Portal 2 Bringing Steam To the PS3, Possible Early Release

itwbennett writes "Portal 2 is breaking some new ground – at least the PlayStation 3 version is. 'Portal 2 marks the first time that Valve's social gaming network (and digital distribution system), Steam, will appear on consoles,' writes blogger Peter Smith. What this means is that once you link your Playstation Network [PSN] and Steam accounts 'you'll be able to keep tabs on what your Steam friends are up to from within a game of Portal 2 on the PS3,' says Smith. And, you'll be able to play Portal 2 with friends playing on PC or Mac. 'I can think of at least one other example of cross-platform gaming (Shadowrun supported both PC and Xbox players in the same game servers),' says Smith, 'but it's still very rare.'" This afternoon Valve launched a countdown to Portal 2 which can be accelerated by playing any of a group of indie games.

Comments

Re:But that doesn't worth much

[MozeeToby]

Why do I have a sinking feeling, without even clicking the link, that this points to one of the classic gross out pictures, probably goatse.

A) First post within seconds of the article going live.
B) Link obfuscated using a URL shortener
C) User has a history of one comment, including this one
D) Username is of the theme Slash'X' which has been posting a goatse link in every article lately

I await other people clicking the link to see if I'm right, I don't have tinyurl set to preview pages and I'm at work, so I won't be taking the risk.

Re:teach them gamepad fps losers a lesson!

[Anonymous Coward]

Not to burst your silly elitist bubble, but PS3s are quite happy using keyboard and mice.
Also, Portal2 isn't exactly the game that could be used to show this, besides some faster times in some levels.
You'll not be aiming for people's heads this time around, you will be aiming for huge surfaces that don't require too much precision.

Of course, whether or not Valve decided to allow K+M is another question.
Anyone know?

Re:PC VS PS3 Pwonage!

[odin84gk]

It is a co-op game, not a competitive game. It doesn't matter if the PC gamer has an advantage, since you are still working together to reach the same goal.

Re:Crafty, I guess

[bigstrat2003]

Are you serious?

MW2 and the Halo games are two good examples off the top of my head. Lots of asshats cheat at console games, just like lots of asshats cheat at PC games.