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[WaitingForNehalem]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239671.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;4

On the PS3

Locked as per the request of the OP.

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KeithTalent

 

[Cheesetogo]

I guess that's because Infinity Ward / Activision doesn't have to pay for those servers; Sony does. It's still ridiculous that the PC version doesn't have the option to use them though...

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Huh? The only difference appears to be that on the PS3 the game is played through Sony's servers rather than Infinity Ward's.

They let Sony host the servers but they won't let us.

 

[Cheesetogo]

They let Sony host the servers but they won't let us.

Sony has a tad more influence than the gaming community.

 

[Kromis]

<----- Console Gaming

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

<----- Console Gaming

You missed the point.

 

[TheVrolok]

Heh, PS3 has dedicated servers and PC doesn't. That's grand.

 

[nitromullet]

The amount of players on [Modern Warfare 2] PSN overwhelmed the PSN presence server which updates 'what you're doing' and is essential to parties

It sounds to me that the general PSN servers got overloaded, not that Sony is operating MW2 dedicated servers. I don't know enough about PSN, but it seems to me that players still would have to authenticate on Sony's PSN servers to locate other players even if the actual game was going to be peer-to-peer.

 

[videogames101]

Sony has a tad more influence than the gaming community.

No.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Ok, nevermind.

"The amount of players on [Modern Warfare 2] PSN overwhelmed the PSN presence server which updates 'what you're doing' and is essential to parties,"

 

[SunnyD]

You missed the point.

Could have at least thrown this in one of the half dozen other MW2 threads anyway.