It may be more likely than you think. According to Doug Lombardi, Valve considers the Wii to be a viable gaming platform, especially now that MotionPlus will be available. They're also pretty interested in the iPhone, with Doug claiming that input is a new revolution. That, of course, means that they're also intrigued by Natal, but we already knew they're tight with Microsoft. Still, we may soon see Valve games popping up all over the place.
It won't happen right away though, since Valve is a relatively small company, and they don't have a ton of resources to throw around to develop on multiple platforms. I always assumed that was the reason the PS3 version of Orange Box got very little support, although with a total absence of any Playstation 3 mention from Doug, I wonder if Valve and Sony had a bigger issue than I originally expected.
To be honest (and extremely selfish), I kind of hope Valve stays the way they are - small and focused. While I'm not ready to have a knee-jerk reaction and start hollering about how Left 4 Dead 2 means Valve has sold out and that working with Microsoft is ruining them, it does make me wonder a bit how teaming up with new console makers will change Valve and their core philosophy. Hopefully not at all, but you never know - all it could take is a massive buyout (*coughBUNGIEcough*) to totally change their direction.
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8:45 PM on 06.03.2009
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The "bigger issue" between Sony and Valve is that Sony isn't Microsoft. No need to read more than that into it, because that's all there is to it.
It's actually amazing how good Valve games tend to be (though I have yet to play one that hasn't been highly over-rated) considering they're run by such a fat moron. Remember, this is the fool who had his source code stolen because he had his company running beta versions of Microsoft software.
i dont like the idea of a new Left4Dead. Im sorry but I just cant understand... wel I can, money, but still...
@hpv - did the guy kill your puppy or something man? Business practices aside, "fat moron?" Don't be that guy.
That can only be good.
Jealous that you're just not able to make bank like he does. You can admit it, I'm jealous of Kojima as well.
He has been saying that for a couple of years now, that he likes the Wii and wants to work on it, but like always its just talk. If he likes it so much then why not put a game on it? Last time he was asked about the Wii, he said they're a small company that doesn't have the manpower to expand to the Wii yet. Making a team for a Wii project would take them off of their main projects, and they can't afford to do that. So either do something, or just stop talking about it. Because no one cares how interested they are, if they don't do anything about it.
Did anyone here about this? I was quite shocked, I thought Gordon Freeman's model was based off him.
Still, I'm one of the only people on Earth who thought the PS3 version of the Orange Box was just as good as the 360 version after they released the first update. I only had it slow down on me one single time, and that was it.
Portal especially is something Valve should consider, since its the kind of short puzzle based game Wii does well. And since its not all senseless shooting, some casual might buy it too.
Wii and Orange Box, its easy money to be made and less work to do porting it. Valve are pretty dumb, if they don't take advantage of that new audience.
Anyway, don't really mind their games not coming to the PS3, got enough other games to play in the next year, multiplat and exclusive.
Granted, they've made a flexible engine in source, but if you look at the games they've released on it since HL2, and the time it takes them to make these games, you'll see that many of their games are just about mods. Team Fortress 2 is CS:S with Cartoon Graphics and few other features, L4D is your basic shoot-em-up where enemies pop depending on how you're doing... Like Resident Evil 4, and L4D2 is basically an expansion pack. Portal was a funny game, but it wasn't groundbreaking on a technical, graphical or gameplay(ical? :P) level.
They're OK, but they're far from the Messiah the fans claim them to be, and they're reluctant to branch out into the Wii and PS3 because their game production talent isn't to the level where they can make games for those consoles.
So you're admitting the PS3 is way small and not at all worth it because there's no real profits in it?
I don't think making an iPhone game would really too heavily tax Valve's manpower. It'd be interesting to see, actually.
Actually, Portal would work on the Wii. It's graphically simple as well besides portal recursion, Aperture Labs are far less detailed and expansive than City 17, the Wii could handle that.
Millions pay for yearly versions of sport games with far less reason. Go bash them instead. Unless, of course, you're one of the people who pay just for a new number on the box. Yay NHL 2009! Now with individually modelled teeth on the players so you can pummel them out selectively!
Now, I wonder how many of the Gabe Newell bashers here have a BMI under 30...