Could Half Life 3 be the VGA PS3 exclusive announcement?

8bitfix writes: With all this been said and taking a look back at all the statements made by various Valve heads, could Half Life 3 be the VGA ps3 exclusive announcement?

[TheBlackMask]

I doubt it would be an exclusive if it WAS HL3 since it's obviously going to be on PCs aswell.....Valve just wouldn't do that to there main loyal fanbase.

Now a console exclusive......that could happen

[Beatboxtaun]

That is EXACTLY what I said. They would want it to be on PC, as well, but a CONSOLE exclusive...that's something to consider.

[buddymagoo]

I wouldn't count on it. Even if it was announced console exclusive, MS would offer the big bucks to make sure they had it on their console as well.

[Beatboxtaun]

That is definitely a great point. I guess that's why this is an opinionated piece, so that we can have discussions like these. =)

[ProjectVulcan]

There is no way Valve would release a game without it being available on their premier PC gaming platform that they own- Steam. All of Valve's games have been on PC. Not having it on Steam would basically be shafting themselves from their main revenue stream. Forget that.

However it is conceivable indeed to me they could make HL3 PS3 console exclusive. Why not? When they had a good relationship with Microsoft, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 were on 360 and PC.

Is it not believable this might be possible, if it was reversed and this came only to PS3? Even as a timed exclusive it would be a major Sony coup and worthy of such a high profile announcement.

Talk about a swing if it were to be true. Calling PS3 junk at the start of the gen and building 360 exclusives, all the way through to giving PS3 the exclusive of its biggest franchise? Beserk.

[lastdual]

It's not very likely, especially with Portal 2 selling over 1.2 million copies on the 360. I could see some type of Steam bonus for PS3 players, but not HL3 being an exclusive.

Valve also sold a lot of copies of HL2/Orange Box on the 360, and they're not the type of company that just abandons fans. Plus they're too big of an industry player to be easily paid off. Valve will do what Valve wants to do.

[papashango]

This article is really reaching. Hl3 is not going to be limited by console hardware. It may launch with next gen consoles but half life is gen starting not gen ending.

Valve would be shooting themselves in the foot with that

[nveenio]

It's not likely. Timed exclusivity, maybe. But I really doubt it. Half-Life 3 would be the biggest game in a long, long time. I'm not sure Sony OR Microsoft have the kind of money it would take to make that game exclusive.

Especially if it had multi-player.

[SilentNegotiator]

This site just knows that making an insane statement will get them lots of hits.

[badz149]

so yeah...not happening even for console exclusive! 360 is such a huge market for shooters, this doesn't make any sense!

[BattleAxe]

I think that the PC people would agree that if Half-Life 3 were to be a PS3 Console exclusive, then its "Console War Over....Confirmed".

[CommonSense]

people still watch the VGAs?

i've never watched something on tv that actually caused physical pain...but the one VGA i watched definitely came close. Mike Tyson on stage with some no-talents from jersey shore. jack black. a BS illegitimate award system.

it's a joke. one giant commercial and awards that carry NO weight.

as far as Half-Life 3 goes...i find it hard to believe that valve would limit Half-Life 3 to the source engine (at least the one we're used to). Half-Life is the franchise Valve uses to showcase new technology, and i doubt that new tech from Valve will run very well on this generation of hardware.

this could be wishful thinking, but i'll be very disappointed if HL3 doesn't give me a very good reason to buy a new video card.

[Autodidactdystopia]

"Could Half Life 3 be the VGA PS3 exclusive announcement?"

Excuse me?... FUCK no.

[Gamer1982]

MS dont offer money for games anymore unless its Kinect compatible as thye are really pushing Kinect they dont care about the hardcore market.

[frelyler]

M$ can offer all the money they want, valve does not need it. I think this would be valve's way of enticing m$ to open their platform to steam and not be so restrictive. This might push m$over the edge and its a brilliant move by gabe. Either open up or your competition is going to get what could be the greatest gps ever. The ball is in your court now m$. Im excited to see if this is true and how it all plays out. Regardless I just want hl3.

