Valve hates console gamers?

[deadmandancin]

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Jesus christ, I just did some calcultions... he's right.

 

[Torque669]

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Intellectual Sarcasm. I like it. Definatly made me laugh.

Valve doesnt hate console gamers it just sees the gap left in PC marketing since Activision and the like have started going for the console gamers. Pretty explainable really.

Then again Valve have always been PC makers. I guess they just dont want to change that.

 

[somerandomaaron]

They actually do seem to hate the PS3.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/77826-Gabe-Newell-Calls-PlayStation-3-A-Waste-of-Time
They seem to like the X360 alright, though it's hardly close to being their highest priority.
They've always been PC people.

Unfortunately, for us consolers.

They didn't even make the Orange Box for the PS3, so ohwell.

 

[The Shade]

They didn't even make the Orange Box for the PS3, so ohwell.

I respectively disagree.

http://www.amazon.com/Orange-Box-Playstation-3/dp/B000PE0HBI

 

[TikiShades]

Yes, it's obvious Valve prefers their PC gamers, but concerning the 360, all of this stuff would already be there and free were it not for Microsoft and their money-grubbing rules.

This is why there's no updates. Valve wants it free, Microsoft wants money for them.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

The way I see it, Valve doesn't hate the PS3.

Gabe Newell does...

 

[Pebkac]

The way I see it, Valve doesn't hate the PS3.

Gabe Newell does...

Facts:
- Gabe is Valve
- Gabe is Steam
- Gabe could eat a bear

 

[Arqus_Zed]

The way I see it, Valve doesn't hate the PS3.

Gabe Newell does...

Facts:
- Gabe is Valve
- Gabe is Steam
- Gabe could eat a bear

Yeah...
And I hear that apart from eating endangered species,
he also eats baby kittens.
Still alive and breathing.

Damn you Gabe!

Seriously though, Gabe isn't Valve, Gabe isn't Steam, there are more than enough other people who also have plenty of influence concerning those projects.

The audience simply loved Gabe, so they gave 'em Gabe.

 

[megapenguinx]

The reason valve haven't updated the 360 version of TF2 is because they're finding ways to get around the memory limit for the 360 ( or something along those lines )

I actually think that's an excuse to get away with the whole thing. Valve honestly dislikes console gamers. Its been 2 years, they are never going to do it.

 

[Bat Vader]

I don't believe Valve hates console gamers. There is more things you can do on a PC than with a console.

Valve just likes to program for the PC more than the consoles, nothing wrong with that.

 

[Bat Vader]

The reason valve haven't updated the 360 version of TF2 is because they're finding ways to get around the memory limit for the 360 ( or something along those lines )

I actually think that's an excuse to get away with the whole thing. Valve honestly dislikes console gamers. Its been 2 years, they are never going to do it.

If they dislike anything it is the console, not the gamer. If someone dislikes a product that is fine. To dislike someone for buying that product is stupid.

 

[Alloflifedecays]

Most western game companies prefer PC, except the first-party owned companies. But yeah, the PC lot will get special treatment purely because Valve are better people than Microsoft and don't want to make money as much as make the most awesome game they can.

 

[megapenguinx]

The reason valve haven't updated the 360 version of TF2 is because they're finding ways to get around the memory limit for the 360 ( or something along those lines )

I actually think that's an excuse to get away with the whole thing. Valve honestly dislikes console gamers. Its been 2 years, they are never going to do it.

If they dislike anything it is the console, not the gamer. If someone dislikes a product that is fine. To dislike someone for buying that product is stupid.

Except it's the truth. They just don't like consoles, but they do like their fans (even though they complain about everything *cough*L4D*cough*). However their main fanbase is on the PC, it seems Valve has pretty much abandoned their console players in favor of their PC audience.
That makes a lot of sense from a business standpoint, go with your largest base.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

They are trying to get around the memory limit for the 360. Also, L4D got the DLC before the PC...

 

[Bat Vader]

The reason valve haven't updated the 360 version of TF2 is because they're finding ways to get around the memory limit for the 360 ( or something along those lines )

I actually think that's an excuse to get away with the whole thing. Valve honestly dislikes console gamers. Its been 2 years, they are never going to do it.

If they dislike anything it is the console, not the gamer. If someone dislikes a product that is fine. To dislike someone for buying that product is stupid.

Except it's the truth. They just don't like consoles, but they do like their fans (even though they complain about everything *cough*L4D*cough*). However their main fanbase is on the PC, it seems Valve has pretty much abandoned their console players in favor of their PC audience.
That makes a lot of sense from a business standpoint, go with your largest base.

I don't think they have abandoned them, Microsoft pry won't let them do the things they want to do on the 360.

 

[Eleuthera]

How come noone ever asks "Does Nintendo hate PC gamers?"?

 

[CheeseSandwichCake]

how much money do they make from the console gamers? would you hate something that pays so well?

Chances are Valve actually makes like half what they get from the PC... because anyone and everyone who plays a Valve game on a console is an idiot. They probably get a lot more money out of Steam then they do selling shitty console ports of their games.

 

[Foolish Mortal]

I actually think that's an excuse to get away with the whole thing. Valve honestly dislikes console gamers. Its been 2 years, they are never going to do it.

'Honestly dislikes'? Implying that a gaming company dislikes part of their fanbase for no reason other than they bought a console instead of a PC is perhaps a mite strong, isn't it?