Portal 2 Confirmed for PlayStation 3; Supports Steam Cloud & Auto-Updates

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  I'm not too worried about Portal 2 being consolized. The controls can't get much simpler, I don't see a r... : Orange Pylon
  • Yeah I agree with you, I am just scared is all. Hold me Orange Pylon : watcherxp
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  This is Valve, don't forget. They actually know how to make PC games. I have absolute faith in them on ... : Jobos
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    Ummm, how exactly can you consolize Portal? The controls consist of move, jump, crouch, grab/activate, sh... : Khakimon
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      But when it comes to something that is so close to perfect, like Valve's PC offerings, even allowing the ... : watcherxp
      • Portal 1 was on consoles. Portal 2 was already going to be on consoles. What the hell are you freaking... : Wisp!
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        You do know that the entire Orange Box was on the 360 right? I mean if you did know this it would make yo... : Rauol Duke
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          can't a guy be concerned? i didn't say that bad things were gonna happen, : watcherxp
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            I have a bad feeling about this for PC gamers : Rauol Duke
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              yeah, my feelings Sorry for sharing. : watcherxp
              • Hahaha. You platform nuts are wacky as shit. : Rauol Duke
    • you wouldn't simplify by making fewer controls, but maybe by making the game not as reliant on precision ... : MamiyaOtaru
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  Yeah Portal 1 really suffered from consoleitis. : Haxim
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    really? i didn't think so. : watcherxp
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      Sarcasm. : Wisp!
      • oh... : watcherxp
• I wouldnt worry about it. I dont think its going to be a shitty port for console fans but theirs no reaso... : Blazer1982
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  I tried to read your post but I have this habit of automatically filtering out "console-ize", "consolitis... : ColoradoCNC
  • Yeah, no worries, what happened to Borderlands couldn't ever happen again. : watcherxp
  • Look at those tiny tiny Crysis 2 levels! Aren't they cute? *Throw flowers in the air* : Patakreps
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  I've come to the realization that consolizing a game doesn't make it stupid. Games for consoles do tend t... : silverback1138
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    Agreed, I think that we need to begin to come to grips with the fact that the industry is not what it onc... : Blazer1982
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      Yes! I agree with you about Crysis 2. I loved Crysis, but seeing what I nhave so far, I'm expecting to b... : silverback1138
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        That would be awesome. I don't have too much of a problem with MS as a whole but the 360 era has seen the... : Blazer1982
        • Yeah that was too bad with Ensemble. I felt the same way with the flight simulator series too. It wasn'... : silverback1138
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    agreed on the second part of the post. it seems like a double standard to me when you have pc gamers that... : DeBurgo
    • I do have to say though that the majority of games in general these days are dumbed down, not just consol... : DeBurgo
• i dont see how that could be the case considering portal was also an xbox game and multi platform.. if Va... : ballystix
• jesus christ : manero
• naaaah. It's valve. They got this. : icedcool
• I played the first portal on the xbox, it played great. : bikeswithfans
• How would you even go about "consolizing" Portal? The first game was as console friendly already as it ge... : VisitorQ