[Ryudo]

LMFAO..... no

[Getowned]

"Could Half Life 3 be the VGA PS3 exclusive announcement?" Hahahaha no Half life is too big to be an exclusive to any platform. everyone deserves the best franchise ever created "Half life" no matter what you play on.

[Iroquois_Pliskin]

No way! I admit that im a pro ps3 fanboy, but there's no way HL 3 would be a ps3 exclusive

[Jayjayff]

when i clicked on the article those were my exact thoughts, then i remember there is such a thing as a console exclusive...

[DiRtY]

Even a console exclusive is not likely.

You basically ignore 2-3 million units sold. That would be about 100 million USD fpr Valve. I doubt it. Especially for VGA.

I was never Half Life fan though. Don't know why. I know there are a lot of HL fans out there, so it is good for them. Have fun with - It is just not my game.

[ATi_Elite]

HELL TO THE NO!

I'm sure HL2 ep3 will launch across all platforms but no way in hell will it be a PS3 Exclusive. Not even a PS3 console exclusive cause Microsoft has the cash to buy and the will to buy timed exclusives but Valve wouldn't accept the offer cause HL2 is just too big to be limited to only a few gamers.

Most likely Valve are saving it for next console gen cause Half Life sets the standard for games.

[theDECAY]

I like that this guy said, "Hell to the no." Haha, classic.

[theDECAY]

I meant it's classic because its a funny saying, not because I agree with him. Ah hell to the no, you disagreed with me!

[lumley666]

as funny as it would be to see valve give it to ps3 and not 360 i cant see it happning, even tho they have begun to love ps3 i doubt theywud screw xbox over like that, on another note it wudnt be a ps3 game more like ps4 i think

[leathers123]

Its all mindless speculation for website hits.

[lelo2play]

"Could Half Life 3 be the VGA PS3 exclusive announcement?"

What the hell are these guys smoking ?

[geddesmond]

Lol you gotta love this site. You got 10 disagrees for stating facts. No way in hell would have life 3 be a PS exclusive. If this game was exclusive to anything it would be Steam. Theres no way it would be a consol exclusive either

[Ryudo]

It's not a fact since the game hasn't been released yet it's simply a well founded opinion.

Like thinking it will be a PS3 exclusive is a dumb fuck opinion.

[StraightPath]

wishful thinking for PS3 owners..you can dream but dont be stupid in believing that HL3 will be a console exclusive loool

[davidmccue]

Nope

[Hyperbomb69]

Yeah I can believe that Valve would make it a console exclusive, but theres no doubt that HL3 would be on PC.
Kind of how L4D is on Xbox and PC but not PS3. Hopefully Valve comes to their senses about how superior the PS3 is and makes games for PS3/PC. PC/PS3 co-op sounds awesome!

[TVippy]

Just you wish, silly PS3 fanboys. :p

[awi5951]

No way thats its a console exclusive. Left4dead series and the orange box sold really well on xbox.

[mugoldeneagle03]

Especially when they usually aren't seen as the check signers like Microsoft has been. But it would be really hard for me to see this as anything more than a timed exclusive. Especially when Orange Box released for the 360 as well.

Timed, exclusive "early" DLC and all that if the rumor turns out to be true.

[faysal]

oh wow i thought it as just me but seems like others think the same... well it is possible since vavle said they want to reward ps3 fans since sony been very open with psn and allowing valve to take advantage of it.. since geff said " ps3 exclusive you wont belive" and recent rumour of half life 3 this seems possible. a exclusive from valve ( half life 3) is relly unbelievable. valve gave micro left for dead maybe they iwll give half life to ps3 gamers. idk im soo excited about it that anything seems possible to me :D

[CloseSecond]

If its an exclusive it would be a timed exclusive at best. Half Life is a PC franchise first and foremost and only the PC could do the franchise justice. Sure you can play it on consoles but even HL2 on a decent PC looks better than most console FPS games.

[faysal]

its a guess there is nothing wrong to guess things... i wasnt saying im 100% sure it will happen lol. and about half life 2 looking better then most console fps ARE YOU BLIND? or JUST AN IGNORANT FAN BOY? yes pc games look better then console games but half life 2 dose not look better then most console fps...

