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Valve avoids 'complicated' PS3

Published Thursday, Jun 11 2009, 20:56 BST | By Andrew Laughlin
Valve avoids 'complicated' PS3
Valve has revealed that it prefers creating games for the PC and Xbox 360 as they are "more straightforward" than the PS3.

The developer recently announced at the E3 Expo that it is working on survival shooter Left 4 Dead 2, but this will not be released on Sony's console.

Speaking to Loot-Ninja, the game's project lead Tom Leonard said that this is due to the complex hardware in the PS3, meaning the other platforms "are just more straightforward".

He explained: "We can focus on what we want to do, which is make game experiences, instead of sweating bullets over obscure architectural decisions they make with [Sony's] platform.

"I didn't come into this business in the '90s because of some technical fetish. I came in because I wanted to give people experiences that made them have fun."

Meanwhile, over 20,000 people have signed up to a protest group on the Steam Community website to register their disapproval of Left 4 Dead 2.

The game is due for release just a year after its predecessor, which the protesters claim makes the original "an obsolete purchase".
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