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PS3 Orange Box gimped?

Posted on November 23rd, 2007 at 04:12 EDT

Gabe Newell, the man behind Half-Life development studio Valve Software, hasn't been too fond of Sony's system during this current console generation. He recently cited the PS3 as "a waste of everybody's time" in a semi-recent interview.

Following that mantra, Valve developed Half-Life 2: Orange Box for the PC and 360 in-house, but shoved PS3 development duties onto an unknown EA team.

The swap hasn't been beneficial thus far. Originally promised to release the same day as the other versions, The Orange Box on PS3 has seen numerous delays and is now scheduled for release sometime this December. Unfortunately, even after multiple delays, it appears the title will be another gimped port for Sony's system.

1UP got their hands on a near-final build of the PS3 version and came away underwhelmed. They state that the title runs akin to "a slideshow," especially during the vehicular segments of Half-Life 2. Strangely, Portal is a rock-solid port, appearing identical to its 360 and PC brethren. No word yet on the heavily anticipated Team Fortress 2, as a server connection issue prevented any play whatsoever.

It's not looking good for The Orange Box on PS3. EA only has a little bit of time to fix the glaring framerate problems within Valve's Half-Life 2. More news on The Orange Box soon.

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posted 4:16am EST - November 23rd, 2007
1

It feels like I should write something. But I hate Half-Life and Orange Box...

posted 4:20am EST - November 23rd, 2007
2

I have a better idea, just cancel the whole thing.  Either continue to delay the game until EA get it right or just don't bother.

posted 4:20am EST - November 23rd, 2007
3

i had an interest in buying the orange box before.

after what gabe said a few weeks ago i dont want to at all.

posted 4:42am EST - November 23rd, 2007
4

gabe newell is such an @55 I will not be supporting any of his games from here on out it seems it seems he has no concern for any PS3 owners what so ever.

posted 4:45am EST - November 23rd, 2007
5

This must be so embarrasing for them. Especially when Call of Duty was done so well. They are the Arizona Cardinals of developing. The PS3 is a waste of Newells time and Gabe Newells games are a waste of our time. Thanks for nothing.

posted 4:52am EST - November 23rd, 2007
6

Like I said before. He can shove it up his asss to make it the brown box and flush it down the toilet.

posted 4:53am EST - November 23rd, 2007
7

meh was gonna get this game but since its just another halfed @55 game meh i guess i wont...

posted 5:00am EST - November 23rd, 2007
8

id rather play an old ps1 or 2 title than the awfull work comin from E.A and th@ to$$er gabe

posted 5:09am EST - November 23rd, 2007
9

I won't buy it. If they have us in ... so do I.

I really like HL2 but in this case they can cancel release it for PS3 for me.

posted 5:13am EST - November 23rd, 2007
10

ea sucks.

posted 5:18am EST - November 23rd, 2007
11

It's a waste of time reading crappy disappointing news like this, I rather read about FFXIII news again! JUST CANCEL THIS  -AAA GAME!!! I'd rather play UT3! For sure.

posted 5:23am EST - November 23rd, 2007
12

Valve -  with that attitude, you lost my support!

posted 5:24am EST - November 23rd, 2007
13

Keep your $h*tty game.. i've got a better chance of buying a 360 before i buy this garbage for my little princess (yes.. my PS3).

posted 5:31am EST - November 23rd, 2007
14

c'mon people, its the Source engine, why not just buy it for PC? runs better, its less expensive, an its control better, Im a PS3 fan, but buying this for console is like buying Age of Empire II for PS2  :P

posted 5:33am EST - November 23rd, 2007
15

Once again, I can only say that EA must have inept programmers, or are deliberately trying to make PS3 look bad. A year into the life of the machine, and when you see the wonders that others are producing, there is no excuse whatsoever for EA to keep churning out shoddy crap like this.

posted 6:05am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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just dont DO IT!!!!

posted 6:44am EST - November 23rd, 2007
17

this only hurts valve. its stupid to gimp your product just because you don't like the platform. if he did this earlier it would not have been so bad, but now the PS3's  momentum is insane right now. i never met a person that wanted to lose money so badly. also why would you want your product to look bad. i wouldn't care if i hated the system or not, my game is not going to look bad

posted 7:07am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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Don’t buy it it's a waste of money because valve hasn’t cared less even calling the console a complete waste of time, how dare he, and by the way team fortress is rubbish, hifelife epd two is the best game on there and of course portal but halflife two it's self is looking dated i played this three years ago on pc, but with ea doing the game i wouldn't bother buying this.
posted 7:07am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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Don’t buy it it's a waste of money because valve hasn’t cared less even calling the console a complete waste of time, how dare he, and by the way team fortress is rubbish, hifelife epd two is the best game on there and of course portal but halflife two it's self is looking dated i played this three years ago on pc, but with ea doing the game i wouldn't bother buying this.
posted 7:07am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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Don’t buy it it's a waste of money because valve hasn’t cared less even calling the console a complete waste of time, how dare he, and by the way team fortress is rubbish, hifelife epd two is the best game on there and of course portal but halflife two it's self is looking dated i played this three years ago on pc, but with ea doing the game i wouldn't bother buying this.
posted 7:47am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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well much as i dislike EA the real blame goes to Vavle because since their so stuck in the past and cant program on updated hardware instead of trying to learn they take the easy route and passes production over to EA lets hope something decent comes out of this

posted 7:59am EST - November 23rd, 2007
22

I was really looking forward to the orange box. I still have faith that they can make it better before release but time is running out fast.

