Portal 2 to support PlayStation Move [Update]

If you’ve yet to pick up a PlayStation Move, now you might have a reason. Portal 2, out in April, will have “complete PlayStation Move support,” Valve‘s Chet Faliszek confirmed.

Speaking on the German PlayStation.Blog, Faliszek describes it as a “compensation” for PlayStation 3 owners not getting Left 4 Dead.

“We made a mistake back then and gave the Orange Box console versions to an external team. They did a good job, but didn’t quite achieve the same quality level that we have at Valve. Now everything happens in-house, we created a special console department just for that.”

“So the move to the PlayStation 3 comes late – we’re sorry for that. As a small compensation we have PS3-exclusive cloud saving, a free code for PC and complete PlayStation Move support.

“Look at it as a compensation for Left 4 Dead.”

At the current time, Move support “isn’t fully integrated yet,” but fear not as it should be by the time the game launches.

Portal 2 launches for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC on April 18, 2011.

Thanks, Eurogamer.

Update 4:19pm: The Move is a lie.

“There’s a story making the rounds regarding Portal 2 support for PS3 Move,” wrote Valve’s Doug Lombardi in an e-mail sent to Scrawl.

“Unfortunately this quote was “lost in translation” — Portal 2 does not include support for Sony’s motion controller.”