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  That's how steamcloud works. It's possible you can access your saves on your PC+Mac too. : mancide
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    That might be interesting, but I doubt I'll buy it for multiple platforms. Now, if I bought it on PS3 and... : Fred Garvin
    • Well, consider that Steam now offers both PC and Mac platform access to a single purchase. Although, I'm... : daggot
    • That would be quite different, and not as improbable as one would think, at least for Valve-developed gam... : Bingo
    • That would be really awesome of them. : razlebol
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  I still don't at all understand what the point of Steam Cloud is on a PS3. I suppose they will explain it... : Xevo
  • STEAMCLOUD!!! What's not to understand? : Fred Garvin
  • Other than you wouldn't have to worry about your hard drive crapping out on you, no clue what the real be... : daggot
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    I wonder how many millions Sony paid Valve (perhaps even Gabie himself?) to develop for the PS3. I am not... : Khakimon
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      I dont think he needed that much persuading, Sony isnt going out of their way to kill PC gaming and finan... : Blazer1982
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        WTF are you talking about? Sony wants the gamer dollars just like MS. I don't see how this differs at all... : Fred Garvin
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          If you dont get it now you never will. Wanting money isnt what we are talking about we are talking about ... : Blazer1982
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            You are seriously butt hurt about this aren't you? Microsoft made a console. Did you expect them not to s... : Fred Garvin
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              I expect them not to cannibalize one market in favor of another. You're right in that they support two ma... : Blazer1982
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                The fact that you point to Microsoft and not other consoles as well for taking PC market share shows that... : Fred Garvin
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                  PC gaming was fine until the xbox era why would I point to Nintendo or Sony they never paid of pc develop... : Blazer1982
                  • Okay, going to stop replying to you because you obviously can't be rational about this. : Fred Garvin
                  • You know what also coincided with the Xbox360 era? Wide-spread broadband internet use. I'm more likely to... : SagaciousFoo
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      1. What does it matter if Sony paid valve to make a PS3? Valve has always mentioned that it's a lack of r... : DeBurgo
      • (err to make portal 2 for the PS3, that first sentence should read) : DeBurgo
  • automatic updating too : Demius
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    I would guess that your game saves, settings etc are part of your Steam account not your console. So you ... : CurbDog
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      Steamworks on the PS3, not Steam. Big distinction. : Fred Garvin
      • Steamworks is the backbone of Steam not the other way around. http://www.steampowered.com/steamworks/Stea... : CurbDog
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  I'm wondering if Steam autoupdate means that Valve can bypass Sony's patch certification? So if, for exam... : beanman101283
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    I don't see how that is possible as the patching system is part of the PS3 OS. : Fred Garvin
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      I guess what I mean is will they be able to bypass the patching system in the OS, and therefore bypass al... : beanman101283
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        Not going to happen. There is no way a console maker is going to let anyone bypass cert. : Fred Garvin
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          Normally I would agree, but like you stated in your original question, why have Steamworks for auto-updat... : beanman101283
          • There is a reason for cert and letting a company bypass that means higher potential support issues. Not g... : Fred Garvin
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      gabe mentioned saved games and automatic updates in the conference, so .........i dont know. i think sony... : Chandler55
      • As I mentioned above console makers have certification processes. Allowing one developer to bypass the pr... : Fred Garvin
  • That's what I figured he meant by the announcement. : sgtsanity
• This will come in handy all those times I want to play on a PS3 that's not mine. LOL : MagicWishMonkey

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• I bet! : pinkbits
• can't you already use a usb keyboard and mouse with a couple FPSs on PS3? I'd think if any support it it'... : goatboy
• Do Want! : CurbDog
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  Meh. The only time I want to use a keyboard and mouse is if it's under a desk. Screw trying to balance th... : SagaciousFoo
  • Well, on top of the desk. : SagaciousFoo

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  piles of money tend to do that :P : 0mar
  • Valve would be xbox360 exclusive (not even PC) if money was the only reason. : Teleporting Muffins
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  What are the implications for MS? Orange Box was on the 360 and PS3. The PS3 version was a poor port. Nex... : Fred Garvin
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    PS3 was a poor port which Valve said was a mistake on their part to let happen and not be in a position t... : CurbDog
    • They could always release DLC for free on PSN, offering cross platform play is possible, but highly unlik... : Fred Garvin
• He was against mulicore in general when it was apparent that the industry was shifting in that direction. : Pettytheft

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• I'm guessing about twice that, if not more. : mad-d00d
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  lol Sure, Sony TOTALLY paid a hundred million dollars just to get Valve developing on their console. That... : beanman101283
  • double it. : Klebold

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• Yeah it should be made a part of Live Gold and the new PSN premium. : Mansmells

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  If they made Steam for Linux id literally cum in my pants. iOS4 is impossible for the most part unless th... : Blazer1982
  • pics/divx pls : watcherxp
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    your pants are safe : MamiyaOtaru
    • At least until Chrome, I dont see why they would develop a version of Steam for Ubuntu or any other debia... : Blazer1982
• 3DS next. : zardoz555

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  For what exactly? The quote saying the PS3 version is going to be the best version? If so, I completely a... : Khakimon
  • He only said it would be the best of the console versions... : evildanish
  • *Meant to have a period after "very stupid thing for Gabe to do." : Khakimon
  • I assume why gabe is calling it the best of the console versions because valve can now push updates to PC... : flasher 907
  • I'm sorry but how would us pc gamers be pissed off at all it has nothing to do with us. If anything we we... : Blazer1982