posted 8:15am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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Because of Gabe Newell I wont buy this box! The problem isnt at PS3 its at Valve!

posted 8:22am EST - November 23rd, 2007
24

psn id: gingo... i knew if it wasn't going to be made by Valve it would just end up as a poor port but things are sounding worse than i thought

posted 8:38am EST - November 23rd, 2007
25
HAHAHAHA!!! GABE, Once again you fail to live up to your programming status... You're and idiot and should stick to what you're comfortable with.. PC.. as good as you are with the PC... you are an unmotivated and unimaginitive individual when it comes to getting out of your comfort zone.... You don't want to make it for the PS3 then don't pawn it off on some hack and expect PS3 owners to buy into it... Just don't make it... Thats why we applaud Call of Duty Developers and UTIII devs, because they put the effort it and realize what can be achieved with a little work... You! on the other hand... Oh why bother... you know you're not worth it! Just don't talk down the system. Be professional.. And if the game is gimped... its because of the gimps making it, not the system!
posted 8:43am EST - November 23rd, 2007
26

Just cancel that cr@p. We just want quality titles in our PS3.

Those guys will be sorry in the future, when the PS3 boom starts. I sense that by the end of the next year, the PS3 will have as much units as the XBox.

posted 8:49am EST - November 23rd, 2007
27

half life is a sack of s.h.1.t   crysis is 1000 times better

posted 9:15am EST - November 23rd, 2007
28

I was only interested in this for portal, but I played through it on PC instead. If Portal runs fine, the orange box could be worth a hire just for that. Otherwise, stay away, by the sounds of it.

posted 9:15am EST - November 23rd, 2007
29

Orange Box is a fantastic package so its a shame that people who dont have access to a PC are getting a crap port thats being shoved together by another company. Personally I think games like this and Crysis, COD 4, UT3, Kane & Lynch etc... are really made for PC so I dont understand why anyone would consider them for PS3 anyway.

posted 9:28am EST - November 23rd, 2007
30

Gabe Newell is a sick, disgusting fck.

posted 9:37am EST - November 23rd, 2007
31

I'm not buying it, so they might as well cancel the title. We don't need it. I have Uncharted ===>

posted 9:59am EST - November 23rd, 2007
32

i was thinking about this game cause i liked half-life, but after that idiot Newell made his statement. this game became, as Newell stated a waste of time. so this game is blackballed in my mind, i don't even care if this was the greatest ps3 game ever made, but i doubt it will even make a blimp on the radar.  my pride won't let me buy this shi?,  i not give money to that company.!!!!!!!!!!!!

posted 10:07am EST - November 23rd, 2007
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Gabe's game is not worth it. If EA was smart them they would go to Gabe and say "Here, you can have your box back and you can shove it were the sun don't shine!" Valve is really not cut out for real technoligy(ps3). All of the devs. need to upgrade from xbox 360 hardware(old) to Ps3 hardware(NEW!) If anything the ps3 is its own and the newist generation. Valve can't handle the truth.

posted 10:15am EST - November 23rd, 2007
34
This game deserves to be boycotted, plain and simple.
posted 10:25am EST - November 23rd, 2007
35
i hope that all of the negative comments will seen by EA and Valve. if they're bother porting the peeled Orange y don't they just made it tastes good.
posted 10:50am EST - November 23rd, 2007
36

ea continues to not care about ps3 owners, they dropped the ball on madden for the ps3 also and I really cant stand supporting the company anymore, its a pity because they have their hands in so much now

posted 10:56am EST - November 23rd, 2007
37

EA sucks sooooo much.....Infinity Ward rocked the PS3 with COD4 and that should have been a message to EA that it is possible to make an amazing game for the PS3 if you didn't whine so much and just friggin dedicate yourself to making a game....EA is full of 360 fanboys....

posted 10:57am EST - November 23rd, 2007
38

LOL... 30+ posts all negative. Gabe should have kept his big mouth shut. What do you know there is such a thing as bad publicity.

