Valve Likes User Generated Content on Consoles

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Or rather, they like the idea that users should be able to make and share their own content on consoles. At least that's what was said by Doug Lombardi to GameIndustry.biz.

"Half-Life 1 was okay as a multiplayer game and Team Fortress Classic was really good, but Counter-Strike kicked both their asses no question. And that came from a kid going to college in Canada and another kid going to high school in New Jersey, who had our code and thought it would be cool to play our game.

And then there's the catch.

"I would love to see that happen, but I think the platform holders are always going to need certification, which means it's usually going to have to be a commercial thing," he admitted.

It looks like the modding community may have to bite the bullet and pick up their games on PC's for some time to come.

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platform holders are always going to need certification

I'm not sure what that means regards being able to have custom content. Anyone care to elaborate?

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Allowances to distribute the content on the console's respective networks. As that's not really possible without having permissions right now, it seems rather pointless to make user content on consoles right now.