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Valve: 360 Community Head and Shoulders Above PS3

Left 4 Dead project lead Chet Faliszek has said the 360 community is "head and shoulders above the PS3", and that's why the multiplayer-focused Left 4 Dead series isn't on Sony's console.

Speaking to CVG Faliszek said the community aspects of the PC and Xbox platforms "really fit" Left 4 Dead - so it's not coming out on 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," he said.

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gdguide - 38 days 11 hours ago

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Why do they say the PC and 360 are equal for community features? It's not like PC users even care about Live on the PC. And a console that is going to be supporting MAG, supports Resistance 2, and Free Realms can't support some tiny co op? Come on now... I do think the 360 seems better tooled for community, but not the PC.

But long live releasing L4D 1.25 like they are doing with 2.We all know it's a quick money grab.

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BrianC6234 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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"I do think the 360 seems better tooled for community, but not the PC."

How is the 360 better than the PS3 at community though? The one feature the PS3 doesn't have seems to be cross game chat but isn't Microsoft allowing developers to drop that now? Xbox Live has been around longer but Sony's system seems fine. It can handle huge games online too. Valve is just desperate for a reason to not learn a new console. If they're scared to learn the PS3 just say so instead of attacking it.

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OpenGL - 38 days 7 hours ago

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Clearly you've never used Steam before. It's head and shoulders ahead of Xbox Live when it comes to the community features.

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nolifeking - 38 days 10 hours ago

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So is he trying to say people on psn don't play together. Is he insinuating that we avoid each other like the plague. I'm really trying to figure out how his comment makes sense.

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Nitrowolf2 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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"Its all about playing with your friends"
can you not do that on any console this gen?
Plus idk if Valve knows this but allot of people on PSn has mics now. Out of all my friends(almost full list) probaly 2 have no mics. idk i never played L4D but isn't it just a 4player co-op game? is there Versus in it? Cause if not then how easy is it to find 3 other people with mics? really easy. Point is if the game ment to be played with friends, then everyone has them, why should it matter to them if they have a mic or not? Its your friend

Oh and if you really want to play with your friends play M.A.G., you can play WITH ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS

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trancefreak - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I was going to say Ive been playing alot of mag and almost everyone has a mic and the mic funtion works very well.

Dunno what Valve is trying to say here but you got to @ least try before you write off the psn community.

Make a left 4 dead on ps3 and see if people play with there friends before spewing fud Valve.

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Nicaragua - 38 days 10 hours ago

4 - silly fatties

Hellooo valve, put down the cake and get a reality check - Last time i bought a games machine i didnt have to do a personality test to see which community i fit into.

The people who play games on the PC are the people who play games on the Xbox are the people who play games on the PS3 - its just a mix of people and to say that one "group" has something the others dont is just dumb.

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Blaster_Master - 38 days 10 hours ago

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All I gotta say is that after 5 years of working on the 360 and Left 4 Dead 2 is the best Valve can come up with? Hhahahaqhahahaha! I own a 360, and I wont waste money on a game thats barely worth a rental.

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Murderdolls - 38 days 10 hours ago

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They are a PC game development company first and they chose to put their PC game on the 360. They didn't spend 5 years developing a 360 game and then port it to PC it was the other way around.

And wasn't it more like 2-3 years? Either way if you have 3 friends L4D is amazing.

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mastiffchild - 38 days 10 hours ago

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If you have it for the PC I agree but not the crappy unsupported bare bones and fugly graphics they foisted on us on the 360. It just isn't worth playing knowing how poor it is in comparison to the PC experience.

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Vespertine - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Left 4 Dead 2... barely a rental?

Have you played the demo? It's a huge step up from Left 4 Dead.

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Da One - 38 days 10 hours ago

5.4 - Played the demo on PC

will not be purchasing...... it's too much of the damn same

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Limited_Vertigo - 38 days 10 hours ago

6 - Sigh

Been a lifelong Valve Supporter, own a majority of their products and I still am able to see the bullshit in these comments. It's pretty clear they're supporting the 360 due to it's similarities with PC's. I'm fine with that, I own a PC and PS3 so there really aren't many reasons to own a 360. But Valve needs to stop finding terrible excuses for why they aren't developing for the PS3.

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BrianC6234 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I hear one requirement to work at Valve is you must be a moron. This dufus proves that. Valve sure like to make themselves look like idiots. I see no reason the PS3 and Playstation Network can't handle a little game like Left 4 Dead. Idiots.

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cycofoo831 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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look at all these unreasonable comments by ps3 fanboys.

take into account the majority of PS3 owners don't have mics, if you were to get L4D, you'll be typing it all out in the XMB.

