PSU: What is the primary advantage with the technologies for next-gen? Are there differences between the 360 and PS3 that you found aided you in the game?
Valve: We defintiely feel next-gen technology aided truly in our development process. You know—you have complexer AI, you have more characters to work with, an enhanced ability to work with the animations on a higher scale–all that stuff. The only difference between the 360 and PS3–which both as a collective helped us develop The Orange Box is definitely there. For the 360 version of the game, we can probably say we are using around 93-94% of the console’s power given our current optimization. With the PS3, we can’t exactly say what power cap we reached, since no developer really knows where the boundary is for the PS3. We can tell you that in terms of the whole game together on the PS3, we are not even using the SPU’s and it is purely built on the graphics card and Cell. We’re still optimizing for PS3 more because we can, which can explain the slight delay to you. But no worries, everything is going smoothly to put down any rumors.
Source: http://www.psu.com/PSU-Interview–Half-Life-2-and-Team-Fortress-2–a1108-p0.php
So the aging Source engine is maxing out 360 while PS3 isn’t anywhere near the power cap. Very interesting…
I guess your fanboyism wouldn’t allow you to include this final line in the description. “Update: When contacted about the last answer, Valve stated that they are still continuing to optimize for the 360, so the power % is just the estimate for their current optimization. They still have a long way to go.”
“With the PS3, we can’t exactly say what power cap we reached.”
Thats not the same as saying that the PS3 was nowhere near the power cap.
Also, did a Valve spokesman REALLY say “We defintiely feel next-gen technology aided truly in our development process. You know-you have complexer AI”?
That first sentence is such a mess Im being charitable calling it English. And complexer isn’t a word!
Is Valve employing 7 year olds now, or is that first part made up by someone with a poor grasp of the Enlgish language?
Try not to take this quote out of context. It seems like this is a polite way of saying “The ps3 architecture is so complicated to program for that no one knows for sure if we’ve reached its maximum output or not” If you want quotes, check out how many developers have been quoted talking about how difficult the PS3 is to program for.
No the 3r partys talk about how imprese they are to see what more you can do with the ps3 compare to the 360 that is reaching its limits. so Valve,just like Epic games and Rockstar know that on the future {like a year} the 360 is going to become useless and obsolete to make games on.
Why don’t we address the fact that this interview was possibly FAKED and SDF is touting it as undeniable fact?
http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35009
http://www.ps3forums.com/showpost.php?p=1877041&postcount=23
Way to go, following up on those facts there, kids.
ps3up, In an interview with the people making Fracture, they said they were pushing both consoles to the limit, and the Ps3 version is not graphically superior, so they are really about the same
He says he doesn’t know the cap.
Which means they know less about PS3 than 360, because it’s been out a year less. It does NOT mean the PS3 is more powerful. Learn to interpret english properly you fanboys.
If Metal Gear Solid 4 is and indication of what they can do with the ps3 so far, just imagin what games are we going to get in the future.
OMG what a bunch of morons the PS3 is going to go right down the shitter when Halo 3 comes out
Oh yeah let’s find a game on PS3 that looks better than Halo 3… oh wait, it doesn’t exist!!!
First of all, the best looking console game is either going to be Gears of War, Mass Effect or Bioshock and none of these will ever be on the PS3. Secondly, if Epic and Rockstar are so confident that the 360 is as horrific as you say, why is Gears of War the best game of 2006 and an xbox exclusive? Why is GTA4 and even Bully coming to the xbox(with exclusive dowloadable episodes)? And most of all, if you think Valve is a supporter of the PS3, then you need serious help. Gabe Newell from Valve was quoted last year calling the PS3 “a total disaster”. Sounds like a big PS3 fan to me. lol Read the article for yourself and get your facts straifht before posting these crazy rants…
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12568/Gabe-Newell-PlayStation-3-Is-a-Total-Disaster/
And yet the ps3 still can’t do splinter cell.
Page not found. Damn, that’s starting to be pretty common with PSU. As frost2112 said, the article has absolutely no credibility to it; why is it on the front page of a site that claims to “cut through the mess and give straight answers”?
halo 3=ps3 loses
this site is nothing but lies, and i like how the only members are only members to bash on sony
it would be different and more credable if this site would report real news
You are all fucktards and are blinded by your PS3 grillmasters. But the only thing that gets grilled is your assholes
thats funny…
Gabe Newell: “PlayStation 3 Is a Total Disaster”
“The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted,” Newell told Game Informer magazine. “I’d say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a ‘do over’. Just say, ‘This was a horrible disaster and we’re sorry and we’re going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it.’”
Newell drop another bomb. He believes that the Nintendo Wii will win the console war.
http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/12568/Gabe-Newell-PlayStation-3-Is-a-Total-Disaster/
Even to this date Gabe Newell was asked about the PS3 and he said, “I still stand by my thoughts about the PS3″.
But you know that guy doesn’t know shit according to the fanboys on this site.
This news was shown to be fake
YOU’VE BEEN PLAYING MORE WITH YOUR DAD’S COCK MORE THAN THE MEASLY PS3, SDF. YOU’LL SHUT THE FUCK UP OR YOUTUBE WILL GET REAL POWER.
Wow…everyone’s going for the throat! I just came across this page..I don’t own either yet..doing a little research. Both seem like amazing next gen consoles…I own an old xbox by the way. Both have great graphics, but I think I prefer the design of the PS3. Found several articles praising both consoles…I thought this recent article(below..from cnet..40 gig model) had some good info about the potential of the PS3, it also compares the 360. Positives and negatives for both. No backwards comp. for the 40 gig, but would hooking up your ps2 be that much of a problem? Anyway the ps3 seems to be full of potential and sounds like developers are finally tapping into some of that potential… either way right now the graphics issue and game library isn’t much of an issue to me…it has more to do with the direction these consoles will be taking in the next few years..things look pretty good for both, but as of right now, I’m leaning towards the PS3 and will probably buy before Christmas.
http://reviews.cnet.com/consoles/sony-playstation-3-40gb/4505-10109_7-32733577.html