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G4TV: Opening The Valve, Gabe Newell Interview

While the Valve faithful were probably expecting an update on what was happening with the third Episode of Half-Life 2 episodic content, or something about a Portal sequel, E3 2009 would prove not to be the place for that. A few days before E3 dropped, the world discovered what Valve was hiding. Coming off a successful Left 4 Dead release on the PC and Xbox 360, the Seattle based company decided to go back to the drawing board and blow out Left 4 Dead 2, a fully-fledged sequel that will drop later this year.

Known for consistently adding content for free, the publisher caused tantrums among its fans. Among the many questions: "Why a sequel so soon?" "Where the hell is Episode 3?" G4TV swung by E3 for their annual interview with Valve's Gabe Newell and Doug "Don't Tell Billy" Lombardi to get the latest on everything Valve.

WildArmed5449d ago

"Yes. We haven’t done a good job of taking care of our PS3 customers at all for the existing Orange Box customers, and that is very frustrating to me personally. Until we can do a better job than we have, I’m sort of hesitant to go back and screw them again. So, I want to make sure when we have customers on the PS3 they don’t end up in the sort of second class citizen that I feel that they’ve been by what we did originally with the Orange Box."

I'm quite satisfied with that answer.
Thanks for a reasonable answer.
I'm sure every 'sane' person will understand ^^
exception: fanboys :D

DecayingMadness5449d ago

isn't it really EA's fault though since they ported it...

qface645449d ago

i actually agree this is a totally different answer then what the gabe in the past would say

also don't mean to offend but he doesn't look like the most photogenic guy around
how about a smile at least

WildArmed5449d ago

lol i think that would be the submitter choice of photo.

@1.1
Yeah, but they both didnt take responsibility. So I'm just happy some1 is manning up.

DeforMAKulizer5449d ago

WOW!!! Kinda surprised Gabe would say that!
Makes me feel happy that PS3 owners might finally be getting some Valve love, with hopefully Half-life 2: Episode 3, and maybe, just maybe L4D...
Glad to see Gabe answer in such a positive remark, and trying to get off on a new page! =D
At least now we can know for sure that Valve are trying their best to maximize potential games on the PS3!
Great!

WildArmed5449d ago

although i dont think we'll see PS3 valve games.
its just good 2 see him give him respect to it.
maybe once they recruit some ps3 tech geeks, then.
but its doubtful.
financially they are doing fine with just PC n 360. (which is great!)

DeforMAKulizer5449d ago

Ya i know, but at least now we all know that he and his company are open to trying to account to the PS3 consumers...
I mean IMHO, i would much rather play their games on my PC, best utilization, performance, and immersion into their games...
But at least the future of Valve and PS3, especially consumers, looks slightly brighter now...

ChrisGTR15449d ago

why cant they just make it for ps3 but ad another 6 months of dev time? im shure itll work fine with all that extra time

Rob0g0rilla5449d ago

I'm surprised he didn't say it sooner.

Enigma_20995449d ago

If you feel personally frustrated about your previous efforts, you TRY HARDER NEXT TIME, NOT SHUT THEM OUT ALL TOGETHER!!!!

Anyone but fanboys would accept this excuse?!?! No one with common SENSE would let him get away with that kind of excuse!

""So, I want to make sure when we have customers on the PS3 they don’t end up in the sort of second class citizen that I feel that they’ve been by what we did originally with the Orange Box."

Guess what, if you don't put any games on the PS3, you don't have any customers! You don't have to be a genius to figure this out!

ThanatosDMC5449d ago (Edited 5449d ago )

After all the flaming he got... of course he'll say this. I'm not satisfied. I sold back my Orange Box (PS3) a long time ago. Heck UT3 with PS3 mod support is better.

@ Enigma_2099

I completely agree with you. Words are nothing without action. They had ample time.

Javier195449d ago

Yeah man i was pretty happy with that answer too, its there choice and if they dont want to touch the PS3 then so be it.

Enigma_20995449d ago

Spoken like a true XBox 360 owner... why would anyone expect you to care?!?!?

