Valve doesn’t seem to be as against the PlayStation 3 as was previously thought. Valve’s Doug Lombardi spoke at the Left 4 Dead 2 event in London yesterday on the topic of PlayStation 3, saying Valve is still “up on the idea” of developing for the console – they just need some decent PlayStation 3 coders.

“If you look at The Orange Box — PC: 96 on Metacritic, 360: 96 on Metacritic, PS3 like… 84 or something. That’s not even close to where we are right now with the 360 and PC and the reason is people.”

He continued: “we have to get people under our roof who are dedicated, talented PS3 guys and then all bets are off. We can take the same sort of strides and get the quality out of the box and offer the same support post-launch on that platform, as well.”

Asking whether or not they’re actively looking for PlayStation 3 developers, he said “Valve is always looking to hire people. So yeah, definitely.” So if you’re a PlayStation 3 coder and want to bring Valve’s next game to the console, then give them a ring.

Valve ‘up’ on idea of PS3 development, waiting to build talented PS3 team [JoyStiq]