Since last year at E3 when Gabe Newell took the stage at Sony’s press event, there have been a constant stream of features announced for the PS3 version of Portal 2. Â More currently, it was just announced that the PS3 version of the game will get Cloud based saves and a complimentary copy of the PC version of the game.
“We made a mistake back then and gave the Orange Box console versions to an external team,” explains Valve’s Chet Faliszek. “They did a good job, but didn’t quite achieve the same quality level that we have at Valve. Now everything happens in-house, we created a special console department just for that.
“So the move to the PlayStation 3 comes late — we’re sorry for that. As a small compensation we have PS3-exclusive cloud saving, and a free code for PC. Look at it as compensation for Left 4 Dead.”
The sheer fact that you get two games for one, when buying the PS3 version seems like the best deal of all the platforms. Â Though a compensation for Left 4 Dead? Â That’s just not fair, PS3 fans missed out big when it comes to Left 4 Dead. Â Perhaps when Episode 3 is released that will be apology enough.
Update:
You may be wondering why this post looks different.
If you are, it’s because we fudged up.
There’s a story making the rounds regarding Portal 2 support for PS3 Move.
Unfortunately this quote was “lost in translation” — Portal 2 does not include support for Sony’s motion controller.
Thanks – Valve.