Portal 2 Bringing Steam To the PS3, Possible Early Release 156
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.
This is the way cross platform should be... (Score:5, Interesting)
Most important thing I found in the article. I'm wondering if it will work the other way around too. I would love if I could eventually play all my steam games on both the PS3 and PC if they are available for both!
awesome plan (Score:3, Interesting)
Buy more stuff from us, and we'll sell other things to you faster.
I can't help thinking that Portal 2 must be a dud, with all the advertising and marketing gimmicks surrounding it.
Still hoping, though.