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Redlogic - 38 days 10 hours ago

8.1 - don't think so..

those comments are unreasonable? Valve commenting on a community in which they refuse to deal with is unreasonable.

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BrianC6234 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Hey Xbot, plenty of PS3 owners have mics. Stop living in 2007.

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BlackTar187 - 38 days 10 hours ago

8.3 - Try not to be so ignorent

your lookign in a mirroe buddy. I will assume most people dont have mics lol.

You sound retarded i bet you support this. Ohh and the fact that vlave thinks they need to put a cape on and save us from all those people without mics.

Talk about something that really has no direct link to them not putting a game on a console so your saying now that dev should choose what system to put there game on based on assumptions?

Ohh wait valve cares about you guys they wont put a game on a console because not everyone has a mic thanks valve for steeping in and being the big brother for all of us out there.

That said i loved L4d on xbox and will love this one. But valve are losers they have been for awhile the fact that you endorse this line of thought is very telling at the very least.

Thanks valve the online community is no safer.

I mean talk about the most blow hard reason there watching out for us people be happy .

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BlackTar187 - 38 days 10 hours ago

8.4 - l4d

was my surprise hit of 2008 ( ithink) i loved that fricken game alot.

If the 2nd adds a bunch of weapons i see hrs a laughing and yelling over here hunters got me. And dont shoot that b**** ohh no here we go. LOL

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XBOX360-FUN - 38 days 10 hours ago

8.5 - Can some one please explain to me

why Sony don't include a cheap $10 wired Mic with the PS3. That would be a good move on Sony's part.

I bought a PS3 Slim and I really love it.

Edit: I have an issue with my PS3, every time I am downloading movies and go to watch a blue ray movie and I exit the Blue Ray movie to go back to the PS3 main menu screen all my downloads reset and start over from zero, is this normal or do I have to change some settings. PM me please.

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Blaster_Master - 38 days 3 hours ago

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cause they cost 5 bucks brand new at the store.

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TheBand1t - 38 days 10 hours ago

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lol

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tordavis - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Bubbles for your Avatar!

"Gimme ahhh Diablo sandwich and a Dr. Pepper, I'm in a god damn hurry!"

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TheBand1t - 38 days 10 hours ago

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One of the greatest movies of all time, to be sure.

Sumbum.

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seifer085 - 38 days 10 hours ago

10 - Valve fat guys

were hurt with gearbox's president calling them out? Wow Valve I like you guys but you treat ps3 owners like @ssholes so now you guys are the @ssholes. That being said I still want the game, damn it.

Freakin fanboys!

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Limited_Vertigo - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Just get it for your PC like I did. It's only 45 dollars and since it runs on an engine developed in 2003 it should run on most computers. Anyone that buys this for the 360 is getting screwed.

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meetajhu - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I have a feeling that these guys don't want PS3 users to shell out every Left4dead a year instead by a complete bundle for the PS3 or get brand new game from Valve.

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GeoramA - 38 days 10 hours ago

12 - Enough already Valve

Even other developers think you're a joke.

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gapecanpie - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Why yes it is.

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spunnups - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Valve's business tactics defy all logic. I cannot believe the guys up top let their staff speak like this. It's gotten to the point where they're probably better off not bringing anything over to the PS3, no one is going to buy it after all the garbage they spew.

This is the most ridiculous excuse I have ever heard. Hey Valve how about you guys get your heads out of the sand and go ask Activision what platform made them the most money recently.

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FwanK - 38 days 10 hours ago

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"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," he said.

SOCOM and Warhawk says Hi

besides... Left 4 Dead? who cares...

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MajestieBeast - 38 days 10 hours ago

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No cyco instead of typing i would be playing the game like most people do which doesn't need talking.

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Demarco156 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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yeah because valve is very reliable source to talk about the ps3

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Nitrowolf2 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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btw have valve ever try to produce for PS3? Other then Orange box(wich i think EA did the port) did they try?
i'll be honest if they said it once i would be okay, but saying it allot of times is wrong. I mean they said it before didn't they that it was 2 hard and complex to produce for ps3.

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Limited_Vertigo - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Nope never have, you're correct EA did that TERRIBLE port.

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BrianC6234 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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"EA did that TERRIBLE port."

It wasn't terrible. It just wasn't as good as the other versions. What would have been terrible is if Valve did the game since they obviously stink at making PS3 games.

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tordavis - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I thought lazy meant that you didn't want to do something that you were SUPPOSED to do.

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unknownhero1123 - 38 days 6 hours ago

19.1 - valve is not lazy

but very biased which is sad because i do enjoy thier games. to say that nobody on the psn has friends is a bit retarded.

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monkey602 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I love Valve games but I hate hearing about anything they have to say. They're full of sh!t.

