Valve Details Steam Features for Portal 2 on PS3

[Rayansaki]

Why don't people open the Steam knowledge base link from the topic? 100% of the answers people are asking are answered there.

As for PS3 buyers getting the PC version, that was confirmed by valve months ago...

 

[NLS]

Windows live is massive failure to my eyes. Windows live is not supported in my country so games that use it will be pirated. I got a great games library on my Steam though.

wait, can you buy the PC version, or does it only work with PS3 discs?

No

aw man,
but can you do co-op w/the same disc on console and PC?

Do you mean split-screen? Because if so the PS3 version will most likely have it. But the PC version won't.

Also, the PS3 and PC versions use 2 separate formats of disks, so you can't use one with the other.

What would be the use for split-screen on PC? It's not like you can plug in two keyboards and mice.

Left 4 Dead actually had code for splitscreen, if you plugged in an extra controller and typed some stuff in the console you could play co-cop with a friend on one computer. I guess there will be some kind of similar (unofficial) solution to Portal 2.

 

[rustedfaith]

Valve, I love you guys, but you could add a real-life working Portal gun to the PS3 version, and I'd still just buy the game for PC. Fuck Sony.

Really? Because if they did offer a real life Portal gun you'd have to be an absolute idiot for not purchasing the game. What £40 for a good game and a real life portal gun. That would be insane, and anyone that denies they wouldn't go for it either is an idiot or chock full of so much pride that the pure stuck up nature of their being has blinded them. I understand Sony hasn't endeared themselves to your heart, but is it any reason to fuck em. Plus you can actually hook a mouse and keyboard to your ps3, Steam might also allow the same offer to happen for PS3, cross platforming is what we have been waiting for, and stop being so elitist.

 

[Frapple]

What happens to your PS3 copy once you've registered it? Can you resell it?

 

[GamingAwesome1]

You see Microsoft?

That's what you get when you flip Valve off by not allowing them to release DLC for free and limit what they can do with your console.

I'm buying this game on the PC anyway and was never not going to but I interpret this as a slight act of revenge for making pre-switch me pay for my L4D DLC.

 

[popa_qwerty]

yes I knew I chose right and i was so going to buy it for steam but i was at gamestop anyway

and for the people who say that the keyboard and mouse makes it unfair must be forgetting that Portal 2 is not competitive

 

[xchurchx]

I only recently got steam and have been confussed on whether to get portall 2 for the ps3 or PC
This thread tho has cleared my mind on what platform im chossing...... Both

 

[BloodSquirrel]

yeah, because sony and nintendo merging would have been fantastic.

I don't get what the issue is here. Microsoft sounds like it wants to compete. Let them. That means more services for us to choose from. (even if its shit like windows live)

It doesn't have anything to do with competition. Microsoft doesn?t want to deal with the headaches of giving Valve all sorts of hooks into Xbox Live. They don?t want to give Valve control over games running on their system and their platform. They don?t think any of the cross-platform benefits are worth it, and I don?t really blame them. People who were going to buy Portal 2 on a console weren?t going to do it because they wanted to create a Steam account.

Quite frankly, if I buy Portal 2, it?ll only be because I can get it on Xbox and not have to create a Steam account for it. Valve spreading it?s DRM onto consoles would be a MAJOR gamebreaker for me.

 

[Chiefwakka]

I'm liking the direction this is going

 

[Danpascooch]

Any now I INSTANTLY changed from buying the PC version, to buying the PS3 Version. Bravo Valve, bravo.

Even for someone who doesn't have a PS3 it makes more sense to get the PS3 version, hell, you could get the PS3 version, activate the free PC version, then trade the PS3 disc in for credit or something.

 

[Danpascooch]

yeah, because sony and nintendo merging would have been fantastic.

I don't get what the issue is here. Microsoft sounds like it wants to compete. Let them. That means more services for us to choose from. (even if its shit like windows live)

It doesn't have anything to do with competition. Microsoft doesn?t want to deal with the headaches of giving Valve all sorts of hooks into Xbox Live. They don?t want to give Valve control over games running on their system and their platform. They don?t think any of the cross-platform benefits are worth it, and I don?t really blame them. People who were going to buy Portal 2 on a console weren?t going to do it because they wanted to create a Steam account.

Quite frankly, if I buy Portal 2, it?ll only be because I can get it on Xbox and not have to create a Steam account for it. Valve spreading it?s DRM onto consoles would be a MAJOR gamebreaker for me.

Name one problem caused by Valve DRM

 

[-Samurai-]

The question I need an answer to is; Does Portal 2 require a Steam ID to play on the PS3 if you're not going to play online?

If yes, consider my pre-order canceled. I'll never make a Steam account. Ever.

So, am I going to have to get a Steam account in order to play Portal 2? What if I don't want one? Am I stuck?

It says very clearly in the article that you have to make a Steam account in order to play.

I decided to check with a GameStop employee today, and according to the information he got when their Portal 2 shipment arrives, you do not need a Steam account to play single-player or split-screen multi-player offline.

You do need one of you plan to have your stats coincide with your Steam account and Portal 2 on PC.

 

[Ragsnstitches]

Well, I guess Sony proved Gabe wrong.

It's pretty impressive (assuming it all works) that Sony are willing to work with Valve to that level. I can't see Microsoft allowing cross platform content anytime soon.

Microsoft tried that years ago with Shadowrun and they quickly discovered that a mediocre player with a mouse and keyboard could run circles around an elite player with a joystick.

Sorry that isn't their reason for not trying again. Bad network coding and a really bad game caused the whole thing to cave in on itself, and microsoft never bothered to invest in it again (one failure threw them off). As has been mentioned already, the only people who would complain about this "technical difference" are a minority of a minority who already outshine the majorities on their respective systems. People will rage, people will get raped... the world keeps turning.

Not to mention that Portal is a co-op puzzler, not a twitch based shooter, so unless you like doing speed runs, it shouldn't be an issue (don't give me that crap that Portal had twitch based reactions... no it hadn't. Some of the timed sequences might have you on edge, but they were still very lenient).

 

[BloodSquirrel]

Name one problem caused by Valve DRM

I have to be connected online to install my game.

 

[Mister Benoit]

Well, I guess Sony proved Gabe wrong.

It's pretty impressive (assuming it all works) that Sony are willing to work with Valve to that level. I can't see Microsoft allowing cross platform content anytime soon.

FFXI can be played cross-platform between PC, PS2, PS3 and Xbox 360.

It's a really cool feature and I hope Sony and Valve further it.

 

[BloodSquirrel]

Far as I know, you don't need to be logged onto Steam on the PS3 to play Portal 2. In fact, you can skip the whole process and not link it to a Steam account at all. It would be silly to restrict console gamers to a DRM that requires them to always be connected to the internet.

Publishers are just BEGGING for a way to shut down second-hand sales. If Steam provides a way for them to do it, don't expect it to take too long for games to require online activation.

 

[Sikachu]

How about fuck you Valve? By which I mean, where's my free PS3 version with the PC version I already bought? Having both, I clearly would have gone for the PS3 version.

 

[Ashcrexl]

my two favorite gaming platforms, united by one of my favorite game developers! it's beautiful!

 

[timeadept]

If i hadn't already pre-ordered Portal 2 for the PC i would seriously consider getting it for the PS3, and i don't even own one. This makes me want to take Sony much more seriously for when i finally decide to get a console.