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[Orange_Kun!!!]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/111/1119736p1.html

Black Ops Dedicated Servers Come With a Catch


Is there anyone who didn't see this coming? :glare:

 

[SingularPoint]

$15 a month with only 18 people versus $0.99 for a unranked server with 24 people.

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyeeeeeaaaaah. I want Ranked, but 18 people for $15 a month is a bit much.

 

[Toasteddude]

$15 a month with only 18 people versus $0.99 for a unranked server with 24 people.

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyeeeeeaaaaah. I want Ranked, but 18 people for $15 a month is a bit much.

18 Player ranked = $14.95
24 Player Unranked = $23.76 <--- 99 cents per player

 

[Simon]

Didnt we post this like 2 weeks ago? Lol, IGN is behind

 

[5starGeneralAlphaSnake]

This was in the cod division discussion for a while and which led to the front page post by Rocko.

 

[Simon]

This was in the cod division discussion for a while and which led to the front page post by Rocko.

*ding*

As i said, looks like Edgegamers beat IGN on this one

 

[frap]

This was in the cod division discussion for a while and which led to the front page post by Rocko.

Yes,
as 5star said this has been posted countless times on the forums.
http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=144769

 

[Orange_Kun!!!]

Yes,
as 5star said this has been posted countless times on the forums.
http://edgegamers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=144769

Sry if I've posted a thread that's been posted many times b4. I don't frequent the CoD forum since, though I own CoD: MW1, I don't play it online so I did not see those threads and this is truthfully the first time I had seen this news.

Oh well, still Activision at its finest. :glare:

 

[Rukus.]

Activision

"K u want dedicated servers? K LOL WE GET A PORTION OF THE SERVER MONEY XD. F*** you again, customers."

"Oh, and BTW at some point we'll tell our exclusive supplier to jack up the price XD!"


This is why I'm off Call of Duty forever. From now on its BF or MoH.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

Wonder if they'll be able to shut down servers as they please.

 

[Simon]

Wonder if they'll be able to shut down servers as they please.

That might be one of the reasons why they chose to do this

 

[frap]

Activision

"K u want dedicated servers? K LOL WE GET A PORTION OF THE SERVER MONEY XD. F*** you again, customers."

"Oh, and BTW at some point we'll tell our exclusive supplier to jack up the price XD!"


This is why I'm off Call of Duty forever. From now on its BF or MoH.

Lol BC2 has the same thing.
And I'm sorry that because gameservers is hosting servers for black ops that you will never play another call of duty again, your loss.

Wonder if they'll be able to shut down servers as they please.

Call of Duty doesn't control www.gameservers.com

 

[Jarrod_38]

Remember people if you don't like it then will don't buy the one.

 

[Rukus.]

Lol BC2 has the same thing.
And I'm sorry that because gameservers is hosting servers for black ops that you will never play another call of duty again, your loss.



Call of Duty doesn't control www.gameservers.com

You clearly don't get how exclusivity works. Gameservers pays Activision regularly (probably annually or monthly) for exclusive rights to the Black Ops server binaries. In exchange, Activision maintains the authority to whatever gameservers does with those binaries. So yes, if they're not idiots they are in control.

Actually know what your talking about when you talk.

And another thing, I didn't say BC2. I said BF.

 

[frap]

You clearly don't get how exclusivity works. Gameservers pays Activision regularly (probably annually or monthly) for exclusive rights to the Black Ops server binaries. In exchange, Activision maintains the authority to whatever gameservers does with those binaries. So yes, if they're not idiots they are in control.

Actually know what your talking about when you talk.

And another thing, I didn't say BC2. I said BF.

Saying BF doesn't differentiate between the different battlefield games. And yes I knew that they pay Activision to be the exclusive provider. But saying that they will shut down servers for the hell of it is just ignorant and stupid at the same time.

 

[Rukus.]

Saying BF doesn't differentiate between the different battlefield games. And yes I knew that they pay Activision to be the exclusive provider. But saying that they will shut down servers for the hell of it is just ignorant and stupid at the same time.

He didn't say it was for the hell of it. They could shut it down for a more cost effective alternative, and by cost effective I mean earns them more money.