No PS3 Team Fortress 2 updates (ever?); Left 4 Dead staying on 360, PC (for now?)
Remember when Valve’s Gabe Newell said that the “PS3 is a waste of everybody’s time”? Well, it looks like people can have a change of heart too. Valve admits that they’re lacking in-house resources for PS3 development (which means… Team Fortress 2 won’t be getting an update, even though it’s already heading to the 360 and PC versions), however, they’re still committed in trying to get a strong in-house team of PS3 developers. Also, unless EA has any say on it, it looks like Left 4 Dead will be staying on the Xbox 360 and PC.
In terms of continued support and additional content updates, it looks like Valve won’t be able to deliver any companion cubes (so to speak) to the PS3 crowd. While Electronic Arts was the one that published the PS3 Orange Box for Valve, they themselves (Valve) don’t have the in-house resources to develop for the PS3.
This leads to a bit of unfortunate news: while the patch update for the Xbox 360 and PC versions for Team Fortress 2 are well under way, the PS3 version will not get it.
In an interview with 1Up, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell said that, though the PS3 Orange Box might have gotten the 1.10 patch from Electronic Arts earlier this year, “[EA isn’t] doing ongoing development on The Orange Box for the PS3.”
It is this lack of in-house developers for the PS3 platform that hinders Valve from releasing Left 4 Dead on the PS3 as well. The final verdict of a PS3 Left 4 Dead lies on EA’s hands. Newell further explains:
For The Orange Box, EA did the PS3 version. They’re interested in getting a PS3 version done. We just have to figure out where the resources can come from. We don’t have the bandwidth. We’re doing the 360 and PC version ourselves.
They might lack manpower and resources now, but Newell also reassures everyone that Valve Corporation is still committed in trying to get an in-house team of PS3 developers… which you may find surprising, considering that it was none other than Gabe Newell himself who was previously quoted in saying that the “PS3 is a waste of everybody’s time.”
I guess people can have a change of heart after all, eh?
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