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Gabe Newell Trashes the PS3
By: Nikhil Singh   |   Oct 12,2007

In an interview, Gabe Newell told Next Generation that he thinks the PS3 is "a waste of everybody’s time"! Here are his words:

"Investing in the Cell, investing in the SPE, gives you no long-term benefits. There's nothing there that you're going to apply to anything else. You're not going to gain anything except a hatred of the architecture they've created. I don't think they're going to make money off their box. I don't think it's a good solution."


Ouch! Hearing this from the co-founder of Valve probably feels like a bee sting to the guys at Sony. I sure hope Sony works on its SDK to make the platform more developer-friendly, so that we don’t have delays with multi-platform games (and game packs) such as Orange Box and Stranglehold.

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Classic.

He even hates developing for Mac (says its because apple gives no support) but can be because its not the same thing as PC. developing for something that is not what one is accustommed to, will definitely take more time, and hence sometimes people get turned off by such things.

He better read "Who moved my cheese " :P
Reetesh @ Oct 12,2007
@Zach, Just a powerful console wont do any good! There can only be good games if its easier to develop on the same.

Sony's PS3 has a CELL Processor and an OpenGL graphics. So a new architecture coupled with tough gfx API makes life hell for developers.

Without Games, A console is a waste. Sony even lost GTA's PS exclusivity (and many others)
Subbu @ Oct 12,2007
a fatwa on this guy? :)

he is so not true...
zach @ Oct 12,2007
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