Valve explains why they stay away from the PS3
How come we’ve yet to see Valve develop something for the PS3? Being one of the better game developers out there, you’d think they’d be one of the first to get in line tweaking with the PS3’s hardware. Apparently, that’s not the case as they seem to find it too complicated.
How come we’ve yet to see Valve develop something for the PS3? Being one of the better game developers out there, you’d think they’d be one of the first to get in line tweaking with the PS3’s hardware. Apparently, that’s not the case as they seem to find it too complicated.
Tom Leonard, Valve Game Designer, had this to say when asked about this very issue over at E3:
The PC and the 360 are just more straightforward. We can focus on what we want to do, which is make game experiences, instead of sweating bullets over obscure architectural decisions they make with their platform… I didn’t come into this business in the 90s because of some technical fetish. I came in because I wanted to give people experiences that made them have fun.
Oh. Somehow I thought they’d be more up to the challenge. Guess you can scratch out that Left 4 Dead item on your PS3 wishlist then.
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