Details about Portal 2's "steamplay"

[Drunken Monkey]

To sum it up, ps3 owners who buy portal 2 will get a free steam copy and be able to play cross platform.

• Portal 2 ps3 £33 from game.co.uk
• Portal 2 Pc £25 from zavvi.com pc retail version
• Download straight from steam and start playing on the 19th, £26.99

Retail versions of portal 2 come out on Thursday 21st April.

-The first title to support Steam on a console, Portal 2 offers cross-platform matchmaking, gameplay, friends, chat, and achievements, all powered by Steam. Steam on the PS3 also saves co-op game progress and single player saved games to the Steam Cloud, enabling players to pick up where they left off on any PlayStation 3.

- The Steam overlay for PS3 provides access to both PSN and Steam friends, displaying their in-game or online status and providing a quick pathway to text chats, player profiles, friend requests, and game invites. Steam Achievements are earned in lockstep with PSN Trophies and are also accessible within the Steam overlay.


- Steam on the PS3 provides access to all of these features once the player has linked their PlayStation Network account with a Steam account, which is done right within the game. A Steam user can login to an existing account, and anyone new to Steam can create an account with the click of a button.


- In the spirit of Steam Play, linked players of the PS3 version of Portal 2 can also access and play their copy of Portal 2 on any PC or Mac by redeeming an in-box access code on their computer. The Steam client verifies the linked customer and then lists Portal 2 among their library of Steam games for PC and Mac

 

[Velcrohead]

Hells yeah, I already got a PS3 and I can't wait for portal 2.. by the time my PC comes it'll be time for Portal 2 so I can play it on both anyway!

 

[Gishank]

Interestingly enough the release date for Portal 2 (according to clues released by Valve) is meant to be today at 9am PST (instead of the 19th), or at least for Steam itself.

 

[Velcrohead]

I read something on Joystiq earlier about once something's completed, Portal 2 being available for Download via Steam too..

 

[Drunken Monkey]

I read something on Joystiq earlier about once something's completed, Portal 2 being available for Download via Steam too..

It's all here Help release portal 2 early basically it wants u to get the potato sack and play the beep out of it...

 

[Gishank]

Yeah, I was disappointed when I found out what they were planning. If you look at the progress bar it doesn't seem like it will be released till release day anyway, it just seems a rather appauling attempt to get people to part with their cash.