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Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« on: November 07, 2009, 09:25:03 PM »
http://www.analoghype.com/2009/11/president-of-gearbox-questions-valves-lack-of-ps3-support/

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Speaking with OPM in the UK, Randy Picthford has questions the motives behind the discussion not to support the PS3 by Vavle. Randy Picthford has worked with vavle in the past, and gave his opinion on the PS3 to the magazine. He states "the PS3 is awesome. I think Valve...I don't know why they are doing that. It's weird. but yeah, the Playstation platform's really cool. It's different to others and it's certainly a challenge to be able to develop software for. But that's where the fun is, right?".

After praising  the PS3, Randy Picthford say's "I noticed something on the net not too long ago. Doug Lombardi (Valve's VP Marketing) had to take a swipe at the PS3 again, and I thought it was foolish. I read it the same way I read fanboys. Like there's a guy who brought the Sony platform and he's a Sony guy, so he decides he's going to spend a certain percentage of his time bashing Microsoft. And there's a guy on Microsoft doing the same thing. Those guys are childish and narrow minded, It's the same kind of thing" Randy then takes the comments to a more personal level "Valve think their own stuff is the only stuff that matters, to the point where they have their own distribution platform. It's like, I don't care about retail, about Marketplace, or PSN, I'm going to have Steam. It's cool, it's good, and they're doing a good job but at the same time they're reliant on the rest of the world. They had to do that deal with EA. When I see the L4D ad on the television I don't see a Valve logo, I see a EA logo, and when I bought it, I bought it at a store".

Gearbox has a multi-platform game out, which everybody seems to be enjoying on both the PC, PS3 and Xbox360, so Randy couldn't help but also comment on the Orange box fiasco. "I'm actually kind of mad at Doug because with the Orange Box, he said the 360 and PC versions are the good ones and the PS3 version is like the stepchild because some other developer made it. Well you Valve don't really think that, because look what you've done on the PC side. You've supported that, you've added all this content to Team Fortress 2, and you've left us hanging. It's hard to accept that genuinely, because I know the business, I know you guys make half the money on the PS3 version because you've got other fingers in the pie, and other developers getting a cut. It benefits you if nobody buys that, and only buys the PC version, because you make the most money. There's this underlying sleaziness. You know what, I thought the performance was a little slower on the PS3, but it Looked better. The colors were nicer, I thought the image looked better on PS3. It was a trade-off between the performance and the visuals. And I like visuals".

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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2009, 09:26:51 PM »
cool story bro.

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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2009, 09:28:05 PM »
This story is as fascinating as Tekken 6's cutscenes

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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2009, 09:29:28 PM »
good job gearbox did with that ps3 port of borderlands eh
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2009, 09:30:32 PM »
He bought Orange Box on PS3, he deserves what he gets.

It's obvious that he's a butthurt PS3 fanboy.
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2009, 09:31:23 PM »
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It was a trade-off between the performance and the visuals. And I like visuals.

lol
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2009, 09:33:29 PM »
They made the best game ever (for now) so he can say whatever he wants
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2009, 09:36:55 PM »
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"You know what, I thought the performance was a little slower on the PS3, but it Looked better. The colors were nicer, I thought the image looked better on PS3. It was a trade-off between the performance and the visuals. And I like visuals".

hahaha
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2009, 10:05:50 PM »
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the Playstation platform's really cool.

Well, I'm convinced.
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2009, 10:20:20 PM »
 :lol
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2009, 10:33:21 PM »
"Vavle"?

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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2009, 10:34:08 PM »
Borderlands is pretty sweet.
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2009, 01:30:01 AM »
I can't help but wonder if Valve has a four player co-op shooter coming out to that might compete with Borderlands.  :lol
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2009, 01:36:11 AM »
Eh, not really, Frag. I think they cater to different demographics.
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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2009, 01:58:11 AM »
gearbox releases one game that's successful (and not a port) and suddenly they're taking punches at valve.

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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2009, 02:33:25 AM »
The Brother in Arms games weren't successful? I actually just ordered Hell's Highway for $8 because I enjoyed the 360 demo and previous games in that series.


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Re: Gearbox compares Valve to fanboys: "childish and narrow minded"
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2009, 05:16:21 AM »
The Brother in Arms games weren't successful? I actually just ordered Hell's Highway for $8 because I enjoyed the 360 demo and previous games in that series.



I actually liked the single player for Hell's Highway. The MP sucked ass though.
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