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Valve: No Left 4 Dead planned for PS3

Posted on February 22nd, 2008 at 09:04 EDT

Valve Spokesperson Doug Lombardi has confirmed that the company has no plans to develop a PlayStation 3 iteration of the upcoming shooter, Left 4 Dead.

Lombardi said that the company had "limited interest" in working on Sony’s next-generation console, revealing that it had only released The Orange Box on the system because Electronic Arts had requested to handle the port itself.

Speaking to Videogaming247.com, Lombardi stated, "EA wanted to do Orange Box on PS3 and they handled it.”

"Left 4 Dead isn't coming out on PS3 because we've not had that call. If the phone rang we would have the conversation, certainly, but it hasn't happened,” he said.

Lombardi added that Vale has traditionally struggled when working on home consoles in the past, particular when it was porting the original Half Life to Microsoft’s Xbox some years ago.

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posted 9:18am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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So, valve are rubbish anyway. The truth is that they don't know how to dev on the PS3. But I did want left 4 dead to come out for PS3 though, Come on EA make that call again to valve.
posted 9:20am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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No surprise here... I can't stand Valve anyway... I didn't buy the "Orange Box" because they just simply don't care about console users...

posted 9:21am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Quote - 'Lombardi said that the company had "limited interest" in working on Sony’s next-generation console'. We will see if they are still not bothered in 4 to 5 years when the PS3 has over taken the 360 and sold millions and millions of consoles.

posted 9:21am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Valve can't handle PS3s unique architecture. They are to lazy to learn and to money hungry to care. No more Valve support from me. Epic fail!

posted 9:28am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Man i hate Valve.. bunch of no good rednecks. However Left 4 Dead does look cool so ill guess ill have to pick this up on the 360 instead. B@stards.

posted 9:32am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Who cares about Valve and their thought ? Well not me

posted 9:33am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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No one saying anything about insomiac not working on the 360.    Come on guys thats there preference   let it go.      Btw    every developer that does not choose to work on the PS3 or if the PS3 version of the game is not the best.   Does not make them lazy or garbage.      How can they be money hungry when there not putting it out on every console.   I mean why put it out on the PS3 anyway so you guys can complain about lazy developers if the PS3 version is not the best   please.

posted 9:44am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Hey Lomb, Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington X microsombies employees. We really don't care about your mediocret and recicled products.

posted 9:44am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Hey Lomb, Gabe Newell and Mike Harrington X microsombies employees. We really don't care about your mediocret and recicled products.

posted 9:45am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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WATEVER!, valve can take left for dead and shove it up there ***!
posted 10:10am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Bad business practices i think

why blow off  almost 11 Million Potential Customers??

but thats there decision i guess

as for insomniac, they didnt really do any smack talk about other consoles, iv read articles about Valve in magazines with developers just talking crap about PS3

 

posted 10:12am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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SO WHAT!!! The disk will probably be held together with with sticky tape anyways!!!
posted 10:13am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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will it come 2 PC? i really wanted this game... jerks
posted 10:16am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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so go f**k yourself, Valve. Limited interest,,,,,

posted 10:22am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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VALVe is an awful company anyways, I had nothing but problems with all their games. I had a four digit steam account and almost everygame and VALVe has gone down the pipe source is rubbish and so has the half-life franchise.

 

@ Deldwen it is on Steam on PC and on X360.

 

BTW Gabe Newell is a fat piece of crap. And its no surprise he supporrts Microsoft he worked for the original Windows Dev team =

posted 10:47am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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I hate Valve so much, they are so fu(king lazy. Stop whining about thats its hard to develop for the PS3, you have to give something a chance before you can get used to it, they are just lazy and all they do is sit around, watch Dr. Phil and eat Triple Fudge Ice Cream. I really do hate valve, get off your lazy asses and start working.
posted 10:50am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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"Limited interests" why not just be honest and say "Limited know-how", "limited capabilities"....valve has the dumbest programmers PS3 wise

posted 10:54am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Actually i wasn't interested in this game from the start,a really rubbish product if u ask me,i mean when did zombies start being so fast,did they take streroids or something?>_>

posted 10:54am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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don't any of you diss Half-Life 2

if you do your retarded, that gaes like perfect... there a great company they just dont know when to seperate bias from art

posted 10:57am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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what a bunch of softie "programmers" !!

posted 11:06am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Valve said it there self that there lazy, PS3 is to hard to work on(this is where the babies cry)because its actually got a nextgen architecture. Ubisoft said for far cry 2 that there suprised with the PS3 raw power, Peter Moloneux said for fable 2 he likes to have a hard drive but rather help out the cheap console. With the word cheap I think he is saying cheap made 360 which is loud as a airplane taking off and gets hot as my oven, I have a 360 so I know how bad it was planned it would of been a better console but came out a year early. My PS3 on the other hand is well built QUIET and doesn't get hot because they waited that extra year.

posted 11:18am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Bunch o f'n tools. Wonder what they'll have to say when the day comes that the PS3 has a larger install base than the 360.