[Optical_Matrix]

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[Motorola]

Didn't they already announce the name of the PS3 exclusive?

[Spenok]

The rumor is it will be "The last of Us."

However that was officially announced on December first. I doubt the PS3 exclusive to be announced at the VGS's would be the same game announced only 2 days ago. Now if that was a leak... then sure, i can see that being it, but again, this was an offical announcment.

[Pacman321]

^ It is the PS3 exclusive, confirmed by Geoff from game trailers, however there will be a bigger trailer at vga

[Silly gameAr]

Doubt it.

[yoge]

that would be a twist.

[boommuffin]

i find it funny that they think HL3 would be released this console gen when we havent even heard word about HL2:Ep3 XD

[hassi94]

Are you a moron? It's a hell of a lot more likely that HL3 will be released than HL2:Ep3

Think, if it has been 3 years with little to no solid rumours, the game probably isn't due for at least another year or two - they aren't going to spend 5 years making a 3 hour singleplayer. The uproar that would be caused if after all this time they just released Episode 3 would be enormous.

[boommuffin]

@hassi94 they already said their would be a ep.3 & did you play ep.2? it was no 20 hour campaign but it was a full game in its own right & also a while back the ep.3 alpha footage was leaked.They also have to manage steam,it could have been delayed multiple times for all we know. And do you keep up with the valve community? Ep.3 along with Counter Strike are the most asked for games

[Relientk77]

I would be ok with this

[MizTv]

crazy man just crazy

[Parapraxis]

Agreed, that would be crazy, but it would be a brilliant move on Sony's part.

Left 4 Dead 1 & 2 are only on the PC & 360, so imagine the uproar if Sony decided they wanted a little bit of that Valve console exclusivity and made a deal for a PS3 exclusive version of HL3.

It would be a bombshell that I think would make FFXIII going multiplatform look like small fries in comparison.

[CloseSecond]

Valve would be losing out on too much revenue if they did this. Besides, the PS3 could not do the game justice visually.

[Megaton]

Who in the world could possibly be stupid enough to think HL3 would be PS3-exclusive? Valve is a PC dev first and foremost. There's a better chance of Halo 4 being a PS3 exclusive than Valve not putting HL3 on PC.

[OcularVision]

Depends on how much Sony is willing to pay them. If the payment is larger than their expected sales on PC, then they may consider it. And let's be honest, many people are just going to pirate HL3 on PC anyways.

Bring on the dislikes!

[LOGICWINS]

"And let's be honest, many people are just going to pirate HL3 on PC anyways."

Thats a good point actually.

[papashango]

Actually no it doesn't depend on how much Sony pays them. Valve would be out of business once sonys payment dried up.

They are likely to lose more money in one month due to their angry user base than what Sony would offer

[Trenta27]

The sales of HL3 will be insane. Countless people are waiting on the next installment. They could care less what Sony thinks. Valve already has millions of dollars already in the bag. They just need to release the damn thing!

[Megaton]

@LOGIC - No, it's not a good point. Gabe has said many times that they don't pile on 3rd party DRM to protect their games because games actually do better without it. He says the best way they've found to combat piracy is to keep supporting their titles like they do through a stream of post-launch updates. They don't even worry about piracy because it works so well for them.

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The sheer ignorance displayed here by console gamers is quite staggering. Can't believe such an absurd claim made it through pending, let alone received support from users.

[caboose32]

Thats funny because Gabe said in an interview that Portal 2 was most profitable on PC.

I guess those pirates sure did show him didn't they. http://www.technobuffalo.co...

They also stated that PC piracy is a non issue for them. (there will alwyas be piracy, but they still have amazing PC figures, even outdoing consoles sometimes.)

[hassi94]

I'd think that Half Life 3 will become the best selling PC game of all time - and it would be sold through their own means (Steam) so they keep all the profit. Sony would need deep pockets to out-buy that, I think they'd end up spending more than they'd bring in.

