 The announcement that Portal 2 would be available on PlayStation 3 came as a surprise to the industry because Gabe Newell had criticized that console in the past , citing difficulties in the port of The Orange Box . The move toward the PlayStation 3 was a result of growing frustration with Microsoft 's policies for Xbox 360 content , including the difficulty of pushing patching and new content to players . Newell saw Sony 's publication model as more open , allowing Steam @-@ like features to be used on the console . Portal 2 was the first PlayStation 3 game to support a subset of features from Steamworks , including automatic updates , downloadable content , and community support . The game supports cross @-@ platform play between the PlayStation 3 , Windows , and OS X versions . 
