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Denver, 12:02 PM
Sat Nov 7
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I can understand that, for those who only have a PS3 would love to have their game... but Valve doesn't have any PS3 programmers, nor show any interest in hiring any. Yet, why not have EA port it, like they did with Orange Box (or how Sega ported Platinum's Bayonetta to PS3)? Granted, the PS3 version of Orange Box faltered compared to the 360 version... but blame EA for that, it was their work. #left4dead2
11:43 AM
Wrong but I will give him that it seems it won't be long before they are in terms of network capabilities if things keep going the way they're going.
Honestly, I do think Valve is missing out on a strong demographic by ignoring PS3 and while development difficulties are a valid reason, that can only fly for so long since they will eventually have to move with the times or be left for dead themselves.
The community excuse was just weak and I wouldn't have believe it came from Valve if someone just said it in passing. I wonder if Gabe has the same view of the PS3 community as Chet? #left4dead2
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The things you can do with the networking capabilities are not though, and never will be, unless they turn it into a PC. #left4dead2
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Yeah, that's what I meant. Poor choice of words on my part.
@ZeroJutsu: lol, normally I'd say that's a bit mean but given the circumstances, I'll let it pass :P #left4dead2
11:58 AM
It would be nice to see PS3 owners get to enjoy their newer games but at the same time, I'm just glad they're still one of the stalwarts of my beloved PC. #left4dead2
11:41 AM
Only if you can equate middle school softball players to be on par with Major League baseball players.
As for the PS3 comment, what? We get that you don't want to develop for the damn thing, but you don't have to diss it's community features, which are on par with the 360's in every way I have seen so far, except maybe some cross game chat or something. Which I personally hate, I don't want to talk to some dude playing Forza while I play Tales of Vesperia...if I had something important to say to him while I was, I would call him. #left4dead2
11:36 AM
And he's also right to tell people to buy it on 360/PC if you want to play it because it's not coming to the
PS3 (similar if you told me not to buy MGS4 on the PS3 because I'm hoping it comes to the 360).
People get so aggravated nowadays. He wasn't "dissing" the PS3.
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Controversy #left4dead2
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360 gets an exclusive, with explanation = PS3 fans lose their minds.
He's got a point, too. Playing multiplayer on a friend's PS3 is 3x more frustrating than my friend's 360. (Not a console owner. PC gamer). The PS3 is a good machine, but I kind of see it as the "I want to play alone" machine. #left4dead2
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I find the PS3 lacking some MP features but not nearly as bad as you make it out to be. I think what Chet was trying to say refered more to the programming end of MP, not the user end. #left4dead2
11:25 AM
I'm glad I don't buy their games, or I'd be furious.
11:34 AM
I think you just have a raging boner for Sony. #left4dead2
11:38 AM
Valve's attitude toward Macs, the PS3, and essentially any platform that doesn't run on DirectX is lame, foolish, and ignorant. #left4dead2
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God the things fanboys say are hilarious. #left4dead2
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But damn their attitude towards PS3 just doesn't help them one bit.
First they say they don't want to develop for PS3 because it's too hard and they want all versions to be equal, while at the same time not supporting console versions of Orange Box at all.
Then they say they don't make a Ps3 version of L4D because the Ps3 online isn't on par? for a 4-8 player game?
Come on Valve. #left4dead2
11:25 AM
PSN is just not there yet. It simply isn't. I wish it was. I even bought a headset (finally) so I could at least WANT to play Burnout Paradise with some friends... but it's just ridiculous how far behind XBL it is. Ridiculous.
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just because you couldn't find someone to play with 1 time doesnt mean psn is that far behind live. #left4dead2
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I don't know what kind of issues you had with borderlands, but asking some friends about it, they said they almost always see at least 10 people exactly the same level as them, and considerably more within their range. I personally use the PC version and I don't play with randoms, I play with friends I know. #left4dead2
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For the second part, admittedly, it was just in the first week, and I had only rented the game on ps3 (while trying to find a copy for the 360 to buy), but man, I couldn't get involved in a game at all. If that's changed, great, but I figured it'd be like any other online game I've ever tried for PS3, and would kind of just remain hard to get into. UT3 is one of the worst. #left4dead2
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PSN isn't a very good playground for that. #left4dead2
11:18 AM
Pack your bags, politically correct, opinionless PR guys- it's time to grow a pair and huck some dirt. #left4dead2
11:16 AM
I hope this letter finds you well. It has been many years since I have seen your smiling face, and I am afraid it may be many more. The Console Wars continue unabated and now that Valve has picked a side I feel it may never end. I forgot why I decided to enlist in this foolish endeavor. We trudge on, lambasting the competition whenever we can, but I feel it has little effect. All sides are so entrenched in their disparate beliefs that I feel there will be no end. It has even consumed another generation. I saw that young Prichard boy on the other side of the line shouting "ZOMFG RROD LOL!" It tasks me greatly to see another boy lost. I remember seeing him just a babe when I enlisted to support the SNES militia. I doubt he would have joined if he had seen what my tired eyes have seen o’er and o’er again. The forlorn looks of all those abandoned by General Robert E. Sega still haunt me so. Nevertheless, I will fight on.
With love always
Lieutenant OW-Holmes #left4dead2
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Keep up the good work, guys!