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Welcome to Morning Hangover -- an excellent way to start your day with the crew at TheFeed...no matter what you're recovering from. Every morning you'll hear musings from our editors and have the chance to share your thoughts on what's going on in the gaming world.
We've been kind of quiet about the whole Modern Warfare 2 dedicated server situation, which is pretty much a debacle now, and is about two steps away from a full-on fiasco. But I was pleased to see your reactions to the story Stephen posted yesterday. I don't game as much on the PC these days as I'd like to (mostly because of available time and paranoia that my HDD is failing), but I learned my shooty-shoot games on the PC back in high school and college, which means I'm well aware of the importance of dedicated servers. Is Infinity Ward making reasonable arguments defending their decision? Eh...maybe. (But not really.) Are a certain sub-section of PC gamers overreacting before seeing what IW.NET brings to the table? Perhaps. But is the way that IW is treating their PC community at-large not just disappointing, but incredibly disrespectful of their collective experience and intelligence? Absolutely. Dedicated servers should always be an option.
Vote with your dollars, friends.
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acidmonkeyboy
jeez, pc gamers are harsh. They are willing to miss the most hyped game since halo 3 just because they can't mod and will have to pay 10 dollars for a map pack just like the rest of us. The fact is that the pc gamer population has greatly diminished in the past ten years, and it is wrong for pc gamers to feel this sense of entitlement. Most hardcore pc gamers reek of arrogance and that is why everyone hares them.
TrenchToast
no matter what IW does... I won't Buy any more products IW sells.... The cats out of the bag now IW. The Gamers see your plan.... and it will not stand...
We the PC Gamers choose the PC because we don't like that constrictive walls that the Consoles bring...
We Choose PC.... You chose to turn your back on us..... now we will turn our backs on you...
Thank you EA/DICE for crediting PC Gamers as the builders of your company and respecting us.. My $60 pre-order for MW2 will now go to the pre-order of Bad Company 2 =)
Just remember... You wouldn't have multiplayer options without the PC people... and that goes for console people too...
Oh yeah... and for the console people out there... I have a console too... I just choose to have my freedom when it comes to FPS games... where i find console games are more RPG or Singleplayer Adventure oriented for my taste.... Sure there are Multyplayer games out there that are good to play on console with... but when it comes to FPS, PC is where it's at. Don't knock it till you try it...
Aurailious
This really makes me mad. I am an avid console gamer, Xbox ever since Halo:CE. I have enjoyed the simplicity of connecting and playing over LIVE, as well as the low cost.
However, I have always been interested in PC gaming. I don't like to consider myself hardcore, but close to it. I recently purchased a new laptop to replace my aging desktop that can't handle games years old. I currently run Fallout on it to see how well it is, and it is very nice at that. So with the nice portability, and capability of my laptop I have considered going into PC gaming. Not a powerhouse rig, but good enough for what I am interested in.
And my first multilayer game I plan to use? MW:2. Why? All of the reasons that have been cut from MW:2. The reason I went for Fallout was of the large modding community as was Oblivion. I have loved it so far and I hoped for the same with MW:2.
With this news, I am just going to stick to the 360. There is nothing that the PC version offers to take me away from what I know best. Perhaps BC2 will be better, I'll look into it. And in spite of this, I am buying used for the 360.
Even if I never considered switching and stuck to console gaming I would be pissed. This only forebodes what the future is. If they are willing to screw over PC gaming, than they could be just as willing to screw over console gaming if its in their interests.
THIS INS'T A PC PROBLEM. THIS IS A GAMING PROBLEM.
ryZe
okay i want to start off by saying i will stay with my pre order.
but anyways everyone who is saying IW.net will suck etc, don't seem to realize all they're donig is speculating, we have so little information it's hard to even try to speculate. why not have a little faith that maybe it will be good? and maybe IW is not responding to the pc community because anything they say will anger an already angry forum base. now i am a member on their forums and to be honest, its pretty much all flaming, but it's coming from the same repetitive sources and people, so as for the petition i don't think the numbers are accurate much less will any number close to that be cancelling pre orders. but i'm just going to have fun with the game, the cup is half full for me.
milenkosoe
forgot to add how much has changed since the last title: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =qMfTR8PBrsE
milenkosoe
Nice story, to bad it is hidden in the website, perhaps running some information during one of your shows will keep the G4 community informed. I know you are running special coverage of MW2, however if you want to be claimed to be a news source for the gamers, then put your money where your mouth is....
Curufinwe
Great to read something from a gaming journalist who actually understands the importance of dedicated servers.
I think the BS from IW about "modders and tuners" is the line that I find particularly aggravating. I played CoD4 on the PC for many hours on dedicated servers and never used any mods or did any tuning. I just appreciated being able to play on lag-free servers with 20, 30 or 40 other players with no host-advantage issues whatsoever.
I won't be buying CoD 6 and making do with a pathetic 8 vs. 8 maximum, dealing with P2P lag and one of the players using hosting to his advantage. No way.
Spaser
Andrew is absolutly correct. Petitions have never worked online, such as L4D2, but there is one thing a buisnesses in the captital system will understand. A decrease in profit. I also agree with Andrew's points here, are the PC gamers nerd raging a little to hard? I'm a full blown PC gamer, and I completly side with the PC gamer side, but it is quite possiable that we are raging a bit too hard. But Infinity Ward has been actively rude to our community in this whole ordeal, and that is just terriable showmanship. You dont insult the fan, no matter how wrong they may be(I dont think we are here). Anyway, please G4, do some more coverage on this. Id like more responses from the G4 staff as well, and what their opinions on this are.
tazman911
Thank you G4 for siding with us pc gamers. What you really should do is air a segment about what is happening with the biggest game of the year, ie: the massive pre-order cancellations for any game, because of what IW has done. Help us out more. PC Gamers need our dedicated servers to keep our communities growing and to be able to keep these games alive for years to come with the mods and custom maps.
MajorGriffin
G4 you are the only real major group to say anything about this. It would be much appreciated if you got this some air time to help get the word out and help make InfinityWard reconsider and patch in dedicated servers! You guys totally rock my e-socks off! Peace and love from the PC community. *PS you get a cool little <3*
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