Talentless hacks is all they are, they can't expand beyond the PC archetecture (of which the 360 resembles almost exactly) cuz they're inferrior.

Lets leave the deving up to real men, ala Insomniac and such.

posted 11:23am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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What an ASSet. He sounds like a snotty "i hate mac" or "i hate windows" person that's refusing to make something work on both. Those guys have people begging them to make Steam/Source work on Linux but they keep deleting everyone's threads that talk about it. FFF Valve.

posted 11:34am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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I saw a vid of this game. IT SUCKS. No wonder they don't want to release it on ps3, it could never compare to Resistance 2, Killzone 2, or any of the other games.

posted 11:36am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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that's it! just the news i didn't wanna hear. now there's no company in the world that i hate more then valve. i wanna see a ps3 exclusive zombie game now. i what sony's Forbidden Siren 3 (Siren 3) to come, like now! oh yeah, and that dead rising port too. can't valve see that the ps3 will (if they don't already) outsell the 360 world-wide. they'll lose so much money on this! hope this game won't sell, hope valve dies. ps3 gamers, don't hate EA for making some lousy ports. this is our true enemy. death to valve!
posted 11:42am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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psn id: gingo... valve can only work on xbox if they want i'm not that interested in any of their titles anyway

posted 11:47am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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(((((((lame)))))))

posted 11:51am EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Lets just say i havent bought a valve product since Counter-Strike: Source. And the trend continues. So almost 4 years and counting.

posted 12:31pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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I agree with PSU user: Righteous on this one. Valve knows that they slap together a game on the 360 and have it ready quickly. Also, those developers at Valve probably couldn't develop for the PS3 even if they wanted to. It takes developers with real talent to bring out the best in the PS3 and to develop for the PS3.

Left 4 Dead isn't nothing but another shooter to me.... that's the only thing the 360 has is shooters, when will developers for the 360 bring some innovation to the table and something different? That's why I like the PS3 and Sony better because they make more diverse games for everybody and caters to hardcore gamers and casual gamers alike.

I'd rather play Resistance 2, Killzone 2, and Haze than some cheap PC shooter Left 4 Dead. Just 6 levels in Killzone 2 will be larger than the whole game Left 4 Dead, Hahaha ha!!!! Sony rules!!!

posted 12:32pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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i agree with everyone valve is lazy nuff said
posted 1:11pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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B#stards.  I'm trading Orange Box in this weekend...................for a Sony title.

posted 2:35pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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valver shooter's suck i like more realistic tthings..

posted 3:00pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Haha, this is what I call "Lazy Developers"

posted 3:08pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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If not for Counter-Strike, I would have dumped VALVe a long time ago.  If they want to keep everything for their PC users, go ahead.  Blow "Steam" up their asses.

posted 3:47pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Let Valve stay in then Spider Webs forever and make games for the PCs and the old architectured Xbox 360s. We know they dont have talent to make games for the PS3 and they are putting the blame on EA saying they are not making the call. Come out and agree Valve that u dont have the talent to make games for the advanced PS3.

posted 4:04pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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This weeks recap:  Microsoft has a great gdc, and sony has one less game on there system.  This is starting to sound like last year

posted 4:15pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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@ Righteous......preeching to the choir brother...

posted 5:13pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Valve is a small time garbage game developing company that just got lucky with their stupid simple games and I don't think anyone should just pay any attention to them. Forget them, once they finally realize that the PS3 is now finally getting the stand-alone attention then they're going to start switching their words and trying to develop games for PS3 and pay less attention to the 360. Within time the 360 will die off anyway. Just wait.

posted 5:31pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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@ Everyone, seriously VALVe are some of the best developers so I would definately not diss Half-Life2 or Counter-Strike: Source (Which remains the most played online game) I'm just amazed at how VALVe really doesn't want to jump into a really well potential market. Their games however are amazing. No one can challenge HL2 not even Halo.

