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FUCKING EA!!!! *rant*
18 years ago
Ok for those who've known me, you know that I'm pissed off that Half Life 2:Episode 2 ha been delayed by almost a year.
Well turns out my suspicions were correct.
The reason for the delay IS the porting to the consoles!
My guess is that the PC version of Episode 2 is finished, most of if not all of Portal (puzzle game coming with Episode 2) is done, and maybe Team Fortress 2.
But they're having problems with the console porting.
360 is almost directly compatible with PC's so odds are the 360 port is done.
But apprently the problem is porting it to the PS3, which I've heard is a bitch as far as programming games though.
Valve (developer of Half Life saga) does not want this...this is a decision made by EA their publish.
FUCKING IDIOTS!!!
This is clearly a marketing strategy gone wrong. EA is making Valve release all 3 versions of the game at the same time, fall 2007.
Problem with that? They run into feirce competition. Halo 3 and other games will be released around the same time, so it's gonna be Halo vs. Half Life.
Besides, it dosen't really seem fair to make PC gamers wait, while a game is developed for the bratty 12 year olds (or NED's as my boy Vortale calles them) that can afford a PS3 but somehow not a PC, while a perfectly good version of the same game is just sitting somewhere in Valve's HQ doing nothing.
I'm SERIOUSLY considering e-mailing Gabe Newell and Doug Lombardi (the CEO of Valve, and Valve's marketing director respecitvly) to find out what the hell is going on, but I doubt they'd give me a serious reply.
In other news here's an interview with Erik Johnson about Epiosde 2 with a few new screenies.
*SPOILER!*
ALYX AND A HOT ROD!!!!!
*END SPOILER!*
Helios
Well turns out my suspicions were correct.
The reason for the delay IS the porting to the consoles!
My guess is that the PC version of Episode 2 is finished, most of if not all of Portal (puzzle game coming with Episode 2) is done, and maybe Team Fortress 2.
But they're having problems with the console porting.
360 is almost directly compatible with PC's so odds are the 360 port is done.
But apprently the problem is porting it to the PS3, which I've heard is a bitch as far as programming games though.
Valve (developer of Half Life saga) does not want this...this is a decision made by EA their publish.
FUCKING IDIOTS!!!
This is clearly a marketing strategy gone wrong. EA is making Valve release all 3 versions of the game at the same time, fall 2007.
Problem with that? They run into feirce competition. Halo 3 and other games will be released around the same time, so it's gonna be Halo vs. Half Life.
Besides, it dosen't really seem fair to make PC gamers wait, while a game is developed for the bratty 12 year olds (or NED's as my boy Vortale calles them) that can afford a PS3 but somehow not a PC, while a perfectly good version of the same game is just sitting somewhere in Valve's HQ doing nothing.
I'm SERIOUSLY considering e-mailing Gabe Newell and Doug Lombardi (the CEO of Valve, and Valve's marketing director respecitvly) to find out what the hell is going on, but I doubt they'd give me a serious reply.
In other news here's an interview with Erik Johnson about Epiosde 2 with a few new screenies.
*SPOILER!*
ALYX AND A HOT ROD!!!!!
*END SPOILER!*
Helios
The question is... who will win?
the longer they wait, the fewer sales they'll get (read: NONE until it's released), and the heavier competition they'll have (*cough*Halo*cough*)
EA marketers are either stupid or purposely trying to ruin their own... oh shit, I figured out their plans, now they'll hunt me down... <v< >v>