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• Boo!!! Get off the stage! : dookiebot
• +1 month to release date of HL2:EP3 for every oversized person joke : progressor
• Yea Gabe is how most of as code monkeys look anyways. You dont need to be "pretty" to make awesome games.... : Blazer1982
• lol jimmy kimmels unintentional joke of the day : Chandler55
• "However, Sony Computer Entertainment has proved that the PlayStation 3 is the most open platform given m... : cap n KRUNCH

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  It's not going to magically recompile x86 games to run on the powerpc-based cell. : Conan
  • Sush you. : freakynipples69
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    Plus Sony wouldn't make any profits even if it were possible. : YummiGummi
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      I'd pay $50 a year for PSN Plus for Steam access. There is your profit. : freakynipples69
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        I'm talking about game sales. Say you buy Call of Duty black ops on Steam but not PS3, Sony would not see... : YummiGummi
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          Why would they see profits for a game they didn't publish or develop? : freakynipples69
          • Because all console makers charge a console tax for each copy sold. : schnitz76
      • And how much to port all those PC games? Think about what's involved. $50 a year is not enough. : Fred Garvin
  • Hah, if it were only that simple... : Gwyndion
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  Keyboard & Mouse control don't work well with controllers. The games need to be converted. It would be ... : Gunzee
  • Sony(unlike MS with the 360) allows developers and publishers to support kb + m on the PS3. : Kristian Joensen
• Sit up straight you sob!! : Xulu
• Yeah, that's not going to happen. : Fred Garvin
• I like Sony a lot and consoles definently have some things that do make them better than pc's but im a ke... : Blazer1982
• I don't know for certain but it seems to me the implication of what he said is all that good stuff we giv... : schnitz76
• I can play PC games on my couch . . . : Leviathan41
• I think you read a version of the story where they had "Steam" written instead of "Steam Cloud". Steam's ... : Schnapple
• Deus Ex was on PS2 btw not sure if anyone has mentioned that, Invisible War was only on Xbox but you aren... : Blazer1982

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• Portal 2 on PS2 : watcherxp
• Man you know Gabe realized they fucked up by cancelling the event and the PC gamers would be pissed : Schnapple

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  Break out the Champaign.... : rick
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    Champagne. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      champagne : tarsius
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        Champlain? : Fred Garvin
        • someone tell Rebecca she's had too much : Schnapple
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      Max Pagne : JPMcWhiskers
      • Chaplain. Episode 3 needs last rites. : dookiebot
• No...this was a triumph...huge success... : Dr_Cube

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• gametrailers : FIGHTheSYSTM
• http://e3.gamespot.com/press-conference/?tag=hotslot : daggot
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23223585#itemanchor_23223585 : flasher 907
• Oh yeah, you went to the gym? With your girlfriend? In your Helecopter? : JPMcWhiskers

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• Annndd the story has been updated to make this clear now. Back to the chatty for me. : qsylvr
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  I think the cool bit is valve having the ability to be valve to the game on ps3, without the restrictions... : Floppygrandma
  • Agreed, they havent had their creativity and control stripped from them like they have making games for t... : Blazer1982
• I dont see the the need for integration of the steam store anyways it would be redundant for consoles. I ... : Blazer1982

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  It was also a huge fuck you to Microsoft which made me happy as hell as a PC loyalist that has seen every... : Blazer1982
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    I couldn't help but smile with some of that same glee. I am very discouraged and upset with Microsoft. Ma... : Dr_Cube
    • Microsoft isnt going to go under, the worst that can happen is they go back to focusing on making operati... : Blazer1982

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• Seems to me the big hurdle for cross-platform play is that it's a lot of work and there's very little per... : Schnapple

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• On the contrary, if I recall correctly, they said the surprise was still Portal 2-related. : Bingo

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• "Surprise! We delayed the game to make a PS3 version that auto-updates! Yaaaay!" ::frown:: : Jobos

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  Yeah it';s pretty damn interesting Sony allowed that. : node
  • I'm curious how they think this will help their brand. It's huge for Valve and Steam, but I'm not so sure... : mancide

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• I thought that was the typical Sony statement, I'm surprised to know GabeN said it tho : azuvatar