posted 11:15am EST - November 23rd, 2007
39
This is realy upsetting for me as I thought I was finally going to get a chance to play this awsome game, looks like i'm going to be disappointed again. EA please do the right thing, delay the game and get some help from sony.
posted 11:22am EST - November 23rd, 2007
40
If Mr. Newell actually worked on his developing skills, then instead of getting a bunch of 2 year old games here, we could be getting half life 3 here. I hope this "man" understands that multi core processors are the future.
posted 11:59am EST - November 23rd, 2007
41

damn i was wanting to get this too. 3 games for the price of one. and portal looks like so much fun. but im not going to give any money to someone who bashes sony and dosent even try to make it good.

posted 12:25pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
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EA makes me so mad....Why is it that none of their games are good ports while other companies don't have a problem.

posted 12:39pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
43

If he doesn't like the ps3 then fair enough but surely it'd make more sense for valve to do the ps3 version so they get more revenue from it.Maybe that's just me...

posted 12:57pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
44

oh yeah i remember him. i bet he lives with mommy still

posted 1:14pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
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I think EA and Gabe Newell suck he always critises the ps3 .well we dont need your orange,green,pink box game. Sony will produce games better than EA games KILLZONE2,GOD OF WAR3, many more to come from sony

posted 1:20pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
46

Handing off PS3 port developement sounds like a great idea. I mean, when people hear "Great PS3 game" they think EA. Right?

posted 1:37pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
47

Doubt it.

posted 2:46pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
48

this sucks. sorry but i kinda wanted to play the, "best game ever". but now i can't because some fat@55 has to whine about how the PS3 is a little different than the other consoles which makes it a little harder to develop for. if you hate the PS3 so much then why did you even bother with making a port?

posted 3:04pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
49

The first time I read about gabe and his remarks about Sony "making a mistake" with the PS3, I've decided right then & there that I wouldn't buy this game. It's good to know that I haven't had a reason to change my mind.

posted 3:26pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
50

Ps3 owners need to take a stand and not buy these half asshed games. just becuase the title is half life the company figures we will buy it anyway. i was really looking forward to this game but now the people valve software can choke on there own F.U.L.C.K.ED Up poor excuse for a game.

posted 3:58pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
51

Obiviously Valve done give **** about the ps3 fanbase, so why should I give a ***** about his product....I was gonna get this but  this made my buying decisions alot easier.....**** you  Gabe

posted 5:14pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
52

Who Really Cares? HL Sucks anyways. I mean my flatm8 has the orange box 4 xbox360. not really interested. As for 'Waste of everyones time' , sounds like some1 cudn't get the hang of the PS3 so he just shoves it off to another EA. The reason they'll be struggling with it is coz they didn't program it in the first place. tbh if ppl want this game get it 4 pc. to Me Valve games are a waste of money. The only game that would interest me would be team fortress but meh, I seen plenty better shooters.

 

Get Bent Valve

posted 7:36pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
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I just call him TURKEY NECK, and look over his lane comments. Gobble, gobble is all that comes out of his mouth.

His frustration comes from his unwillingness to learn how to program for the console. He wants the money from the console market, but doesn't want to give us a quality version in return. Not surprising. It will bite him in the ars... give it time.

posted 7:38pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
54

Terrible game in any event.  MGS4, Haze and Killzone 2 will put an end to anyone thinking that the PS3 is somehow a waste of everyone's time.  The companies that brown-nose Microsoft are only whoring themselves out for the money.  Eventually, they will just fade away into has-been designers and also-rans.

posted 7:52pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
55

HL2 on the PC is great but I couldn't see many PC people re-buying this again just for portal and team fortress 2, the esp1, 2, 3. are free for the PC.

I wouldn't buy it because I've finshed HL2 3-4 years ago so I don't need to go threw it again on PS3 just a get rich quick scheme probably by EA.

 

posted 8:30pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
56

Who cares, dont buy it. Most multi plat games to date have sucked, and if they dont like the PS3, quit deving for it. We dont want your no talent hack job of a game on our console.

posted 10:22pm EST - November 23rd, 2007
57

i will f*** this dude up if he messes up this port

posted 10:01am EST - November 24th, 2007
58

Valve hates the PS3, correct? If so, then no surprise there.

posted 10:12am EST - November 24th, 2007
59

Tom @55 right on! The future of technology and games are multi core processors, with that said i played this game on a PC and HL episode 2 looks a little dated and team fortresss 2 is okay it's not a bonified smash hit. The only game worth playing is Portal it's fun. I wasn't gonna waste my hard earned money to support  newman i mean newell, an unmotivated programmer isn't worth supporting in my opinion.

posted 4:46pm EST - November 25th, 2007
60

If they're going to half-ass it for millions of potential PS3 customers, then what's the point?  This is incredibly bad business for multi-platform games.

posted 8:12pm EST - November 25th, 2007
61

This fatass punk. I hope he dies.

posted 6:39pm EST - March 3rd, 2008
62
Gabe Newells a joke former M$ B@$/@×^ Hey Gabe Newell want my Cash whoops sorry spent it on Warhawk
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