It seems like some fans are really grumpy about the news that Modern Warfare 2 will not have dedicated servers.
How many fans? Over 100,000 apparently. For those of you who don’t know why people are so upset then let me explain. Without dedicated servers, local websites like the SAIX gaming servers or vodacomgaming.co.za cannot actually host dedicated servers for the game, meaning that people who are playing will be responsible for hosting their own games, kind of like how it works on Xbox Live and PSN.
The major issue with the PC version is that it not only supports a lot more players, which requires incredible internet speed to run smoothly but the host’s PC will also have to do all of the number crunching, which means their PC will suffer major frame-drops.
I can see why the fans are angry and it makes no sense why Infinity Ward has decided to drop a feature that has been a standard for ages. For more information on the subject, give this weeks episode (22) of The Lazygamer Podcast, as we take some time to discuss the issue.
Source: NowGamer
Last Updated: October 21, 2009
RampageZA
October 21, 2009 at 07:19
First its a price increase,then no campaign co-op and now no dedicated servers,IW and Activision have too much power over gamers 🙁
sH3LLsH0K
October 21, 2009 at 07:27
The framerate isnt the major problem here in SA… Its the delay between us here and the IWnet servers. And the lack of competitive gaming allowed in this way
Shodan
October 21, 2009 at 07:43
Well thats a dealbreaker for me, im not getting it anymore
HAMSTERJIE ZA
October 21, 2009 at 08:31
Off topic: I hope Lagz isnt hiding in that pic coz im gona need some facial recognition software then. Zooming in just makes things worse
AENIGMA
October 21, 2009 at 08:33
my eyes also hurt…
Fred
October 21, 2009 at 08:36
Maybe they want to monitor pirated copies ?
Q121
October 21, 2009 at 08:42
Oh well I see modern warfare 1 is going to remain very popular 🙂
:pirate:
Goose
October 21, 2009 at 08:45
LoL! Lagz better not be in there!
Lupus
October 21, 2009 at 10:40
Cannot see Lagz normally so if he is in here damn.
abe
October 21, 2009 at 11:32
I found waldo!
Geoff
October 21, 2009 at 11:41
You’re meant to be looking for Lagz 😛