Valve Confirms No PS3 Left For Dead In Production >

	2008/08/05 9:29:05: Posted by DM
	Valve has come out to put to rest the rumors that Left 4 Dead will be making an appearance on the PS3. The game is being handled by EA, and a spokesperson said "There's no PS3 version currently in production." So that tears it for now. >Link
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we won't cry that is for sure. As far as i'm concerned Valve can keep their games on the 360 and PC FOREVER!

It's coming...Probably a year late, but i still think it will see a PS3 release. If it does come out on the PS3 it will probably be another sloppy EA port like Half Life was. Leftovers anyone ?

@dudeman...Don't get mad because one of the best developers in the business refuses to work with the Wait Station. Believe me...It's your loss not having Valve on the PS3's side. You know Left For Dead looks amazing and you secretly have your fingers crossed that a inferior version gets ported to the PS3. Don't say the game sucks either... Valve wouldn't have bought Turtle Rock while they were making this game if they thought it sucked. Turtle Rock helped Valve develop Counter Strike back in the day if i'm not mistakin. And we all know how big Counter Strike was...

Dudeman: Typical SDF automatic defense mechanism generic response.

"Oh well since we aren't getting that game, well we didn't want it anyways"

"well that game sucks"

"Valve or (insert random developer name here) sucks"

Wow can some of you guys grow up already. IMO every great game should be put on every console that can run it properly and this is no different.

Pimpdaddy basically has it right and it's sad.

now, could our long lost and highly missed son confirm that he is coming home, and is here to stay?

if they do, DM, you have some serious work to do

Valve is the only developer that i hate. If they are too stupid to develop on the ps3 then they should stay away.

Gabe Newell is an idiot.

an idiot because he makes games you want but not on the system you own? dude, grow up.

you get some, ou lose some, that has been law in gaming console history

I don't want it....I OWN it...on pc.

we both know where you want it, the PC is something everyone has, most dont just use it for gaming

I have to laugh when people make the whole PC argument. Exactly how much did it cost you to upgrade your PC to run the same games that $300.00 - $400.00 consoles can run? Come on that's played out too.

It's not that Valve is too stupid. It's just that they don't wan't to bother programming for the PS3 when the 360 uses similar tools that they have been using for years with the PC. If it ain't broke why fix it?

Blame Sony for it's choice of processors and poor development tools. I mean every 3rd part devloper is coming out and saying the PS3 is harder and more expensive to develop for than the 360 is. Why work twice as hard and spend twice as much money to develop a game for one console when the other can do it in half the time for half the money.

Sony has done this every generation. The only thing was that they launched first with the PS1 and PS2 and therefore were established market leaders so developers had no choice. This time 360 beat them to the punch. Developers can choose now. Expecially since 360 owners buy more games than PS3 owners.

From what i understand though Sony is hard at work with developers(maybe not every developer) to make their development tools easier to use and understand. So it's not like Sony doesn't know this issue exists. I believe it is being addressed. Time will tell...

but valve still sucks!

Sega also "Worked with developers" to make it easier for them to write software for the Saturn game system...

Sega always said that it was helping...BUT

IT DIDN'T MATTER!

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Left 4 Dead is a Game of the Year candidate on both PC and Xbox 360...

jb33 is 100% correct when he points out that even if Left 4 Dead were released for PS3, it wouldn't be as good on the Playstation 3.

We've already seen what happens when a Game of the Year game (Orange Box) from Valve is released on the Xbox 360 and sees review scores of 95% - 100%, while the Playstation 3 version is released later, developed by an entirely different team that is familiar with the PS3 environment, and yet still releases an game that isn't nearly as good as the Xbox 360 version. That's why the PS3 version only had review scores of 80%.

Written by arthur56k:

"now, could our long lost and highly missed son confirm that he is coming home, and is here to stay?"

No, not really, just passing by =) Good to see you though.

Written by dudeman:

"From what i understand"

You should have just stopped there as you really don't understand anything. Don't blaim the developers when Sony uses chips that are a pain to develop on.

Krogan, just shut up, nothing you say ever makes sense.

Kenny K, send a PM with your GamerTag

^^^Kenny K do the same for me^^^

I think Va3Victus is mad at me. He won't return my messages on Live. But Kenny K you should stick around a while help clean this site up. the converstations tended to be better and more informative when you and VaeVictus were around :(

KennyK,

It is mainly the Synergistic Processor Units (SPUs) that are difficult to work with. It's just different than anything pc or 360 has.

Dudeman: I would be careful in how you debate Kenny K. Dude has serious knowledge. I think he made a few fanboys cry in the past. True story. Where as I throw in some facts, some FUD, some humor, and BS the rest of the way. This guy will really feed it to you :p

Quote what i said for truth...via Carmack and Naughty Dog developers. I'm no developer, but i trust what these guys say since they ACTUALLY develop on the 360.

on the PS3 i mean

Here's a great link on the subject by carmack

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PFUw29U4J8

Here is a link to naughty dog talking about the SPUs. Near the end..

hxxp://threespeech.com/blog/2008/08/naughty-dogs-richard-lemarchand

-co-lead-game-designer-of-uncharted-talks-trophies-edge-cells-and-studios/#more-1347

^ There really won't be any debate since dudeman is correct, the real issue with the SPUs. Pointing out where the issue is doesn't mean it's not there.

If you go by what Carmack says then you must agree that the 360 is better designed for games then. ;)

Truth is tit for tat, they both offer strengths in different areas and overall are pretty equal in terms of performance. You just have to work 2X as hard to get the performance out of the ps3 as you would get out of the 360.

So basically my earlier statement holds true.

"Blame Sony for it's choice of processors and poor development tools. I mean every 3rd part devloper is coming out and saying the PS3 is harder and more expensive to develop for than the 360 is. Why work twice as hard and spend twice as much money to develop a game for one console when the other can do it in half the time for half the money."

Hopefully Sony does get these tools to other developers who don't make just PS3 exclusive games.

agreed