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LGC: "50-50" chance of Left 4 Dead PS3

Valve doesn't do PS3. The company's co-founder Gabe Newell isn't a fan, and hasn't been afraid to say so. But Valve's Doug Lombardi has told CVG today that PS3 support could be on the cards as the platforms recent success has raised some eyebrows.
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Published: 485 days 9 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | PC
 
 

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Raoh - 485 days 9 hours ago
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even if valve makes a ps3 game i dont expect much right away..

they are going to go into it half azz if gabe is directly involved in the ps3 version.

their primary is pc which i understand but they will most likely want to port from the 360 to the ps3.. instant fail..

the only way to make this work is to make the ps3 the lead (which its too late to do that)

or to do the ps3 version separately from the ground up (which i dont expect them to do.

so "IF" they do a ps3 game, it will probably suck and they will say its the ps3's fault..
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Genesis5 - 485 days 9 hours ago
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I really like the Half LIfe games. But why does Gabe have to be such a Knob.
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TK421 - 485 days 9 hours ago
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F\/CK Valve they can keep their game. Sony should show Gabe Newell the finger. They have been doing just fine without Valve's support.
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chaosatom333 - 485 days 9 hours ago
1.3 - It's going to take gabe 2 years to port 360 version to ps3 and it would run at 30 fps, and by that time, we
would have moved to god of war, heavy rain, Killzone 2, and even FFX13.
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ChrisGTR1 - 485 days 9 hours ago
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LOL!!!!!! ouch. nice backhanded compliment there chaosatom333
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Overr8ed - 485 days 8 hours ago
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nice one chaos, Bubble up for you.
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juuken - 485 days 8 hours ago
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Gabe sounds very snobbish and I don't know how he can call himself a developer really.

He can keep his games. I have too many games to think about now that'll be ten times better than that crap.
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StephanieBBB - 485 days 5 hours ago
1.7 - lol...
Gabe Newell reminds me so much of Denis Dyack... do they both have the same syndrom?
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Tony Scarboni - 485 days 9 hours ago
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Gabe Newell is such a dumbass. PS3 sales will soon rival 360 sales, they already do. He can keep his counterstrike, by the time they release the next one HL3 will already be out.

I just think its funny there are usually more people playing TFC on PSN than XBL.
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mikeslemonade - 485 days 9 hours ago
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The graphics are terrible for this game. Why PS3 fans want it is beyond me. It would be great to have just so we can brag that it's multiplatform.
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Rich1631 - 485 days 8 hours ago
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I agree, the Source Engine is friggin' OLD!!! Get rid of the crap already!
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RememberThe357 - 485 days 7 hours ago
3.2 - Glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't give a rats ass about this game.
But the graphics don't look that bad. For how old the Sources Engine is I still think it looks OK, better than Haze. But then again that might be more of an insult then a compliment.
3.3 vickers500 | 485 days 2 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Diugu - 485 days 9 hours ago
4 - I don't care.
I don't, I really don't. If it comes, good for the ones who want it. If it doesn't... I don't care.

Honestly I dont think anyone should care either. This is a more of the same game.
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Azures - 485 days 9 hours ago
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Don't do us any favors valve, keep your damn game.

And Gabe Newell hates everything except PC, he'd probably hate that too if it hadn't made his company millions. Hate filled bloated ball of a human being.
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hunter21 - 485 days 9 hours ago
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lol hes funny saying that he dont have a choice ...even he dont want to... well every developer have there priorities and likes no one can blame them.
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Blink_44 - 485 days 9 hours ago
7 - Valve blows
His loss, i hope L4D FLOPS.
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kingOVsticks - 485 days 8 hours ago
7.1 - I hope it doesn't flop
just because they won't support the PS3 for whatever retarded reasons they have doesn't mean they should be cursed to make crappy games...
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kingme71 - 485 days 9 hours ago
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50-50 because Doug Lombardi wants it to go and Gabe Newell doesn't.

Gabe strikes me as a pretty intelligent guy, but one that is stubborn and set in his ways. He came to the conclusion he doesn't like the PS3 and won't support it, so either someone else ports it or it doesn't get ported.
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popup - 485 days 8 hours ago
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..or someone cleverly installs a cheeseburger dispenser into a PS3 Devkit. If he can get all the SPU's lit up, it makes it a double bacon.

Cakes worked in the past so why not..
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juuken - 485 days 7 hours ago
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I see what you did thar.
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kingme71 - 485 days 7 hours ago
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Lol... imaginative.
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kingOVsticks - 485 days 9 hours ago
9 - hahahahaha
Valve really likes to piss of PS3 fans xD. Seriously valve no one who has a PS3 wants your half assed ports just STFU and get back to work on Halflife 3 A-holes.
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Kyur4ThePain - 485 days 8 hours ago
10 - LOL
Thanks, but no thanks.

There are more than enough games on the PS3, so please take some time off and rest instead of working on this.
It really would just get lost in all the quality titles.
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sajj316 - 485 days 8 hours ago
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If Valve even knew the console business ... statements like this would have been nonexistent and the abortion of a game called Orange Box PS3 would have not been created

"platforms recent success has raised some eyebrows"

No $hit! Now STFU!

