Post by Steve Farrelly @ 10:09am 22/02/11 | 22 Comments
According to the report, Gabe gave confirmation during a 40-minute video conference to a Sports/Entertainment marketing class that also involved a basic rundown of Valve's success.
"We just finished Portal 2," he said in the video. "It's pretty much put to bed and we're just waiting for final approvals and to get the discs manufactured."
Obviously this is something of an anomaly at the company, which is notorious for taking its time with projects; working to what they dub "Valve Time". This could very well be chalked up as one of the few products Valve have delivered in "Real People Time". We're actually going to be out at Valve for the second half of this week, so stay tuned to AusGamers for more regarding Valve and Portal 2, and if I don't come back, don't panic, I've clearly been sucked into the nexus of "Valve Time" and should emerge younger than you in a few years time...
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Posted 10:20am 22/2/11
And it's not that much of an anomaly, it isn't launching on time. It got delayed in true Valve fashion, though they were very excited when they pushed it back, as it was the shortest delay in Valve's history.
Posted 10:28am 22/2/11
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Posted 10:44am 22/2/11
the youtube comments on the horrible videos of gabe are hilarious.
this one has to be my fav;
last edited by Phooks at 10:44:57 22/Feb/11
Posted 01:29pm 22/2/11
I can't quite decipher whether there's supposed to be sarcasm in here, as the only Valve game I've ever purchased was Portal.
However if it's anything like Codemasters and the way they handled F1 2010, it's a great argument for a fine system for already-released games - ie, for every bug that is reported and not patched, we withhold x% of revenue.
Posted 01:43pm 22/2/11
Take a GUN, Hold it to someone's head and DO NOT leave until you have a release date for HL2EP3.
Posted 01:58pm 22/2/11
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Posted 09:37pm 22/2/11
after all these years they're now quoting realistic timeframes for production
anyway, im looking forward to it
portal 1 was one of the only games i've played from start to finish in the last decade
Posted 09:38pm 22/2/11
Posted 09:53pm 22/2/11
is he some sort of god?
Like what the ewoks thought of C-3P0?
Posted 10:13pm 22/2/11
I think they also froze Term in some type of carbonite derivative and use his ashes as a hash crypto signature for communications of the Valve details too
So the answer you seek is probably going to remain tight lipped until we read more main page yeah
Posted 11:01pm 22/2/11
More and more games seem to be getting rushed out these days with an intention to "finish" them via patches immediately after, because they can. Hell, knights of the old republic 2 wasn't even finished, and much of the end story was only available through hackery and the like.
Posted 11:02pm 22/2/11
Posted 11:11pm 22/2/11
Reading that actually put me in the same thought, the only games i've actually wanted to finish in the last few years.. have been portal, cod mw and i think that's it, oh and PoP: sands
Posted 11:19pm 22/2/11
hahaha. I vote Trillion becomes the new Faceman, so much more outlandish and entertaining ;P
Posted 10:30am 23/2/11
I don't think you can really use Knights of the old Republic 2 as an example when talking about games "these days", its like 6 years old.
I don't think its a matter of games getting rushed out, but its like the Gabe quote in the original post, they're waiting for final approvals, certifications, etc. That sort of thing can take months. A game usually has to be finished and locked down months before it actually comes out. If they worked on Portal 2 up until just before the release date, it would then be delayed for 2 months while it goes through all that, and then people would cry and b**** and moan even more.
Once the game goes off for certification, you can't change it, or you have to get it certified all over again. So I guess thats why developers start working on patches they can release immediately when the game launches, to fix any nagging problems or add stuff which got cut at the last minute, etc.
Posted 04:09pm 23/2/11
Fair point. Time goes to fast, feels like that was 2 years ago max.
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