[KMCROC54]

Agree with this -Who in the world could possibly be stupid enough to think HL3 would be PS3-exclusive? Valve is a PC dev first and foremost.
Diagree with this -There's a better chance of Halo 4 being a PS3 exclusive. this last part would be just plain stupid on Valve part.

[kramun]

'Agree with this -Who in the world could possibly be stupid enough to think HL3 would be PS3-exclusive? '

Ps3 fanbois, and there's plenty of them on this site. It's no surprise really that many of them would actually see it as a possibility.

[LettingGo]

It's obviously not going to happen.

However, the more I think about it...the more I realize...Valve TROLLS HARDCORE!!! This is the second biggest troll they could do, besides releasing it on Dreamcast.

[admiralthrawn87]

lol

[green]

lol

[DarkBlood]

it can be true to an certain extent after all they only said the word Exclusive and that can mean many number of things these days

-Exclusive for a certain amount of time like Micro likes to do alot

-Exclusive console version taking advantage of the ps3 but no xbox 360 version but still being on pc obviously

and so forth so take your pick on the meaning of Exclusive they could possibly be using

[cstyle]

If they don't want it to sell enough then yes.

[Godmars290]

I could see PC fanboys bombing Sony plants the next day if that were true. Which its not.

[-Gespenst-]

Eh, no. Because Half Life 3 would never be a ps3 exclusive. That said I do hope it gets released on the Ps3 like Portal 2 did. I doubt my laptop'll be good enough.

[Mista T]

Until Gabe's last breath this will not happen

[2late]

How much of a moron must one be in order to put HL3 and PS3 exclusive together?

[house]

it could happen if and only if its console exclusive

[2late]

so you mean it can't happen

[TheColbertinator]

lol

What's next?

[General Shrooms]

WTF are you guys talking about? how can this game be a PS3 exclusive if it's going to b released 15 years from now. Maybe a PS6 exclusive.

[kaveti6616]

Valve would do best to wait for this gen of consoles to be finished. I wouldn't want the current consoles to be a factor in Valve's development of this Half Life 3.

Current consoles have a maximum texture resolution of 512 by 512.

I wouldn't want Valve to develop the game with a focus on the lowest common denominator.

And the rumor is really stupid. Even if it turned out to be true, this rumor at this point is stupid because it's completely unfounded and is only posted here to make me rage.

[2pacalypsenow]

This would be Huge for Ps3!

[Chnswdchldrn]

No way would Valve do an exclusive for a console

they know how touchy their PC fanbase is, and an exclusive on console from a PC-oriented dev is about as big of a betrayal as you can do

valve aren't stupid

the backlash that this would create would cause more piracy of their games due to loss of respect, and who knows what else

[solar]

VALVe would never ever ever ever turn their backs on their PC fanbase and not release a PC version of HL. The money alone from selling the game on Steam will make them millions not paying a publisher.

[undercovrr]

Could Half Life 3 be the next VGA announcement? Could Aliens have built the pyramids? Or could nazi-dinosaurs be a reality?

All this coming up next in Wishful Thinking News!

[Pintheshadows]

Stop watching the History Channel.

[undercovrr]

hehehe, i'm glad you got my joke.

[darksied]

Not going to assume this is true, but this could make sense considering there's Steam integration in the ps3. Maybe so there can be cross-platform gameplay ...

[DonaldBeck]

it could be a console exclusive

[Zynga]

Oh yeah and just like activision will make the next COD game a 360 exclusive.

[danielle007]

There is no chance at all that Valve would abandon their PC fanbase. Literally 0.0% chance.

I doubt that they would make it a PS3 exclusive with regards to the console version and not release on 360. They'll prioritize the PS3 like Portal 2, but they won't do away with the 360 version completely. There's like a 1.2% chance of that happening.

It's no matter anywayss, I'll get Half Life 3 for PC since it just makes sense to. :P

[capcock]

LOL, knowing valve it will be anything but a ps3 exclusive.

[chocolate moose]

My body is ready!

[doolindesperado]

If that was to happen, it would be interesting to what the fallout would be.

[jmac53]

There is no way valve would be stupid and limit the amount of copies they could sell by making an exclusive at this point in the console cycle. Wake up from dreamland and come back to reality. Exclusives are meant to sell consoles not to satisfy the fanboys. That is not to say they may do a timed exclusive but it would be a poor decision alienating your fanbase.

