Valve looks at building a PS3 development team

PALGN News | PS3 set to get some Valve love?

If Valve Marking Director Doug Lombardi's interesting comments to Joystiq at a recent Left 4 Dead 2 press event in London are anything to go by, it looks like Valve may be doing away with having publishing partner EA porting their titles, instead choosing to enter into the PlayStation 3 development market for itself.

In the past Valve hasn't exactly had nice things to say about making games for the Sony console - with Valve co-founder and Managing Director Gabe Newell previously exclaiming that developing for the PS3 would be "a waste of everybody's time". But it seems that all that may change in the near future.

When the question was posed by Joystiq, Lombardi stated that the developer is "still up on the idea" of developing for the PS3 - they just don't have the staff to do it.

"If you look at The Orange Box - PC: 96 on Metacritic, 360: 96 on Metacritic, PS3 like... 84 or something. That's not even close to where we are right now with the 360 and PC and the reason is people."

"We have to get people under our roof who are dedicated, talented PS3 guys and then all bets are off. We can take the same sort of strides and get the quality out of the box and offer the same support post-launch on that platform, as well."

When bluntly fronted with the question of whether Valve is actively on the search for PS3 developers at the moment, Lombardi noted: "Valve is always looking to hire people. So yeah, definitely."

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9 Comments

Starman

7 months ago

Orange Box had lack of servers as well for PS3. So hard trying to play TF2 just to be blown away everytime.

trixSTAR

7 months ago

I have Orange box on PS3 and PC. There was very little wrong (loading times aside) with Orange Box on the ps3 when I played it, so I am not sure what all the fuss was about.

L4D on steam is sweet, can't wait for L4D2. When a PS3 version is done, it will be a day 1 purchase for me.

I just hope that Valve get a team together and release HL2 Ep 3 and HL 3 on the ps3.

dloiscute

7 months ago

I would love for Valve to put effort into the ps3. I didn't think the Orange Box really had that many issues though on ps3. It was kinda blown out of proportion.

Nic_231

7 months ago

That's right Gabe. Bow before the PS3!

jedi022

7 months ago

L4D for PS3!!!!!! Please!!!!!! My PC can't run it....

bobboblaw

7 months ago

I didn't think the PS3 Orange Box was that bad either. The framerate only went to **** twice for me, once in HL2 for 10-15 seconds in the hovercraft/waterway section, and once in HL2EP1 when you fall through the floor into that room with electrified water. Other than that, it wasn't that bad a port (at least not to the extent it has been made out to be). Anyway, this is good news, as Episode 3 may potentially be coming to the PS3, and I'm sure Valve will care more about the quality of the PS3 version than any EA studio.

Azza

7 months ago

trixSTAR wrote

L4D on steam is sweet, can't wait for L4D2. When a PS3 version is done, it will be a day 1 purchase for me.

For LFD2? Did you miss the memo?

trixSTAR

7 months ago

Azza wrote

trixSTAR wrote

L4D on steam is sweet, can't wait for L4D2. When a PS3 version is done, it will be a day 1 purchase for me.

For LFD2? Did you miss the memo?

Third Party exclusivity can never be guaranteed, but I will change my comment When/If a PS3 version gets done it will be a day 1 purchase for me

Smurf80

7 months ago

Azza wrote

trixSTAR wrote

L4D on steam is sweet, can't wait for L4D2. When a PS3 version is done, it will be a day 1 purchase for me.

For LFD2? Did you miss the memo?

Was it the same memo that was sent out about Bioshock??? If Valve are considering going "in house" with PS3 games then the L4D series will eventually grace Sony's console.

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