I understand my comments are out of character but I am one extremely pissed off ex-Valve fan!
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Adamalicious - 485 days 8 hours ago
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Valve has a lot to make up to PS3 fans. If they are serious about making it in the console market they are going to have to suck it up and embrace the PS3.
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Rich1631 - 485 days 8 hours ago
13 - Go to hell Valve!
You really think PS3 users will buy this game after all the bull**** you guys pulled with the Orange Box?? Keep dreaming and eating twinkies you fat load.
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Stryfeno1 - 485 days 8 hours ago
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100% chance I will be picking it up on the 360.
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Lord Shuhei Yoshida - 485 days 8 hours ago
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Why not pick it up for PC?It will be clearly better
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Stryfeno1 - 485 days 8 hours ago
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Why not go beg Valve to port it on the PS3 instead of EA? It will be clearly better.
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devilhunterx - 485 days 5 hours ago
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haha ^ BURN!
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Cenobia - 485 days 2 hours ago
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Guess what Stry, no one cares which platform you buy it on. It's good to see you stay on topic though, since you buying the 360 version is clearly what this article is about.

Why comment at all? That goes double for you devil, I feel like my comment even being this close to yours might somehow make me dumber.
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Action Bastard - 485 days 8 hours ago
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50% chance I'll be picking this up for PC.
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Giant_Enemy_Sackboy - 485 days 8 hours ago
17 - i really hope they ported
since all my friend play ps3 and i dont want to be alone in xboxlive with a bunch of nerd and 12 year old kid trying to F ock my mom plz ported plz
p.s. for those who think it will flop ,u are idiots or hae never try zombie mods for half life they were awsome(try themout it really deserve ur timeand u will understand why im so hype)
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creeture - 485 days 8 hours ago
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we don't want that game anyways, we have better games to forward to.
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FantasyStar - 485 days 8 hours ago
19 - Don' both3r porting.
It's going to be a half-assed port, so it's not going to be worth it.
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idontcare - 485 days 8 hours ago
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this game would get lost in all the great ps3 games
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Rich1631 - 485 days 8 hours ago
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Agreed, just what the world needs; another zombie FPS! I'll take Little Big Planet, Fable 2, Banjoo Kazoie, Metal Gear Solid 4, and FF over this trash anyday
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Sharpshell - 485 days 8 hours ago
21 - Stay away from this game!
If it does get ported to PS3, why bother even if they did a half decent job this time, why risk some more DLC BS? For that matter screw getting it on the 360! Seriously why even consider buying it on anything but PC (which i will get it on)? I hate when people support lazy devs just making bad ports to consoles. There is no benefit (NONE AT ALL) to playing this game on any console! To pay for otherwise free content? To use an inferior control scheme? Why do you people want this game on their console!? "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!" -LOL seriously though I do.
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Guitarded - 485 days 8 hours ago
21.1 - I can buy a 360 and 42" tv for $1000.
How much can you buy(not build)a PC for that will run this game better then a 360? Can you even buy a 42" monitor? Can you sit on the couch and play? What about lying down? How much time do you have to search, download and install drivers and patches? PC gaming is for people with lots of spare time and money who don't mind being close to their smaller display in an uncomfortable position.
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Sharpshell - 485 days 7 hours ago
21.2 - Thats the point...
If you can play an FPS sitting back on your couch barely breathing, or lying down, something wrong. And no my 32 inch monitor does just fine for my PC gaming when I'm sitting a foot away in a perfectly comfortable Chair. There are some games that deserve the living room treatment but this game isn't one of them.
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Guitarded - 484 days 7 hours ago
21.4 - Lame rebuttals there boys.
All Sharpshell did was say he liked sitting in a comfortable chair, but still in an uncomfortable position on that comfortable chair, one foot from his $3000 monitor. Makes my point for me, really. There is a big difference between sitting back in a chair and hunching over a keys and mouse. No matter how comfortable the chair is. Rosebowl23 however, thinks you can run a game with just a video card. Interesting, where would you load the disc? I know my four year old Dell with a whopping 400 FSB and PCI connector won't run this game. Please try and refute my claims. I'll look forward to it.
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JoySticksFTW - 484 days 3 hours ago
21.5 - Ah Guitarded, such a big bad troll...
...yet you still hide from me.

And here you are again, crying and whining about your precious 360.

Still having such hurt feelings over Poo Human that you turn to Twinkie-killing Gabe and his side-kick Doug for solace?

Please refute my claim. I'm looking forward to it... ;)
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Statix - 485 days 8 hours ago
22 - 50-50 means "it'll happen."
50-50, especially coming from them, probably means it'll happen... sooner or later. Reason being, as soon as the thought enters into a company's head that making a profit from porting to a certain platform is a feasible possibility, the money-wanting regulator in the brain eventually takes over, and they'll succumb to the possibility of making some extra moo-lah.

Similar to how the devs of Bioshock were thinking about it, thinking about it, and thinking about it... and eventually they came to their economic senses, and said "hey, why NOT make money off of this?" Everyone loves money, and I have a very strong feeling that Valve will eventually come around.
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Close_Second - 485 days 8 hours ago
23 - Well...
...I'm not funding Gabe's pie eating habbit. Even if this is released on the PS3 we should not buy it as an act of kindness for Gabe. I mean, its obvious where his money is going (pies, cakes, fizzy drinks, ect). I for one am not wanting to fuel his need to find a bigger house.
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kazuma - 485 days 8 hours ago
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i just love the "new" newell.
"u see, i still think the ps3 is a piece of sh*t, but hey, they seem to be selling some consoles sooooooo, i guess we'll have to support my walle...oops i meant the players. i said that valve would never support the ps3? lies! ur just making stuff up. this interview is over!"
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Guitarded - 485 days 8 hours ago
24.1 - Doug Lombardi was interviewed...
not Gabe Newell.
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kazuma - 485 days 7 hours ago
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wow that's right, i was under the impression it was gabe newell, since they talked about him in the beggining of the article.
thx a lot for stating it, if u didn't say that i would never find out that lombardi was interviewed not newell XD
still, what i said applies to valve overall. i never doubted they would eventually support the ps3 and would have to chew their own comments.
i know i would if i was in charge of valve, i like more money.
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