Next Call of Duty to ditch Dedicated Servers

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-23-2009, 03:01 PM

Infinity Ward Responds To ‘Modern Warfare 2′ Petition » MTV Multiplayer

IW are defending the p2p setup like it's a good thing. Sounds like a failboat, imo.

PONIES · 10-23-2009, 06:20 PM

they literally had to make a separate forum for the PC players on their website because of all the complaining... wont affect me as i will have the 360 version

Kargath · 10-23-2009, 07:06 PM

Goddamn pirates.

Metal Man · 10-23-2009, 07:31 PM

Oh yeah, Activision. Alienate all your customers. That'll make you rich!

Sim Kid · 10-23-2009, 09:13 PM

Won't affect me...I don't play multiplayer

Lurch1982 · 10-24-2009, 12:08 AM

Basically, they're doing that so they can control the content. IOW, force everyone to buy DLC maps instead of giving them away for free like they did with CoD 1-4. Or they just love the notion of host-lag kills.

PONIES · 10-24-2009, 12:11 AM

thats what is gonna suck, the uncontrollable lag

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-05-2009, 10:44 AM

Apparently they're cutting the max amount of players in a game down to 18 from the previous 32. Sounds like they're planning on making the games cross-platform compatible, but the PC is taking a big hit in doing so. Not worth it.

Modern Warfare 2 PC Multiplayer Capped At 9v9 | Kotaku Australia

Lurch1982 · 11-05-2009, 03:12 PM

I think that's more of a P2P limitation than cross-platform. It would be nice to actually play cross-platform, but at this rate I'm expecting them to just kill the PC version altogether on MW3.

Lurch1982 · 11-05-2009, 04:52 PM

PC Modern Warfare 2: it's much worse than you thought - Ars Technica

Why would anyone even want this on PC now?

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-06-2009, 01:12 AM

I think they don't realize that PC gamers are a bit more educated than the console players who are just looking for a new title on shelves already. I always thought of PC folks as a bit more educated than that, what with the steadily upgrading market, and so on. They must not consider PC money to be worth their time.

Lurch1982 · 11-06-2009, 12:01 PM

It gives them an excuse to stop developing for the PC at any rate. "Oh it didn't sell PC gaming mus be dead DERRR."

Kargath · 11-06-2009, 09:00 PM

The main problem is piracy and how the PC gaming sector is so small. Infinity Ward probably looked at the tiny size of the market and thought "why should we develop separate networking technology for a tiny market segment that will only assist that market to rip us off?"

Sim Kid · 11-07-2009, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Bureau

I think they don't realize that PC gamers are a bit more educated than the console players who are just looking for a new title on shelves already. I always thought of PC folks as a bit more educated than that, what with the steadily upgrading market, and so on. They must not consider PC money to be worth their time.

Instead of buying new titles...they continuously mod the old ones and then dry-hump them in some cases.

Robotazy · 11-07-2009, 02:04 AM

It sounds like Infinity Ward has no real idea what the PC community is like and Activision sees it as less money to spend.

I don't care about CoD, so I can't understand all this pain.

Metal Man · 11-07-2009, 03:52 AM

I'm just waiting for someone else to make a CoD similar game for PC and get all these now open people with dedicated servers, recording, etc.

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-07-2009, 05:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Sim Kid

Instead of buying new titles...they continuously mod the old ones and then dry-hump them in some cases.

Are you kidding? Gamers from those communities would pour the love on faithful sequels, in most instances. Doom III was not Doom III, man.

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Originally Posted by Aquatic Mine

It sounds like Infinity Ward has no real idea what the PC community is like and Activision sees it as less money to spend.

I don't care about CoD, so I can't understand all this pain.

I don't care about CoD so much as I care about it setting a trend. I care about developers badmouthing a market that hasn't shrunk, simply because they can hypothetically pull big numbers on consoles. I care about developers giving fan communities the shaft. If they're not going to go the route of Blizzard and actually setup a front-end for the online community, they're basically leaving it for dead as a thank you to all of their fans.

10-23-2009, 03:01 PM	#1
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Next Call of Duty to ditch Dedicated Servers Infinity Ward Responds To ‘Modern Warfare 2′ Petition » MTV Multiplayer IW are defending the p2p setup like it's a good thing. Sounds like a failboat, imo.

10-23-2009, 06:20 PM	#2
PONIES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Griffon village Gender: Posts: 2,508 Thanks: 680 Thanked 54 Times in 45 Posts Blog Entries: 9	they literally had to make a separate forum for the PC players on their website because of all the complaining... wont affect me as i will have the 360 version

10-23-2009, 07:06 PM	#3
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	Goddamn pirates.

10-23-2009, 07:31 PM	#4
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Oh yeah, Activision. Alienate all your customers. That'll make you rich!

10-23-2009, 09:13 PM	#5
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Won't affect me...I don't play multiplayer

10-24-2009, 12:08 AM	#6
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	Basically, they're doing that so they can control the content. IOW, force everyone to buy DLC maps instead of giving them away for free like they did with CoD 1-4. Or they just love the notion of host-lag kills.

10-24-2009, 12:11 AM	#7
PONIES Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Griffon village Gender: Posts: 2,508 Thanks: 680 Thanked 54 Times in 45 Posts Blog Entries: 9	thats what is gonna suck, the uncontrollable lag

11-05-2009, 10:44 AM	#8
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Apparently they're cutting the max amount of players in a game down to 18 from the previous 32. Sounds like they're planning on making the games cross-platform compatible, but the PC is taking a big hit in doing so. Not worth it. Modern Warfare 2 PC Multiplayer Capped At 9v9 \| Kotaku Australia

11-05-2009, 03:12 PM	#9
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	I think that's more of a P2P limitation than cross-platform. It would be nice to actually play cross-platform, but at this rate I'm expecting them to just kill the PC version altogether on MW3.

11-05-2009, 04:52 PM	#10
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	PC Modern Warfare 2: it's much worse than you thought - Ars Technica Why would anyone even want this on PC now?

11-06-2009, 01:12 AM	#11
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I think they don't realize that PC gamers are a bit more educated than the console players who are just looking for a new title on shelves already. I always thought of PC folks as a bit more educated than that, what with the steadily upgrading market, and so on. They must not consider PC money to be worth their time.

11-06-2009, 12:01 PM	#12
Lurch1982 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: DenCo Gender: Posts: 9,850 Thanks: 127 Thanked 365 Times in 192 Posts	It gives them an excuse to stop developing for the PC at any rate. "Oh it didn't sell PC gaming mus be dead DERRR."

11-06-2009, 09:00 PM	#13
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	The main problem is piracy and how the PC gaming sector is so small. Infinity Ward probably looked at the tiny size of the market and thought "why should we develop separate networking technology for a tiny market segment that will only assist that market to rip us off?"

11-07-2009, 02:04 AM	#15
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	It sounds like Infinity Ward has no real idea what the PC community is like and Activision sees it as less money to spend. I don't care about CoD, so I can't understand all this pain.

11-07-2009, 03:52 AM	#16
Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	I'm just waiting for someone else to make a CoD similar game for PC and get all these now open people with dedicated servers, recording, etc.