[modesign]

sony would have to offer gabe alot of food to make it exlcusive.

[Mickbelfast]

The game has already been announced "THE LAST OF US" look it up

[ShiftyLookingCow]

It would be lame if the next supposed big PS3 exclusive is actually just a console exclusive. I don't think so.

And no way in hell, HL3 is not coming to PC. There is this wildly successful thing called Steam that makes Valve the exact opposite of Ubisoft. Gabe would make crispy Chicken Fry from flying Greek gods before this can happen.

So its not about HL3. It has to be about a genuine PS3 exclusive.

[PandaJenkins]

lol PS3 exclusive? this is a fucking retarded article. If HL3 went exclusive it would be only to the PC if anything, but even then I would expect it to be multi-platform.

[gypsygib]

No, this is just rumour mongering.

Is Halo Coming to PS3?
Will 360 Get the Next Zelda Game?
Wii U To Be 50 Times More Powerful Than PS3?

See anyone can do it.

[rattletop]

lol. valve making ps3 xclusive. yeah. right

[MasterCornholio]

Well they did it with the 360 and lately they have been bashing xboxlive so I wouldn't be surprised if they made an exclusive title for the PS3. It won't be Half-Life 3 though.

Lets just wait and see what happens.

XperiaRay

[Bob570]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Anyone who honestly thinks that there is even a slight possibility that Half-Life 3 would be a PS3 exclusive is horribly mis-informed and/or and idiot.

[shysun]

no way in hell!!!

[BlackPrince 42]

Yeah there's no chance in hell of this happening. I think the exclusive was just announced as a new IP anyways.

But even if it wasn't there's just no way HL3 would be exclusive to anything. Unless a company is owned by a publisher or is being payed embarrassing amounts of money (something only Microsoft can really do) there just aren't any reasons to go exclusive.

Plus, Valve is an American company headed up by two former Microsoft programmers, that work in a country where the 360 is the dominant console. It would be completely out of character and against their own interests to make HL3 exclusive to PS3 or even exclusive on consoles to the PS3.

[ziggurcat]

there is no way that this would be a PS3 exclusive. there may be some things exclusive to PS3 like what they did with portal 2, but i don't think that valve would make it PS3/PC only.

[MeatAbstract]

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[Zephol]

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!! Why!!!

[caboose32]

I just want to know, does anybody honestly believe that there is a chance of this happening?

[Sidology]

As much as Gabe said he liked developing on the PS3, I doubt they would alienate their biggest audience by putting one of the most anticipated games on the lesser-owned console.

[MasterCornholio]

Due to valves shaky relationship with Microsoft and distaste for Xboxlive. It could come with exclusive content on the PS3 or be a timed exclusive because of this. But it will never be exclusive to the PS3 because most of valves fanbase is on the PC.

Honestly I believe that Half-Life 3 will appear on next gen consoles.

XperiaRay

[Bladesfist]

Agreed. I believe it will be all platforms next gen. Their is no way that they would not release HL3 on steam as they make a crazy ammount of money from selling their own games through steam.

[saimcheeda]

But i dont see this happening

[TheOtherTheoG]

No. Valve have always been and will always be a PC centric developer, hell, they founded the service with which the majority of PC gamers buy and play their games, there's is absolutely no chance they would ever not have one of their games on PC, especially their flagship franchise, the one which made them big in the first place, it would just make no sense.

[susanto1228]

Geez what a STUPID article. Half life was right up there with Halo in two top franchises in the XBOX universe. Do they really think Valve is so dam stupid....wow. Half life 3 will probably sell best
#1 on PC
#2 on Xbox
#3 on PS3

And, that's the FACTS

[Big_Dom]

Whoever wrote this article must have been on some serious drugs.

[WetN00dle69]

I doubt it. Valve better not bitch out and shun the Xbox 360 fanbase.

