Thread 725406972

Why didn't valve ported half life 1 and 2 for other systems?
Half life 1 is only on the ps2 and half life 2 only saw release on the ps360.
Wouldn't be good to get a ps5 or switch port of those games? A series with such legacy stuck primarily on pc.

>>725406972 (OP)
>ESLniggerslop
Didn't read.

>>725406972 (OP)
it's probably going to happen soon. they recently updated HL1 with a new version that has native controller support and i think HL2 has had it for awhile too. there's a new HL game in the works so assuming it's HL3 i could see Valve selling some kind of a legacy 'remaster' with HL1, HL2 and all the episodes bundled together to create a sort of trilogy.

>>725406972 (OP)
hl1 had a canceled dreamcast port that you can play now
hl2 was on og xbox

>>725407117
I hope you are right.
I mean, you can play those games on the pc w8th pretty much any toaster.
Just odd that, while you see other studios re releasing their old games updated, games that aren't as mainstream, valve skipes 2 generation of consoles.
And its not like the ps360 are perfect ports. They lack a lot of shit.
Just release those games with proper resolution and frame rate and all the graphical bells and whistles for current systems.

>>725407138
All those ports suck.
There is no viable way of playing a good port of half life 1 and 2 on consoles

>>725407698
that's because Valve already makes all the money they need with Steam. they don't need multiplat money and the headache of having to dumb down their games for console audiences. but HL3 is the culmination of 20 years of hype so i think they're going to want to do all they can to get everyone on board, even if HL3 itself winds up a PC exclusive.

>>725406972 (OP)
Portal is ported on switch. It's probably coming at some point.

Steam became a platform. And a major reason to get Steam early on was to be able to play Half-Life and Counter-Strike. So it's kind of a "system" seller. Even if Steam isn't a separate console. This, plus how the game sold like a bagillion copies on PC, means they weren't that incentivized to port it to consoles. Also, one of the key people who worked on the games said they play terribly with a controller and preferred the keyboard/mouse. Can't remember which one. This was said like 20+ years ago.

>>725407117
they will only do it if a porting studio takes the hands of it, they dont want to go in the effort of porting the goldsrc or source engine onto other platforms. it seems crazy considering they havent got HLA onto PSVR2, they would probably make bank but no they really dont want to do any work themselves

>>725412294
they're old games, it's not as big of a deal as you think. they could probably just run it on some kind of an emulator, they wouldn't even need to make it run natively on that hardware.