On the same day that Randy Pitchford says that Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3, here comes Valve's Chet Faliszek ... kind of bashing the PS3. The game writer has stated that Xbox Live's community is "head and shoulders" above the PlayStation Network, citing it as a reason why Left 4 Dead 2 isn't going anywhere near a PS3.
"Right now for Left 4 Dead 2 we're looking at PC and 360 because the community aspects really fit the game -- it's all about playing with your friends," explains Chet. "But that's the short term. What we're looking at for the long term ... if it works out, it works out. Right now don't not buy it on the 360 because you think it's coming out on the PS3 -- it's not going to. Right? It's coming out on the PC and 360. It's going to be exclusive for that.
"In hooking up with your friends and the community aspects, I think the Xbox 360 is head and shoulders above the PS3. The 360 and PC are on par, right?"
I'm not saying anything this time. I'm going to calmly step away from the hornet's nest before I end up like MaCaulay Culkin in My Girl, and let you lot do with these quotes what you will. Have fun!
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11:40 AM on 11.06.2009
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does...does that make me a fanboy
But I do love Valve.
PSN: Playing with your enemies?
Also, what Tha Meat said.
but I would have to disagree, I'm always invited to chats and other game sessions by friends (and only half my freinds lists are dtoiders), we share advice, play together, actually start those text chat things , compare trophies ,about how much more community do you need to be a community???
kinda makes me wonder if hes actually used a ps3 longer than 5 minutes.
The real problem is that it's up to VALVE to decided how good the multi-player is on PS3. They have the tools to make it work for their games, just like every other developer does.
The ps3 is lacking the party system, but hit games like Killzone 2, and Uncharted 2 have great lobby systems, specifically Uncharted 2. Blah I'm just getting frustrated.
I would be surprised if anyone at Valve actually owned a ps3.
I love Half-Life, honestly - for me, it's the best fps series ever made - and it's also in my top3 'games of all time'.
But.
If Valve likes X360 community so much...
... why they're doing nothing with the Orange Box on X360? Team Fortress 2, anyone? We still have fucking 6 maps, and nothing else.
Nothing.
This is how you treat 'Community, that is head and shoulders above PS3'?
Just... gosh.
All I know is I don't care. As long as I get to play L4D and HL on something then Valve can call the Pope a satanist.
It's just a totally different experience and I don't get why people from Valve think that Steam is all of sudden on-par with XBL. You guys are not even close, so don't act like you are, because you're not.
And Valve couldn't possibly say that they don't have the money to port the game over to the system, especially with the sales of L4D, pre-orders of L4D2, whatever royalties they might receive from Steam, combined with the sales of ToB. I'd be surprised if, with as small of a team as they have, they burned through all the money the raked in with those cash streams.
And I play with people all the time on my ps3, what the fuck is valve on about with that? the only thing the 360 has over the ps3 community wise is volume. And thus potentially more dickwads. But my experience with the 360 community has been in small doses (Once owned a 360, never payed for online) so it's possible I'm talking out my ass.
As I've repeatedly said... it seems like the devs at Valve need to take a Marketing 101 course... or just learn to STFUAJMG! (make games instead of play games).
Statements like this are unnecessary and unprofessional.
If so, I think this may be why they are "head and shouylders" above the PS3 community. The PS3 has more genres available and is not a shoot em up machine. There seem to be fans of FPS type shooters out there in comparison to gamers in general.
However, comparing the 360 community to the PC community? PC wins by far. Hell, they invented the online community.
My main problem with PSN is that a lot of players don't have mics. The PSN players tend to be nicer than the Live players though.
I wish that PS3s came with a cheap pack in mic.
I think this is the best sentence you've ever committed to blog.
He thinks PSN Users have no friends, LOL!
Valve better hope the 360 doesn't fall straight onto its face.
(( Citing all the momentum/articles that the PS3 is seemingly gaining. ))
Regardless of what system or community you are working with you'll always run into that if it's available for random people to join your group.
"Valve: Xbox 360 community FEATURES 'head and shoulders above PS3'"
ie he's not comparing the communities, just the tools to communicate with those communities. "Head and shoulders" might be a little strong, but generally I have to agree with him.
Hell, they were on about Brits not talking online the other day, so it fits.
This stinks of MS calling them up and saying "Shit, now they have Netflix! Can you have someone talk shit about PSN and make them look bad real quick? I don't care if it is a total lie, we need to knock them down a few pegs!"
Meh wasn't getting it for the PC anyway nvm the PS3.
Go fuck yourselves, again.
Mentok