[SDF Repellent]

Valve looked at Call of Duty 3, Battlefield 3, Left for Dead 1 and 2 and Portal 2 sales on x360.OK, we are going to make it PS3 exclusive and loose millions and millions on sale. Totally make economical sense. :/

[CanadianTurtle]

Half Life series is too much of a good series to have consoles excluded. I think it should be multiplat, do you guys know how much money they will make?

[ZeV]

GTA V could be a PS3 exclusive too ! The rumour growth on the web actually !

[EminemAt3AM]

my life would be complete if it was

[xXxSeTTriPxXx]

the game sold like 5-6 mil on p.c(mybe more)...i'm not a p.c gamer but even i update my p.c to play hl2 so it being a exclusive is absurd.

also ms has a stronghold on the fps market so i find it very unlikely that gabe would ignore that fact.

only thing that can support such a claim is that ps3 users are geared to story driven games (more so then ms fanbase), but thats still not enough to make such a claim.

but if it was a console exclusive that would be huge for ps3, for which no words could describe.

[zero_cool]

The only things i really care about is that it comes to PS3 & has playstation move & playstation move sharpshooter support.

Cheers Gamers & happy Gaming!

[Kahvipannu]

No.

Console exclusive maybe.

[Harelgur]

worst idea ever.

[zero_cool]

After all valve supported razor's hydra motion controller then they can support playstation move & the playstation move sharper shooter!

P.S..There's no excuse for valve not to support motion controls in their games at this point.I mean theres a sdk specially brought out just for move at the playstation store called move.me for developers to create motion based applications easily for games.

Cheers Gamers Happy Gaming!

[unicron7]

Microsoft got L4D exclusive, so I don't see it being completely unfeasible for PS3 to get a valve game exclusive. If this were to happen my 360 friends would s*it a brick, and I would laugh. Fair is fair, no?

[helghast102]

I would piss myself at the sheer hilarity if it ended up being a complete platform exclusive, not gonna happen, but jesus that would be funny.

[-Gespenst-]

I'm pretty confident there'd be actual physical violence directed at Valve and Sony from the PC crowd if this happened.

While I wholly agree that PC's are better than consoles on a lot of fronts though, I'd still kind of like HL3 to be a Ps3 exclusive just because of how smug PC gamers are.

[Whackedorange]

i doubt it after all fps sell like hotcakes on the 360

[lucifon]

Haha!

[Condemnedman]

what and lose sales on the bigger games selling console i dont think so.

[EditorAtGNG]

Bahahahahahahaaa... No.

[thatruth86]

HEY could be console exclusive like that guy was saying wouldnt doubt it why not but i hope it is

[Rifkens]

I would lose all faith in Valve if they made Hl3 PS3 exclusive AND id stop using Steam

THEY ARENT ACTIVISION GUISE

That is all

[Basjohn]

Can't tell if article is trolling or just honestly retarded.

To even consider that valve would make their biggest franchise console exclusive requires more glue than braincells in one's noggin.

[ForROME]

That would be huge, but unlikely I would applaud SONY if they took that kind of move, but it would cost

[T3MPL3TON]

Wow, some of you are just plain retarded.

Clearly HL3 would also be on the PC what with oh.. whats that program Valve has.. not Fog.. not Rain... Man.. I just forget the name.. /sarcasm

What they mean is, is it going to be PS3 exclusive as far as consoles are concerned. Either way. The big game wont be HL3. They still have Ep3 which will have to come first and is confirmed for still coming.

[RockmanII7]

LAWL

[mistajeff]

wouldn't that shirt have the lamda in the circle, with the 3 as superscript?

[TBONEJF]

I could care less bout VAVLE with their trash talking against the PS3 and M$ giving their money they can keep their game

[GrumpyVeteran]

*"...couldn't care less"

Fixed.

[alb1899]

I doubt it, the 60 millions 360 in the streets can't be ignore very easy.

[TVippy]

Nowadays it's unprofitable to make PS3 exclusives. Common sense dictates it, but if you need solid proof, then look at Insomniac.

[Akin0]

half life 3 with move support would be awesome. i played kz3, resistance 3 and infamous 2 with move and i'm never going back to dualshock 3 again. 3d would be nice tho price has to drop some more