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[JCreasy]

Clearly Valve wasn't happy milking only the Xbox and PC audience.

Valve greed is good for PS3 gamers.

Well they pissed off a ton of fans when they announced this title. Thousands of fans vowed not to buy it. So they gotta anticipate a loss, a loss they hope to make up for.

If a ps3 version turns out sub par, fuck valve. That kind of stuff is insulting these days. I mean damn, plenty 3rd party devs are workin out fine with the ps3 these days.

 

[BravoSuperStar]

Aren't the Orange Box PS3 port problems pretty easily avoidable at this point in time? Many first gen games for any platform have been worse.

Ask Terminal Reality.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

Aren't the Orange Box PS3 port problems pretty easily avoidable at this point in time? Many first gen games for any platform have been worse.

 

[inner-G]

Aren't the Orange Box PS3 port problems pretty easily avoidable at this point in time? Many first gen games for any platform have been worse.

Yeah, Orange Box PS3 wasn't that bad (for a Valve game). Only a couple games had bad framedrops iirc, and mostly during autosaves.

 

[DMeisterJ]

Mass Effect 2 is next.

Believe.

 

[StuBurns]

Aren't the Orange Box PS3 port problems pretty easily avoidable at this point in time? Many first gen games for any platform have been worse.

L4D is one of the less impressive 360 games visually, it doesn't appear that demanding, and it'll run on some really wank PCs. There shouldn't be any issue with it technically. But there shouldn't have been last time either.

 

[Cat in the Hat]

Prediction: This will be a Valve hate thread.

 

[Tom Penny]

I'll all set with a $60 crappy quality expansion pack.

 

[slider]

Prediction: This will be a Valve hate thread.

Not so far though. If you take into account how petty and hateful GAF can be. (Yes, I think I'm above it all.)

 

[Shurs]

20 FPS version incoming.

I'd imagine it's easier to port one game than four. I'd be happy with a port of the first Left 4 Dead.

 

[Firestorm]

Well they pissed off a ton of fans when they announced this title. Thousands of fans vowed not to buy it. So they gotta anticipate a loss, a loss they hope to make up for.

If a ps3 version turns out sub par, fuck valve. That kind of stuff is insulting these days. I mean damn, plenty 3rd party devs are workin out fine with the ps3 these days.

what the hell? :lol

 

[AranhaHunter]

Mass Effect 2 is next.

Believe.

Doubtful, the best you can hope for on that one is a port 6-12 months later.

 

[Slavik81]

Yeah, Orange Box PS3 wasn't that bad (for a Valve game).

What is that supposed to mean?

 

[_Angelus_]

Even worse..PS3 was the lead platform.
:lol

 

[OokieSpookie]

Unless they add a way to use user created content, what is the point?
The pc version is the way to play L4D

 

[WinFonda]

Buy the game on a 360 or PC,don't punish yourself Sony fans.:lol
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Yep, time to whip PS3 fans into believing they shouldn't buy the game under any circumstances because there are two infinitely superior options. Too bad there's only one superior option and any and all console versions are of the same level of gimptitude. We're playing semantics when we try to define a superior console version. It's an oxymoron when it comes to Left 4 Dead.

Don't let butthurt Xbox fans pouting over their failed exclusivity clauses ruin a game for you if it's your only option of playing the game outside of a PC. And if you haven't played Orange Box yet go do that too.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

Please EA... PLEASE!!!!!

I want this... I had to miss out on L4D...

If you wanted to play it that bad, why not just get the system it's for?

 

[BeEatNU]

Bollocks! Half-Life 2 plus episodes were great aside from a few frame rate hiccups and Portal was great. The only part that suffered was TF2, and even that wasn't too bad.

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people really know how to over exaggerate it.

 

[Rapping Granny]

Yay a $60 expansion pack to a short overrated game that will probably run at 15FPS.

Give me Mass Effect2 instead on my Triple EA.

 

[Cat in the Hat]

Well they pissed off a ton of fans when they announced this title. Thousands of fans vowed not to buy it. So they gotta anticipate a loss, a loss they hope to make up for.

If a ps3 version turns out sub par, fuck valve. That kind of stuff is insulting these days. I mean damn, plenty 3rd party devs are workin out fine with the ps3 these days.

Yeah just ask Activision, they can't say enough great things about the profitability of the PS3.

 

[paparazzo]

Interesting, but I want HL 2: Ep 3 and I want it now!

 

[Chinner]

what are the chances of halo 3 coming to the ps3?

 

[sykoex]

Yay a $60 expansion pack to a short overrated game that will probably run at 15FPS.

Give me Mass Effect2 instead on my Triple EA.

THIS

EA, we need more good RPGs on PS3, not another shooter.

 

[Firestorm]

L4D hardly qualifies as a shooter.

Yay a $60 expansion pack to a short overrated game that will probably run at 15FPS.

Give me Mass Effect2 instead on my Triple EA.

360 is $150 tax-free dude. Just bite the bullet

 

[Kill Your Masters]

what are the chances of halo 3 coming to the ps3?

Well if MS is smart, pretty high. They can't deny the PS3 user base if they want to make money.

Valve shot themselves in the foot. TWICE. Time for repentance. Pray to god the PS3 fans forgive you.

