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The Orange Box Patched For PS3

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Kotaku writes: "PlayStation 3 owners who attempt to play their copies of The Orange Box tonight will be greeted with a required update, bringing the EA published collection to version 1.10. The 128 MB download unfortunately doesn't come with a changelog, nor can we find a shred of information on what's changed on the internet. Digging through Valve's Steam forums, EA's support site and game forums, and the official PlayStation web site have revealed nothing about the download. We're pestering EA to found out what's up.

During my initial play time with the new version, testing out Team Fortress 2, Portal and Half-Life 2: Episode Two, nothing was immediately noticeable, although connecting to a TF2 game did seem to be rather speedy."
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The_Firestarter - 643 days 11 hours ago
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Sounds good to me! I love playing TF2 on my PS3. I'm all for this update if it really makes the connections faster and make lag less existent.
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LinuxGuru - 643 days 10 hours ago
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If it doesn't fix the inexcusable framerate issues that should be very easy for the high-speed XDR RAM and fast Cell processor to handle, then I don't want to hear about it.

The Source Engine is one of the biggest CPU-hogs around, and why any and all programmers did NOT take advantage of the HUGE wealth of processing power the PS3 offers, is BEYOND me.
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2.1 zapass | 643 days 9 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Alvadr - 643 days 8 hours ago
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Hmmm Didnt notice any really problems on mine. I have played through EP1, EP2 and Portal and part way through HL2, only had very rare, very minor framerate issues.

Orange Box looks great on the PS3, you will do well to ignore reviewers on this one who compare it to the 360 version.... just enjoy this great game.
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Shankle - 643 days 4 hours ago
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I get much, much worse framerate problems playing pc games. And guess what, it doesn't stop me playing PC games.
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LinuxGuru - 643 days 10 hours ago
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if they forced the game to run on just the 3.2GHz PPU, the RSX, and the XDR RAM.

I bet valve didn't even bother giving EA any tools or assets or ways to add full multi-threading support to the PS3 version.

How would I guess or assume this?

Because the proof is in the pudding, and the PS3 is more than capable of handling a FOUR YEAR OLD engine (albeit supposedly updated with multi-threading support, and with HDR lighting support and what not) that thrives on a good processor and fast RAM.
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pwnsause - 643 days 9 hours ago
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agreed. it just seems that Valve just hate the PS3. they are devs, learning about hardware is one of the many things devs do, so why doesnt valve start learning how to make games on this system?
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WIIIS1 - 643 days 9 hours ago
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Lol! Oh yeah, every multiplatform developer hates PS3 for no good reason and are lazy arses. What a perfectly reasonable and rational inference to draw.
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gEnKiE - 643 days 9 hours ago
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It's easy.... Gabe Newell is a fat jacka$$. It kind of sucks that hes the one that ahead of Half-Life. He's just stubborn and doesn't want to take the time to adapt to a different hardware setup. He wants to stick to the only thing he knows, and thats a PC setup. Its easy to develop a port from the PC to the 360 because all you got to do is dum down the graphics and your done. They have to go into development on the PS3 a little differently. Anyways, I still need to pick Orange Box up......
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Shankle - 643 days 4 hours ago
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Valve is a special studio. No one has a set job, they just come into work and work on what they want to. You could be doing design one day and programming the next. Most multiplatform devs have been adjusting to PS3 by having a specialised team for PS3 development. For valve to develop on PS3, everyone in the company would have to go through the pain of learning to program for the ps3. Do you see the problem now?
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blackparade man - 643 days 9 hours ago
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why do u only have 3 bubbles? most of the time ur right and u seem to know what ur talking about...dam fanboys..

bubbles =p
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LinuxGuru - 643 days 9 hours ago
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I make mistakes....but most of the time, I try to be correct and / or knowledgable on topics I'm passionate about...and this is one of them. Thanks for any and all bubbles.

My bubbles were taken away by fans of the "other console".

You know....the ones who give negative feedback reports just when they think you're wrong...

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@ BS3...there are plenty of multiplatform developers who have put in FAR more effort than Valve has (which is none at all, because they didn't make the orange box for the PS3), in terms of getting performance equal and / or on par between both systems.

Those developers are:

Criterion
EA (surprising but true now)
Ubisoft (starting with Assassin's Creed)
Infinity Ward
Epic games / Midway

and more...
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BigKev45 - 643 days 9 hours ago
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360 version was better.
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gEnKiE - 643 days 9 hours ago
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Lol.... I think I will go with the PC version...
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KnaveX - 643 days 8 hours ago
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i think we all know. its been discussed why upstairs ^^^^
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SilPho - 643 days 6 hours ago
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Valve bashing aside, has anyone figured out what this patch does yet?
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arakouftaian - 643 days 6 hours ago
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7 - Well pc version is bether than xboxplizfixme
and yeah i see that valve like more xbox, meybe becuz is easy to work on it since is similar and easy 2 port from a pc, and know they r making a time exclusive(console) game l4d, but once the ps3 get lil more bether( becuz is allready more than the xbox) i hope every big and good company like "valve" star using the full power of the ps3.
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Solotov - 643 days 2 hours ago
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Why blame Valve for the PS3 Orange Box? EA Europe is the one that programmed Orange Box for PS3, not Valve. EA did the poor job.
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gambare - 643 days 1 hour ago
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EA is not exactly the pinnacle of quality right now, the only thing I want to know is if they fixed the frame hiccups of the game.
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LinuxGuru - 642 days 16 hours ago
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If anyone interpreted my rants correctly up there, I DO acknowledge that EA made the Orange Box for the PS3, but what needed to happen is that Valve needed to not just shove it off to them and not give a damn because Gabe Newell hates the PS3.

Gabe hasn't even TRIED developing ANYTHING for the PS3.....how the f_ck does he know he'd handle development for it?

He took one look at the architecture of the PS3 compared to the 360 and said "f_ck it"

That's what I call being lazy.

If other developers can make incredible games for the PS3....then so can one of the most respected and well-known development houses in the world.....Valve.

TO GABE NEWELL: IT'S NOT COOL TO BASH THE PS3 ANYMORE.

Signed,

11 million PlayStation 3 owners
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