Call of Duty 7 to get dedicated servers

by beeranbj • 9 Apr 2010, 22:05 • Journals
28-Mar-2010

QuoteAccording reportedly leaked information from 'undisclosed Activisions sources', the PC version of Call Of Duty 7 will be getting dedicated servers.

The lack of dedicated servers in last year's Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 upset a small army of PC gamers.



Ya think...! I guess all those years at Harvard business school actually paid off.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=240727
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g3n 9 Apr 2010, 23:06
Is this the one made by treyarch again?
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Saevio 9 Apr 2010, 23:08
"small army of PC gamers."

The size of an army is determined by the amount of people and not by average penis size. >.>
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beeranbj 9 Apr 2010, 23:09
Sadly those idiots still see pc gaming as a non issue, keep in mind there are hundreds of millions of pc's sold that do equal to gaming. So im still trying to figure out if the reporter was stoned, drunk or simply stupid.
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Saevio 9 Apr 2010, 23:10
What you don't realize is Activision actually DID encourage dedicated servers and Infinity Ward wanted to be more of a console developer, so this time it's not 'bout the publishers, and find me one single reporter who knows stuff about gaming (Except Krosan. Wait, no, him too :P)
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beeranbj 9 Apr 2010, 23:13
Activision and Infinity are both to blame. I simply make no distinction as they both sleep in the same bed.

They obviously gambled and lost, given the sales have fallen to a level that is simply laughable to say the least. Lets not even mention the share holders who have been screaming for blood.
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darthmob 9 Apr 2010, 23:14
What the fuck? MW2 beat all records in sales on both consoles and PC. The average PC gamer doesn't seem to give a shit about features or support.
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Saevio 9 Apr 2010, 23:16
Most PC gamers weren't strong enough to resist MW2.
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beeranbj 9 Apr 2010, 23:18
As far as your sales record, at what time frame are we comparing sales to ? . 6 months 12 months ? or the usual sales hype with evident increase in sales only to slump to a level that creates absolutely no interest in the gaming community.
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darthmob 9 Apr 2010, 23:25
What do you mean with the gaming community? The competitive scenes? They don't matter in terms of sales. And the publisher doesn't care what happens two years after release as the next game will be released already.

Currently it's still in the top5 weekly sold games at Steam. Though that may have to do with the free weekend.
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beeranbj 9 Apr 2010, 23:37
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Currently it's still in the top5 weekly sold games at Steam. Though that may have to do with the free weekend.


Exactly why its the only highest game/sales. (being free, was a move to continue its momentum. Simply business strategy to reduce and try and maintain the hype for as long as possible.

Apart from that, the repercutions are being felt and felt in a hard way. As i said, share holders are screaming for blood as its negative approach on a global scale to not allow individuals to attach a personal server has and will always create a slump in sales. Its simple economics. Supply and Demand.

Funny how others choose to allow dedi files. A common and very real study has indicated that by allowing gamers to achieve the "this is my server" does boost sales in its long term existence. Lets compare all non dedi server file games to games that have allowed the gamer to purchase and open his own personal server/clan/community. There is simply no comparison when you look at it as long term investment project.
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darthmob 9 Apr 2010, 23:56
As I said I doubt it's having that much of an effect but then I don't follow it very closely. Activision has done so much wrong that they replaced EA with being the worst publisher and I simply do not care about their games anymore.
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beeranbj 10 Apr 2010, 08:03
In part i do agree with you here. Evidently the drive to make more money and squeeze blood out of a stone often enough blinds the visionaries of what the gaming scene requires. In the end its all about dollar's and cent's.
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darthmob 9 Apr 2010, 23:13
Nothing new there. CoD5 had better PC support than MW as well.
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Ethr 10 Apr 2010, 01:35
:D result

why not dedicated servers for consoles too :S whats so wrong about that...
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beeranbj 10 Apr 2010, 07:59
There is only a handful of dedi server files for console gaming that are available. The onus falls upon the gaming community to vendor their voice to the publishers in forcing them to release more files as was the case with article mentioned.
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Ethr 10 Apr 2010, 12:35
aah so there are some dedi's for consoles..... thats good.

hopefully they'll realise their advantage or even do a quakelive type thing to manage servers
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