Valve was really critical of the PlayStation 3 in the past. Some of the comments made by Valve’s top people were enough to seriously offend any avid PS3 supporter. Then all of a sudden at E3 last year, Valve was singing the praises of the PS3 like they’ve been buddies for years. Was Valve’s change of heart due to Sony’s agreement to let Valve play around in the inner workings of the PlayStation Network? Yes, probably. This deal has led Valve to make the PS3 the lead platform for Portal 2.

Valve seems to have a love-hate relationship with the PS3. On second thought it seems more like a hate relationship.

EA took the responsibility of developing The Orange Box for PS3 in place of Valve which was clearly inferior to the Xbox 360 and PC versions of the game. Valve’s most recent endeavor, Left 4 Dead, is shaping up to be one of the must-play titles of this year with an emphasis on zombie slaying. We know the game is coming to Xbox 360 and PC but a PS3 port has been up in the air since the beginning. Now that dream has been shattered into shards of a broken dream courtesy of Valve’s own Chet Faliszek…