JD_Shadow5449d ago

I would have a wait and see attitude, because this has been said before by Valve, and we have yet to see them NOT flip-flop over this.

So, Gabe, you BETTER MEAN it this time around.

Pika-pie5449d ago

I dont believe that they want to do a PS3 version. They could ask for help from Sony and I bet they would jump at the chance in order to get another popular killer title on the PS3.

They are just Lazy!

All-35448d ago

The Orange Box - PS3

Publisher = EA - not Valve.

Game Studio that handled the PS3 port = EA London - not Valve.

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Dawn_Of_Ashes5449d ago (Edited 5449d ago )

I heard they paid him with donuts to do this interview

Im sure what he said about the ps3 is bs. He is a ms soldier so he like to suck ms cawk.

GamerPS3605449d ago

Good to see +ve attitude toward PS3 but I play Valve games on PC.

HQLocated1115449d ago

He just said that to shut PS3 owners up. Everybody knows valve will never port any games over to the PS3. Valve already said a few days ago that the PS3 is "too complicated."

HQLocated1115449d ago

That was posted last year though lol. PS3 wasn't as successful in August of 2008 as they are NOW with the release of Killzone 2 and inFamous. Good post though.

Stationfan5449d ago

What is this "To Catch a Predator", oh wait it Gabe, i hope he shows the ps3 community some love were getting too big for us to ignore.

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15 Xbox Games That Should Make the Multiplatform Jump

While there’s likely already a list behind closed doors, one can still speculate and offer logical suggestions for titles new and old that should find their way into the PlayStation and Switch libraries.

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GamerRN56d ago

Single A games and live service games. Those make sense

S2Killinit56d ago

None of it makes sense. But its happening.

Ps5conehead56d ago

That’s up to Microsoft they want return on there investment. From buying up those publishers. That’s what there in business for. And they made a mistake putting day one exclusive on game pass. So now Microsoft wants to profit any way they can.its called buisness . Just like Sony putting games on pc a year are two after ps5 launch.
So if they can make money off PlayStation and Nintendo. They will do that. And I bet soon real soon they will release some aaa exclusives .and I bet one day it will be same day release

TheEroica56d ago

Sony gamers begging for Xbox games.... Who would've thunk it?

BISHOP-BRASIL56d ago

Yeah, because random site off the internet represents all Sony gamers, they have the letter of attorney and all...

S2Killinit56d ago

Lol what a spin. You dizzy?

AsunaYuukiTheFlash55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

We don’t care about shovelwares. Get that junk out of PS5

StormSnooper55d ago

More like MS begging to put their games on PlayStation.

TheEroica54d ago

Keep begging Sony gamers!

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Friendlygamer56d ago

Some of these seem to be exclusive for lack of enthusiasm of the publisher rather than because of deals. A lot of cool indies skip ps for some reason like katana zero, el paso, elsewhere and gunbrela

S2Killinit56d ago

Even more indies skip xbox. We know that right?

Friendlygamer56d ago

Quality over quantity, Microsoft got some really interesting and curated niche games on their machines, maybe in part because of gamepass

S2Killinit56d ago

Quality and MS are not things you bring up in same sentence.

shinoff218356d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Alot of indies skip xbox to. It goes round and round. Personally I think your off base on that but no need to have the argument.

Friendlygamer56d ago

Between katana zero, valheim, Battletech, el passo... I don't feel off base. maybe ps got a million of light novel games that will never release on Xbox but like I've said, I'm talking about niche games highlights, the 10%.

  Heck, it's probably thanks to Microsoft that the s.t.a.l.k.e.r games came to console ps included, meanwhile Sony backwards compatibility continues to be extremely anemic.

And I'm sure most ps5 users are happy to ignore these games and just play wathever new 3rd person action game is trending but it's cool that Microsoft gives some love to smaller audiences and software preservation

shinoff218356d ago

Again your off base just to be snide. All it's showing though is your ignorance.

One light novels wtf is that even. Ps has plenty of pretty damn good indies.