I genuinely prefer the PS3 community. Not to say it's without it's own share off @holes though. It's just Live really take the mick compared.

Mic's should come as standard with the PS3. I know it uses any HS and people probably have decent ones lying around. Just throw in a cheap one to get people going.

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GamerSciz - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I still love how people are calling L4D and L4D2 360 exclusive. I mean honestly, exclusive means it's on that particular gaming system only. So 95% of 360 games AREN'T exclusive considering they are also on PC (and usually are better to play there). I for one love L4D and have been playing the L4D2 demo but not on the 360, nope, on the PC with loads of friends.

You all need to remember, the online community is largest on PC's. It was there first, because the PS2 didn't really have online and Xbox was out way after all of your older consoles, even the PS1. Xbox was the first to have true online but they made you pay for it. PC, still to do this have I not paid "monthly or annually" for any game I play. I am not a WOW player and will never be one.

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kartik21 - 38 days 10 hours ago

22 - I cannot believe this

This statement clearly shows what a bunch of incompetent #@%@% these guys are, what is lbp then huh? 1 million user created levels.

-100 respect valve.

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Dannehkins - 38 days 10 hours ago

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How they would know if Left For Dead is not suitable due to the PlayStation community, when they are showing a strong support for the Xbox 360?

Sorry, it's a biased comment clearly therefore it's not worth my time. It is always a different story with these guys.

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Revvin - 38 days 10 hours ago

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I can understand they don't have the resources or talent to work across 3 platforms, thats fair enough its their choice to make the games on whatever systems they want to but to take a swipe at the Playstation community is just pretty low. I game on a PC, PS3 and 360 so get the best from each platfrom but I can honestly say I've spent more on PSN content than I have on the 360 and the PS3 has better support for modding, just look at Unreal Tournament 3. I have that game on all three platforms I own because of friends split across those platforms and I feel the PS3 version is the best.

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BrianC6234 - 38 days 10 hours ago

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Another good point to talk about regarding online for the PS3 and 360 is Sony doesn't require third parties charge for DLC. Doesn't Microsoft do everything they can to force it on them? It's free to go online on the PS3. I won't say the PS3 is better but I think it's as good as Xbox Live.

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LinuxGuru - 38 days 10 hours ago

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How in the blue blazes would they know the first damned thing about the PS3 community when they've never made a damned game for the system.

Idiots.

Seriously, is their entire company nothing but a bunch of presumptuous assholes?

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7thNightvolley - 38 days 8 hours ago

25.1 - em to correct u..

they actually did... remember? Orange box..with portal,halflife2 n team fortress.2

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LinuxGuru - 38 days 7 hours ago

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That was not Valve that made the game for PS3, dummy.

That was Electronic Arts that handled the port.

Nice try at correcting me, though. Don't you look stupid!

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likedamaster - 38 days 5 hours ago

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@Linux

Ever consider the fact that they themselves might own a PS3? Guru my anus.

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7thNightvolley - 38 days 1 hour ago

25.4 - heel boy..

yesh.. dont get ur panties up in a bunch.. SDF.. lool.. u guys need to chill.. thou he didnt mean any harm by that. .u cant deny that its true.. anyway..lool

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ticklechamp - 37 days 21 hours ago

1 - valve is just pissed because..

they know ps3 owners wont pay full retail for the crap graphics their games have. left 4 dead would have to be $9.99 on psn to even be considered by me. i bet it just burns valve's ass, because they know that's the best they can do (those atari 2600 graphics) and they don't make the cut with ps3 only users. i know the 2600 statement was giving valve too much credit. sorry,that's reality.

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horndog - 37 days 21 hours ago

2 - All about graphics?

The amount of people that will buy this game don't give a Shyt about graphics. The game is fun and addicting. Hours of fun for those who have FRIENDS. Simple as that. Not designed to be a graphic monster but more for mutliplayer on line but considering it's graphics it will sell more than UC 2.

You want to be impressed by graphics? Get a high end p.c and put in Crysis. Now that's impressive.

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Justin_bristoe - 37 days 20 hours ago

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ooouch man we can play that re hash left for dead?? i'm gonna drink the punch...guess i'll just have to settle for uncharted god of war demon souls gt killzone lbp agent dc universe infamous and all the rest of these games i'd still be playing after an hour,plus 3rd party games.d@mn valve what are we gonna play without you???

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horndog - 37 days 20 hours ago

4 - all of the above re hash you just mentioned. What else? ^^^^^

except they got a graphic upgrade.

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napoleon_ist - 37 days 17 hours ago

5 - L4D graphics are terrible

that said, nobody told him about PS Home which is head and shoulders above the NXE's childish avatars. :|

Home's party game is on test with lost planet 2 demo.

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