for this problem since they handled the port to PS3 so with that logic in mind EA would also be responsible for any patch updates. EA is the problem here not Valve.

[solar]

come on now. im sure you've been around here long enough to realize if the ps3 brats dont get everything they whine and cry. Valve had nothing to do with the port. EA offered to do it because they saw what a great product The Orange Box was. money hungry. they produced a crap product of a great game. no one can blame Valve for that.

yet since the ps3 doesnt fit their business model...sticking only to PC and 360 they are labeled lazy and unable to program. yet their library of great games that are still played today and updated today for the PC crushes the ps3 brats arguments of Valve's developers. but they wont listen. oh dont talk bad about my lil black box!

many reviews stated problems with the game before release. why buy a flawed product? i wont. thats why i own a ps3 and not an xbox. the 360 is a flawed product in my mind. great console? sure is has some great games. reliable? absolutely not.

a video of what i tell the ps3 brats...

[Stephen Colbert]

HA
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[InMyOpinion]

This is beyond retarded.

[pwnsause]

no, its just a way for companies to listen. people are tired of shoddy ports, and if anyone does shoddy ports, its EA.

[InMyOpinion]

If you don't like the product don't buy it. It's that easy.

[Pornlord]

This is what I hope happens:

1. The patch doesn't come and a LOT of gamers go against them for false advertising.
2. Valve says they won't develop for PS3 anymore like a bunch of queefs.
3. I won't care and Valve will go fvck themselves.

I know that is a little harsher than my usual line of thoughts, but come on, it's not an attack on PS3 we are really talking about here. They don't care about GAMERS... that's my issue. They don't care about gamers in general. If they had done this to XBOX360 I would be on the same rant right now. Next time what will it be? They make a crappy game, lot's of people buy it for all the systems, and then something messes up and since they got away with it once, they just say fvck it, they'll buy the next one too??? I don't think so.

[CyberSentinel]

...Valve did not publish that game for your system. Gabe made it perfectly clear..."a total disaster on so many levels... I think it's really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted".

If not for EA, you lemmings would have NEVER gotten orange box on the Installation 3. Your petitions fell on deaf ears, and these empty threats will as well.

http://www.computerandvideo...

Good luck finding a lawyer who will file a class action suit, without milking you lemmings for all the monies you got.

Blind, Deaf, And Dumb Lemmings, Nobody Cares.

[deno]

I purchased mine for ps3 and it was not bad at all. Then again I never seen the xbox 360 version.

[heyheyhey]

one word:

Steam

just download the game, if your PC can't run The Orange Box then i suggest never showing your PC to the public.. or upgrade NOW!!

[pwnsause]

exactly, if you love valve games, just download steam on your PC and play them there

[etownone]

wow....

first sonyfans and their "petition" against DMC4 going multi-plat.

now sonyfans think they can sue a company for an inferior port?

does the game run? YES
can you finish the game? YES
does it look or play as great as the 360 version? HELLLLL NO

but then again, the list of inferior PS3 ports is very very long and keeps getting longer. WHy stop at HL2?

anyways....what a waste of time and tax payers dollars if this BS is true.

[pwnsause]

you would quite be saying the oppisite if it happened on the 360, in fact shouldnt you be suing for RROD right now? ROFL.

[Wildarmsjecht]

Wow, 360 fans sued MS for a shoddy Live service since December. First, they pay for the service expecting it to be decent, and then they have the nerve to sue MS!! WHAT A WASTE OF TAX PAYERS DOLLAZ!!

Granted, in the past it was deemed that developers couldnt produce the same quality on the ps3 as they could on the 360 version of multiplat games. That's not nearly the case anymore and hasnt been since COD and maybe a game before that dropped and for anyone to even continue holding on to that shows their insecurities *cough*

Hell, gamers have sued EA over their NFL exclusivity.
http://www.xbox360fanboy.co...

People will sue for whatever they feel needs to be compensated. To limit it to just "Sony fanboys" is nothing short of ignorant, and you might best be useful over in the open zone.

[The gaming GOD]

Remember, they were sued over false advertisement of the Wii version of the game. On the box it says Stereo Sound. But the game actually only outputs Mono sound.

So if you advertisement something and try to shaft your customers by not giving what was advertised, then yeah the company SHOULD be sued. Simply because they failed to give you what YOU the customer paid for.

[ELite_Ghost]

what's the point? the game isn't worth suing for...

[pwnsause]

it is worth suing for (BTW i have the orange box on the PC not on PS3 cause of course the game was buggy as hell) EA has to learn the PS3 owners are done with ports and wants game support for future titles. at the end of the day, if your a PS3 owner, this will benefit you if you plan to buy a game from EA in the future.

[DJ]

It just can't happen.

[ustayclassyn4g]

ask thompson, he needs the work

[joeynox]

the game works so theres no lawsuit. Yes its buggy but you have to deal with it just like we have to deal with mlb2k8

[Aclay]

The Orange Box isn't that good of a game to be wasting time suing for. Valve can just continue making their games on DVD-9 forever for all I care.

[Skynetone]

if they manage to sue, i think it will be a sad day for the industry

every company wiil be getting sued

[cp68]

We're not into that gaming era we were 15 years ago. Gaming has evolved, and is now one, if not the biggest entertainment market. It's all about the money. Money equals satisfaction. People spend 70 euros for game in europe, 60$ in the US. Gaming companies have to make a critical decision: port a PC game to consoles or not port it. Not porting it would be the best solutions. Porting it requires full satisfaction from console gamers. Some have successfully managed to do so, other are doing it at the moment {BIOSHOCK}, while others like VALVE did not. And now VALVE is paying for what they've done. EA ported the game, but VALVE owns the orange box. VALVE is the true responsible.