 

[JCreasy]

 

[drakesfortune]

Was the orange box PS3 really that bad? I remember kotaku and others saying it was 100% unplayable which was far from the truth, but still 20FPS is pretty bad.

But yeah it might be an EA team porting it, or a mistake, don't know.

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

 

[Rapping Granny]

L4D hardly qualifies as a shooter.360 is $150 tax-free dude. Just bite the bullet

Iam, tomorrow

 

[Cat in the Hat]

Well if MS is smart, pretty high. They can't deny the PS3 user base if they want to make money.

Valve shot themselves in the foot. TWICE. Time for repentance. Pray to god the PS3 fans forgive you.

May God have mercy on their souls.

http://www.whoisbill.com/images/batman.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
Whats in all of this for you? I'm honestly curious. Money? Fame? Women?

 

[sykoex]

I love how the mere glimmer of an MS exclusive possibly coming to PS3 brings out all the Xbox fanboys.

 

[NumberTwo]

Valve doesn't care about us PS3 people.

 

[paparazzo]

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

This man speaks the truth.

 

[Firestorm]

Yeah, I'm going through ME now and it definitely has technical issues x.x

Iam, tomorrow

Superstore has no tax 'til end of today and it's $150. gogogo. Saves you like $15 to $20 >.>

 

[Slavik81]

L4D hardly qualifies as a shooter.

...?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I'll all set with a $60 crappy quality expansion pack.

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And just for kicks a mod should edit the other L4D2 thread to say, "on PS3 and also coming to 360!"

 

[FirewalkR]

Exclulzivity.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

I've heard this from several people who played the 360 version but I guess it's not ok to say that sometimes around here. I get tired of hearing how bad the OB PS3 port was when it's just fine.

 

[_Angelus_]

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

Are you kidding?
Mass Effect pushes the console to its limits,there is reason why the console version has problems you know. Its like Killzone on the PS2,good intentions but in the end asking too much from the hardware. Now with Orange Box on the PS3 its a joke. It stutters and drops frames when it shouldn't also has longer load times than any other version. The engine it runs isn't anything to sweat over,the PS3 should be capable of handling that in its sleep.

Its not so cut and dry as you make it. One game is a work out of art and pushes the machine to its limits,the other is a joke on the PS3. I would rather play something that was made from the ground up on the hardware than to play some gimped port,whereas you can do better if you simply buy a 360 or even better..a PC to play Orange Box.

 

[Ryuuga]

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[Grayman]

360s are only $150 canadian at superstore???

 

[StuBurns]

Angelus, you're fucking high.

ME is not pushing it to the limits, because ME2 performs better. So unless they're shipping with a RAM pack, bullshit.

 

[slider]

Angelus, you're fucking high.

ME is not pushing it to the limits, because ME2 performs better. So unless they're shipping with a RAM pack, bullshit.

I think the point kind of still stands though. ME is trying, and doing, more on 360 than OB is on PS3 (I've only played the latter though).

Anyhoo...

 

[Mileena]

Mass Effect pushes the console to its limits

wat

 

[DogWelder]

360s are only $150 canadian at superstore???

Arcades are $150 everywhere in Canada, at the moment.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

I assume this is as exaggerated as the OB PS3 claims (haven't played it), but uh, what does a BioWare game have to do with Valve games and their ports?

 

[AranhaHunter]

Arcades are $150 everywhere in Canada, at the moment.

Why are they so cheap over there?

 

[keyrat]

Are you kidding?
Mass Effect pushes the console to its limits,there is reason why the console version has problems you know. Its like Killzone on the PS2,good intentions but in the end asking too much from the hardware. Now with Orange Box on the PS3 its a joke. It stutters and drops frames when it shouldn't also has longer load times than any other version. The engine it runs isn't anything to sweat over,the PS3 should be capable of handling that in its sleep.

Its not so cut and dry as you make it. One game is a work out of art and pushes the machine to its limits,the other is a joke on the PS3. I would rather play something that was made from the ground up on the hardware than to play some gimped port,whereas you can do better if you simply buy a 360 or even better..a PC to play Orange Box.

Makes perfect sense. As long as a game is very ambitious, it's bearable for it to not run properly. Yet if a game is not ambitious, then it is unbearable to play with the slightest of hiccups.

 

[MoogPaul]

If true, probably the real reason why we are seeing a stand alone L4D "sequel", imo.

 

[DogWelder]

Why are they so cheap over there?

It's just a sale. Walmart priced it at $150, and everyone else followed, probably because a lot of people were price-matching.

 

[Chiggs]

Mass Effect was a bigger mess on XBox 360 than the PS3 version of Orange Box. Fact. I played them both, and Mass Effect was a FAAAAAAR bigger mess. Screen tearing, texture pop in CONSTANTLY, horrid frame rate more often than OB on PS3, hitching all the time, and I bet half the people in this thread that are calling OB on PS3 a disaster both never played it, probably saw that dumb ass 1up vid which was not representative of the whole game or even more than .01% of the game, and those same people probably also love Mass Effect on 360. I honestly never want to hear anyone that loved Mass Effect on 360 troll the PS3 version of Orange Box. If you thought that was fun and playable, then the Orange Box on PS3 is more than adequate for your standards.

Interesting. Since I played Mass Effect on my HTPC, I had no idea that it was that big of a mess on the 360. That said, I still think Orange Box on PS3 is a shoddy port.