Speaking of indies and ms being responsible. You know F.I.S.T. of course you do alot of you guys just support gamepass. Well here's a history of Sony being responsible for helping indies. Look up the China project from Sony.

Lastly lol your ignorance showing again. Sony has plenty of games. Personally third person is better then first anyway but that's besides the point. Sony gets so many games that xbox doesn't get because yall don't support the games. Jrpgs being a great example. I personally am not into every Sony first party game. Alot of us aren't. On the other side you don't get to eat often so you gobble up everything. Me personally God of War not my cup, etc. For me I'm into jrpgs and ms just can't touch Sony on those. Again because the Xbox base doesn't support it. Devs dont wanna waste their time or money. Hit me up when falcom develops a game over there.

Speaking of third person narrative games. Aren't yall drooling over hellblade 2. The first one was Sony exclusive at one point. Another not my cup game. Showing we don't have to fall in line and agree we love everything Sony puts out. The facts are they sell though unlike elsewhere(not nintendo)

StormSnooper55d ago

You are same person as GamerRN, yes?

Abnor_Mal56d ago

They really think PlayStation fans would want to play Redfall? Pfft.

Personally nothing on that list would be any game I’d want to play.

TwoPicklesGood56d ago

I’d absolutely love Hellblade 2, Palworld, and Quantum Break on ps5 as I’m sure tons of others would too. There’s nothing wrong with wanting games from another console and its sad that people try to act like they aren’t interested in them.

shinoff218356d ago

While indont agree with the games. I agree with the point. Your not wrong.

DarXyde56d ago

Sunset Overdrive makes very good sense. Palworld might.

Don't know about the others. Hellblade II does make sense given the original launched on PS4 first. Quantum Break was a massive letdown for me. I absolutely hated the whole TV show thing and I don't think anyone should have to relive that on modern hardware.

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Valve Made Left 4 Dead 2 Because The First Game Was A Broken Mess

Left 4 Dead lead Chet Faliszek describes the original Left 4 Dead game as "such a broken thing that nobody wanted to touch it."

Number1TailzFan168d ago

And then couldn't be arsed to make a third game.

If they can add a lot more stuff to a 2nd game in just 1 year why didn't they make a third game a few years later with tons of stuff extra? Because that shows they could've.

I know Source 2 was kind of broken and was a reason they cancelled L4D3 but it seems wasteful to just toss it away.

Don't know what Valve were thinking.. it's like nobody wanted to fix the issues to get going. They certainly aren't the Valve of 2004 that released fun games with pretty cutting edge graphics.

cthulhucultist166d ago

Valve is allergic to number 3 it seems. It would be easier for them to release a Left 4 Dead 2.5 enhanced version instead of releasing a game with "3" slapped on its title.

rakentaja165d ago

They stopped making games a long time ago. Steam brings in so much money that it's really not worth the effort. Nowadays, people only look for faults in games, and spend more time whining on Twitter/X than playing the game anyway. Valve says a big fat no-no.

anast166d ago

Value is the Blockbuster of video games. They have no need to invest in deving a game, when they can make handfuls of cash renting them.

-Foxtrot168d ago

What are they talking about? Seemed pretty alright to me at launch it just wasn't supported the way Valve promised us

They should have just worked on a revamp / massive update to the game but they didn't they jumped straight to a sequel with brand new characters despite having some sort, if small, story about where the original survivors were heading.

I didn't care for the direction they took the sequel, the original games tone and atmosphere was missing in the second game and is still unmatched. Daytime levels, more whackiness, melee weapons where you could attack a Tank with a frying pan...just wasn't the same to be honest and the new survivors just didn't hold up the originals.

Here's my speculation. I think they did a sequel because they didn't want to update a game co-developed by Turtle Rock, they wanted the franchise to be known as a Valve game only and knew if they updated the first one Turtle Rocks name would still linger on it.

shaenoide166d ago

I want broken games like L4D all day long...

GhostScholar166d ago

Well the first game was by far the best

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The Best Co-Op Horror Games You've Missed in Halloween

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