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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."
ageoflight - contributor
Published: 545 days 8 hours ago | Rumors | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Gaming | PC
 
 

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Lucas22 - 545 days 8 hours ago
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nice
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Time Lord - 545 days 8 hours ago
1.1 - Waste of time and money
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.
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pharmd - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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
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peksi - 545 days 7 hours ago
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I personnally would not try suing such a big company but I'd return the product as faulty and demand my money back.
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breakdancefight - 545 days 5 hours ago
1.4 - Valve made the game, but.......
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.
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Lifendz - 545 days 3 hours ago
1.5 - Too much litigation in America
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.
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Hitman_Legend - 544 days 23 hours ago
1.6 - I think its perfectly understandable that they would sue
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.
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cp68 - 545 days 8 hours ago
2 - Very nice
Very nice indeed. Time we get things moving.
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TheHater - 545 days 8 hours ago
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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
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meepmoopmeep - 545 days 7 hours ago
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yeah, i agree.

hope they win.
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Snukadaman - 545 days 7 hours ago
3.2 - Win what....
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.
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meepmoopmeep - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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Snukadaman - 545 days 6 hours ago
3.4 - My 360 has broken a couple of times...
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.
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meepmoopmeep - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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Kassanova07 - 545 days 8 hours ago
4 - GOOD
Power to the gamers!
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SmokingMonkey - 545 days 7 hours ago
5 - i thought EA made it
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?
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Snukadaman - 545 days 7 hours ago
5.1 - here is what valve thinks about the ps3...
http://www.destructoid.com/...
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socomnick - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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.
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Wildarmsjecht - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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.
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Fragking28 - 545 days 7 hours ago
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name 5 mulitplats that are better on ps3 or on par with 360
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Topshelfcheese - 545 days 7 hours ago
6.3 -
@fragking28

DMC4
COD4
GTA4
Burnout Paradise
Army of Two
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Wildarmsjecht - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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Panthers - 545 days 6 hours ago
6.5 - @6.3
but these games are better on 360 so ha

Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Quake Wars
Prince Caspian

now which do you prefer.
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Topshelfcheese - 545 days 6 hours ago
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@6.5

touche...that Ironman is a true masterpiece of epic next generation gaming goodness ;)
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vega75 - 545 days 5 hours ago
6.7 - @ Panthers
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.
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Jason 360 - 545 days 3 hours ago
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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...


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Panthers - 544 days 11 hours ago
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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
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juuken - 545 days 7 hours ago
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Ho'snappers. :o
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pwnsause - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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.
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bigmoney617 - 545 days 7 hours ago
9 - for all we know this is not gonna end well
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...
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urban bohemian - 545 days 7 hours ago
10 - I say good luck to them........
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............
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Shimrra - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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.
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solar - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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...


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Stephen Colbert - 545 days 7 hours ago
12 - I'd like to add some useful discussion to the mix...
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Jenzo - 545 days 7 hours ago
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This is beyond retarded.
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pwnsause - 545 days 7 hours ago
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no, its just a way for companies to listen. people are tired of shoddy ports, and if anyone does shoddy ports, its EA.
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Jenzo - 545 days 5 hours ago
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If you don't like the product don't buy it. It's that easy.
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deno - 545 days 7 hours ago
14 - not fair
I purchased mine for ps3 and it was not bad at all. Then again I never seen the xbox 360 version.
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heyheyhey - 545 days 7 hours ago
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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!!
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pwnsause - 545 days 7 hours ago
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exactly, if you love valve games, just download steam on your PC and play them there
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etownone - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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pwnsause - 545 days 6 hours ago
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you would quite be saying the oppisite if it happened on the 360, in fact shouldnt you be suing for RROD right now? ROFL.
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Wildarmsjecht - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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The gaming GOD - 545 days 6 hours ago
17 - Activision was sued over Guitar Hero
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.
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DJ - 545 days 6 hours ago
18 - You can't sue Valve for being lazy.
It just can't happen.
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ustayclassyn4g - 545 days 6 hours ago
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ask thompson, he needs the work
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joeynox - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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
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AclayPS3 - 545 days 6 hours ago
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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.
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MC_KOOL_K - 545 days 6 hours ago
22 - this is why i read reviews
if they manage to sue, i think it will be a sad day for the industry

every company wiil be getting sued
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cp68 - 545 days 5 hours ago
22.1 - It's all about the money nowadays
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.
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