posted 5:34pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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i think it is because ps3 is a japanese console that y just guessin.
posted 5:50pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Valve better be careful what you do or say, because it might bite you in the #$% later on down the road.

posted 6:17pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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ea sucks boycot ea games

posted 6:57pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Struggling developement on consoles? Learn the freak-n hardware then. Porting Orange Box to consoles shows that they are interested in the cash possibilities. They just don't want to invest the time to learn a proper way to program for consoles. It doesn't work that way Valve.

posted 7:13pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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why don't they just say "We're exclusive to microsoft" and thats, that. Why all the PS3 bashing, and shame on any of you so call ps3 fans, that got that orange box, crap.

posted 7:13pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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man, they're lazy. well then EA can do it. i still like EA but it seems i'm the only one.
posted 7:34pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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SCREW you valve! your games are old school anyway, half life is over let it rest. your used to developing for inferior equipment.with the power of the ps3 people will finally see how bad your games are.playing half life 2 on xbox put me to sleep many times
posted 7:44pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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@samtheskater I liked skate tho
posted 8:20pm EST - February 22nd, 2008
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Whatever, it's there opinion.

Not to disrespect ps3 or anything but if you were a developer what company would you make your game for. A easy developing system that can bring u the bucks (because almost everybody has a 360) or a system that takes a long time developing and as well as high fees with few gamers that is not likely to bring u million copies the first day on the market (ps3). Not yet thoug maybe it will change by the end of the year when all the crazy titles come out.   

posted 1:14am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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This sucks because i really like Half Life. I played it on my PC but i enjoy my PS3 much more, mainly because i dont have to keep upgrading the hardware. Its just too expensive. Valve should really just shut up and learn how to develop for the PS3, many others are doing it just fine

posted 1:56am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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I agree with whoever said it first: Shame on you people for buying the orange box for PS3 in the first place. You knew what was said prior to release, yet you still went ahead and supported ea/valves healf-hearted effort. Have a little dignity and stop buying into lousy ports.....and pay attention next time.

posted 4:58am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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Fu'k Doug Lombardi and HeIl no I didn`t buy  the Half Life/Portal game. I will never give them any credit!

posted 5:23am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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Left 4 Dead will be awesome. Anyone who calls themselves a "gamer" has a PC so no worries. The only thing that does give me the s.hits is I bet Xbox 360 gets it. Im sick of PS3 being treated as the town pariah.

posted 6:01am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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@Chubacca
If they make the game based on the 360,  it'll be pretty poor on the PC.
I havn't had seen any good 360 to PC ported games.
They end up poor GFX wise and end up very limited,  earth assult is a prime example of a new 360 game that's poor on the PC, in terms of RTS games.

posted 6:58am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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whatever.
posted 10:34am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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the post above is tooo cute! aawwww gamers are gamers tooooo AAWWWWWW... lol retard
posted 10:42am EST - February 23rd, 2008
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you know what i mean.
posted 2:21pm EST - February 23rd, 2008
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valve doesn't have any PS3 programmers, and they would have to learn its whole archituecture to make games for it. That's why they are a PC only development company, they don't like the xbox much either. And yes Valve is lazy. It took them how many years to come out with team fortress 2? It was more than 10, and any publisher who is willing to hire a team that takes comically long times to come up with a finished product needs to get their heads checked.

posted 6:58pm EST - February 24th, 2008
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Joelceman i totally agree if they don't want to make a game for ps3 they don't have too, because valve are usually pc only and they are only making this game on xb360 because the xb360 as got the same architecture as the pc or otherwise the xb360 would be a no no.
posted 6:58pm EST - February 24th, 2008
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Joelceman i totally agree if they don't want to make a game for ps3 they don't have too, because valve are usually pc only and they are only making this game on xb360 because the xb360 as got the same architecture as the pc or otherwise the xb360 would be a no no.
posted 6:58pm EST - February 24th, 2008
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Joelceman i totally agree if they don't want to make a game for ps3 they don't have too, because valve are usually pc only and they are only making this game on xb360 because the xb360 as got the same architecture as the pc or otherwise the xb360 would be a no no.
posted 12:54am EST - February 26th, 2008
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Hopefully EA will be smart and call Valve. If not, then f***k it, I'm done with them.

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