Buy Portal 2 on PS3, Get it Free on PC/Mac
Back when Portal 2 was announced for the PlayStation 3 at E3 2010, it was an unbelievable shock to the gaming community. Gabe Newell said it will be “the best version” of the game on console. Here’s another reason why.
Back as early as June of last year, right after E3, rumors were circulating that Portal 2 on the PS3 would be getting cross-platform co-op capabilities with the PC and Mac. A feature not unheard of, but rarely seen in the gaming community. It looks like Valve has completely blown the roof off of cross-platform by GIVING AWAY copies of Portal 2. By linking your Steam ID with your PlayStation Network account, you can download the game for free on your computer of choice. But the craziness doesn’t stop there. Game saves will actually be dynamically linked across the Steam Cloud so your progress will never be lost from platform to platform. Valve is really raising the bar here. Gabe Newell, 
President an Co-Founder of Valve said he wanted to make good on his promise back at E3.
We made a promise to gamers at E3 that Portal 2 for the PlayStation 3 would be the best console version of the product. Working together with Sony we have identified a set of features we believe are very compelling to gamers. We hope to expand upon the foundation being laid in Portal 2 with more Steam features and functionality in DLC and future content releases.
Josh Weier, Project Lead on Portal 2 at Valve, actually described the entire painless process.
PS3 gamers will be able to simply drop the Blu-Ray disc in the PS3, link to their Steam account from inside the game, and all their Steam friends (on PC and Mac) will be visible and accessible for chat and game invites.
Many people played the first game on PC or Mac due to the less-than-stellar PS3 version of The Orange Box, and were wondering about which version to play the sequel on. But now that question has now been answered.
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9 Responses to “Buy Portal 2 on PS3, Get it Free on PC/Mac”
That is awesome
This is amazing!!!!!!!
Now I don’t have to go through the grueling choice weather or not I should buy this for PS3 or PC. If they add the Steam Cloud to the PS3 version and allow you to share saves between PS3 to PC I will be a very happy camper.
Valve your the best!
Valve+Microsoft=M$ Charges for DLC that’s supposed to be free
Valve+Sony=HOLYCRAPMYMINDISBLOWN
This is huge. I’ll be getting the game for PS3 afterall!
looks like I will get this for the PS3 if I am getting the PC version free also
normally I would say this is pretty pointless, but since they are actually allowing cross-platform multiplayer it is pretty ingenious. I can be playing it on my PS3 while my friend is playing on my PC.
“pretty pointless”?
I think its f***ing awesome that you can buy a game for the PS3 and also get a digital copy of it for the PC and even share save via the Steam Cloud, even if it didn’t include cross-platform multiplayer. Also I don’t see where it says cross-platform multiplayer…
hello …
I want the PS3 version
… this is great to have steam on the machine for i play on PS3 & PC (mainly steam) …
i don’t feel like you can play the same game on PS3 & PC at the same time for the steam client doesn’t allow you to login twice on two different machines, anyway it will allow me to play on PS3 when the TV is free & on the lappy when i want long sessions & don’t want to overheat my room with the TV or block it for so long, anyway i sure hope someday most of my PC Steam games would also be available on the PS3 & would be great if other developers / publishers think about same when it is about games license instead of copies sold. hummm…
It could even be a great way to fight against piracy & open the world to this concept, If you are going to buy a game, it will ‘almost’ always be on a single platform, but what if you have the license only to be used on a cloud with multiple copies, even a game you downloaded illegally can then be rendered legal with such system, just pop it in, connect to the server & voila …
yet will be viable & really interesting in this setup : 1 console game + pc/mac/linux …well i can dream too 
thank you valve now i’m happy to be a steam supporter.
cheers!
i was going to buy it for pc, but now i guess ill buy it for ps3