Anger over Modern Warfare 2 PC servers fill internet

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Infinity Ward recently announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's PC version would not allow players to pick their own servers, which peeved said players. Now the developer has responded with its reasons.





Earlier this week, Infinity Ward and Activision incurred the wrath of tens of thousands of gamers (via Destructoid) with the announcement that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's PC version would be utlizing a matchmaking service called IWNET instead of allowing players to create and choose custom servers for multi-player gameplay. Now, the series' Creative Stragegist, Robert Bowling, has replied (via his personal blog, fourzerotwo) to the detractors with a list of reasons for the change.

Bowling's defense points out four key areas that make IWNET an integral part of the Modern Warfare 2 online experience. Regarding "Matchmaking & Smoother Gameplay," he assures players that they will not only find the best connection quality for each match, but also the closest opponents and allies in terms of skill. On the subject of "Playlists and Private Matches," he states that the former will allow players to jump into their favorite match type in a snap, but hardcore players can use the latter to customize the game type, rules, and player list. Talking about "Party System and Friendslist," Bowling reveals that clans will be able to migrate as a group between games, and his final point "Cheat/Hack Free Games," mentions that the game will utilize the Valve-Anti-Cheat program.

You can read Bowling's entire reply here. PC gamers, what say you? Are these new benefits worth the loss of custom servers?

[chedabob]

I hope IW thoroughly enjoy their 90% piracy rate. They can share butthurt with EA

[downphoenix]

Originally Posted by chedabob

I hope IW thoroughly enjoy their 90% piracy rate. They can share butthurt with EA

IWNet is surely to combat piracy, there's really no other reason, since their reasons they listed are either features PC gamers dont give a s*** about or is a bunch of fluff.

[2pro4show]

I can't really speak for PC gamers, as I'm not one, but I can imagine why they're upset about this. Pretty stupid by IW from what I can tell.

[domokunrox]

PC gamers shouldn't be pissed. I prefer we all go back to TF2 or CS and wait for the successor to those games to come along. Its foolish to even fathom a company that has focused almost exclusively on consoles since CoD 3 to treat the PC gamer with any kind of respect.

[2pro4show]

Didn't they work exclusively on PC prior to CoD3?

[downphoenix]

CoD 2 was on the 360

[chedabob]

Originally Posted by downphoenix

IWNet is surely to combat piracy

Except it's not going to work. Mark my words, there will be a dedicated server out for MW2 within months, if not weeks.

Or IW back down and release a dedicated server.

[STARSBarry]

oh gee wizz looks like i wont be buying what will "aparently" be game of the year, its not like there online play was any fun anyway, oh gee grenede spam ftw, i love killing people only for them to drop grenades on death, i love walking round corners only to be blown up by a grenade, i love respawning only to be blown up by a grenade, i love sniping only to be killed by a randomly tossed frag that the person i was aiming at from the other side of the map which he manged to lob in my general direction, grenade, grenade, grenade infact i dont understand why the online play just dousent consist of you spawning and then you just randomly exsploding, after 5 minutes it randomly selects a team who has won and dolls out exp, which can then be used to further increase your respawn timer, and lesson the time it takes you to exsplode.

i can see this no dedicated server thing going down a real treat.... but of course the console fans wont care becouse they will to busy lobbing grenades randomly to get kills

[PirateThom]

Yeah, PC owners will be too busy playing the next expansion pack to the Source engine Valve shit out, the new Sims expansion, World of Warcraft or Peggle.