[PSWe60]

never played the game, is it any good?

For the PUTO Bots:
Unlike you @ssholes we like quality in our hardware and games.

You idiots buy a crappy console which breaks down and stick with it which means you guys take it up the @ss all the time from M$ and don't seem to mind, infact you guys seem to enjoy it (Jason 3rd60, Pussie o Green and Pungent PUTO Pig).

We like quality and excellence. You guys enjoy getting rapped and getting nickle and dimed so you bought a 3rd60.

JUMP OUT, my @ss hurts

[solar]

only about 100 or so GOTY awards...as stated on Steam's browser.

and man some of you ppl are idiots. EA did the game. not Valve. EA approached Valve about porting it. not Valve approaching EA. when will you ppl learn the facts before spewing idiotic statements.

[Snukadaman]

You mean being nickle and dimed like buying new maps for MGO..Something everyone agree's should of been in the original game as it is..not a sampler.....Yea you look really smart..hey fools gold releases on blu-ray today...go buy it unibrow.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Quality like that Gundom game that scores 4's on the PS3

[xboxftw]

You mean quality game like Haze. Paying for demo of GT5, paying for rumble, paying for new hard drives since the punishment for having more than 5 game is you'll run out of space. Hiccuping GTAIV, few people online on free psn to play games with.

[xg-ei8ht]

The fat guys name is gabe newell:0

But the real reason he hates on the ps3, He told a new employee to get buy him a george forman grill and the man returned with a ps3. Apparently sacked, and gabe did not get his lunch time burgers.

[cliffbo]

gabe is a personal friend of bill gates you know a bum buddy. LOL

[GameDreamer]

They should file a suit against EA, not Valve.

[kingme71]

How are you going to win this case?

Did it say in the advertising guaranteed to be bug free? I have no idea how they would win this in court.

Why aren't they suing EA anyway? Valve didn't port it.

[i rule]

At least they make good 360 games

[Bluejet]

This is a wast of time, the best way to get back at them is to not buy there games anymore. I wish i could go back and sue the developers of superman for the N64 lol.

[poopface1]

whiners. CRY CRY CRY. what a bunch of self centered morons. It a bad port. its not the first, and wont be the last. I honestly dont understand the bit$hing. why? cause its source games, and even my old comp with an x800 can run source games at high settings.

I thought it was ea who released the port. If it was up to valve, there wouldve been no ps3 version/nothing to complain about.

Why not try and use our energy and lawsuits on something that might actually matter, instead of being little whiny girls cause you got a worse OB port than the 360.

[LorD]

These guys are total dumbasses. They do not have a legal foot to stand on. Just read the EULA.

Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware.

A fool and his gold are easily departed.

[1stKnighT]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*

Get a freaking life.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Wan't some whine with your cheese? BOOO HOOO :( here are a couple of links to help you poor wittle droids out. For those crying eyes http://www.kleenex.com and for those poopy pants http://www.pampers.com/en_U...

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

This kinda reminds me of when Playstation fans signed petitions protesting Capcom for making DMC4 multiplatform.

[sleepbox]

lol @ the article...good luck with that chief.

Valve are the FPS gods and they realize what a piece of crap the PS3 is. Sorry...enjoy your JRPGS.

[Ali_The_Brit]

Valve should be ashamed, they aloud EA to port it and they or EA i dont care who should stand by there obligations and release a patch for a broken game of theres.

[RAM MAGNUMS]

who cares, half life sucks.
not valves fault they are playing sides in the war.
I know a couple of years from now I won't be like dam I didn't get to play the orange box!
but since they are so vocal about there malice its only right to sue them as there are plenty of links showing that they did it on purpose.
bye valve. Ha ha!

[REDZEV]

Wow you FANBOYS are scandalous!!! I mean Man!!! what are you guys gonna do, go after every 3rd party developer that makes a half ass version for the POS3. Sue them??? Common!!! the PS3 is what it is. YOU CANT POLISH A TURD!!! its not the developers fault its SONYS!!! Thats gonna be alot of petitions for you guys. Well I got an Idea for you FANBOYS why dont you gather in a circle and sing kum-bi-ya and clap your heels and maybe all your problems will go away.LOL

[dragunrising]

Valve owns the rights to the game. The purchaser of the game owns the license. EA didn't maliciously write bad code either.

[LuHawk]

PS3 is Crap anyways quit crying sony b!ithes

[Raoh]

i was going to say the same thing

as an owner of the ps3 and having had the 360 last year playing the game on both

what were people expecting from EA... i'm weary of all games that come out ofEA

[himdeel]

...pay (sometimes hard earned) money to be entertained. When you put that money on the register to purchase a game you WANT to feel like your money is well spent.

Refusing to fix this game could in some very small way be considered the same as the following scenario. You go to Burger King order a Whopper combo, you get half way out the drive through to realize that your burger patty is frozen and it's wrapped in flour. You go inside demanding a proper Whopper made how it should be made and the Burger King employee says to you I don't like the car you drive GTFO.

These developers should be put to task for not producing a quality product and not fixing the messes they make.