Archief - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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Goldrusher
Legacy Member
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/36482/Modern-Warfare-2-smashes-day-one-sales-record
Prijsstijging en ultrakorte singleplayer of niet, het verkoopt.
FreakyJP
Legacy Member
Eagle-Eye
Legacy Member
Geen idee waarom precies, maar ik vind dat deze post echt zeer arrogant overkomt... Of dat is toch zeker het gevoel dat ik erbij krijg bij het lezen.Pol de Crossmol zei:[...]
A happy customer
Ik zeg niet dat wat je zegt juist is of kan zijn, maar het is vooral de manier waarop denk ik.
Ach ja, ik heb het spel niet en wacht nog even op objectieve (user) reviews en wat de komende weken/maanden brengen vooraleer ik beslis het al dan niet te kopen. (Ik koop bijna nooit games op of rond release-datum dus daar moet je niks achter zoeken.
)BoaBea
Legacy Member
http://www.mapmodnews.com/article.php/PC-Gaming-isnt-dead
PC Gaming isn't dead, but it is under fire!
Wednesday, November 11 2009 @ 05:03 PM UTC
Gaming News
Modern Warfare 2: The Battleground for PC Gaming ?
by Eric Frederiksen
Every once in a while (every 10 minutes or so), the death knell of PC gaming is cried out by someone or other. And once in a while, it seems like they might be right. PC gaming is not, however, going anywhere.
With such an open platform that allows anyone to get in without buying a dev kit, there will always be something to play. Nonetheless, the release of Modern Warfare 2, to me, signals one of the loudest shots fired from the bow of a major publisher against PC gaming.
Freelancer Mitch Dyer commented on his twitter feed earlier today that he was ranked one million something in Modern Warfare, meaning that in just 12 hours, the game has sold over a million copies on one platform. Any doubt that this game would be huge should be a distant memory by now.
The two console versions are pretty much feature-identical, as far as I know. It comes down to preferences for controllers and online service. Beside that, they're the same game.
But then there's the PC version.
The thing about PC gamers is, they expect certain things out of their games, things that have always been there as far back as Quake. First and foremost is the exclusion of support for dedicated servers. Back in the Quake II days, I remember logging into the same server (Nostromo) every night over the summer to play deathmatch over dial-up. On the 360 and PS3, matchmaking is an accepted part of the platform.
PC Gaming isn't dead
To not have that, as little an inconvenience as it may be in reality, seems like a major affront to PC gamers. Having the option to get familiar with a server and the group that shows up there has always been one of the benefits of the game, along with having the option to vote users off the server if they're being disruptive without having to wait for an admin to get to it. Also, when the game isn't hosted by a player, no one gets the home field advantage and no one affects the game when they pull the plug mid-match.
Of course on the publisher side, you get problems like servers with weird settings that encourage cheating and most importantly, servers that don't verify that your copy of the game is legal. That's the big thing. By having the entire online game run through a service, you force all your users to verify their copies of the game if they want to play online. Even if it means no clan home servers and worse, no local play.
Another missing aspect is the lack of console access. The best way to describe a PC gamer, to me, is to compare them to those car nuts that build hot rods from scratch. PC gamers build their systems, know the specs of every part in their computer, and have everything set-up just the way they like. Check out their World of Warcraft interfaces when they get to higher levels, and you'll see something that barely looks like the same game. Similarly, some gamers like to have their shooters set-up just-so. Tweaking the field of view settings and sensitivity of the controls are things gamers expect to have the option to do as necessary. Instead, Infinity Ward has told gamers that they'd like them to play the game as they designed it, regardless of any user preferences that may not conform to what the publisher thinks is important.
Other limitations include restricting the maps to 9v9 (when the first Modern Warfare allowed games with 16v16) and the exclusion of the lean move, in the name of not having to recalibrate the maps. That lower team limit is a major thing for all the clans that formed on Modern Warfare servers trying to make the jump to the sequel. Split the team up? Have Alpha and Bravo teams? Not play the new one?
I won't even mention that the PC version of the game is selling for the same price—$59.99—as the console equivalents. Oops, I just mentioned it.
All this together makes me think Infinity Ward/Activision is excluding expected features in hopes of discouraging PC users. Maybe not discouraging them, but taking away many of the advantages that have drawn PC users in the past while doing as much as possible to combat piracy.Of course, where there's a will there's a way, and there's always a will in PC gaming, and I won't be surprised if we see dedicated servers with 16v16 games within a few months.
Whether the mad geniuses of the mod world come up with a solution, Activision's decision strikes me as a very clear message that PC games—or at least hardcore PC gamers—do not play a large role in their equation. While indie gaming and MMORPGs thrive, I have a feeling that some of the bigger publishers are going to give the PC less and less attention when they have a much more reliable option available.
Hopelijk is het waar,i really hope so
PC Gaming isn't dead, but it is under fire!
Wednesday, November 11 2009 @ 05:03 PM UTC
Gaming News
Modern Warfare 2: The Battleground for PC Gaming ?
by Eric Frederiksen
Every once in a while (every 10 minutes or so), the death knell of PC gaming is cried out by someone or other. And once in a while, it seems like they might be right. PC gaming is not, however, going anywhere.
With such an open platform that allows anyone to get in without buying a dev kit, there will always be something to play. Nonetheless, the release of Modern Warfare 2, to me, signals one of the loudest shots fired from the bow of a major publisher against PC gaming.
Freelancer Mitch Dyer commented on his twitter feed earlier today that he was ranked one million something in Modern Warfare, meaning that in just 12 hours, the game has sold over a million copies on one platform. Any doubt that this game would be huge should be a distant memory by now.
The two console versions are pretty much feature-identical, as far as I know. It comes down to preferences for controllers and online service. Beside that, they're the same game.
But then there's the PC version.
The thing about PC gamers is, they expect certain things out of their games, things that have always been there as far back as Quake. First and foremost is the exclusion of support for dedicated servers. Back in the Quake II days, I remember logging into the same server (Nostromo) every night over the summer to play deathmatch over dial-up. On the 360 and PS3, matchmaking is an accepted part of the platform.
PC Gaming isn't dead
To not have that, as little an inconvenience as it may be in reality, seems like a major affront to PC gamers. Having the option to get familiar with a server and the group that shows up there has always been one of the benefits of the game, along with having the option to vote users off the server if they're being disruptive without having to wait for an admin to get to it. Also, when the game isn't hosted by a player, no one gets the home field advantage and no one affects the game when they pull the plug mid-match.
Of course on the publisher side, you get problems like servers with weird settings that encourage cheating and most importantly, servers that don't verify that your copy of the game is legal. That's the big thing. By having the entire online game run through a service, you force all your users to verify their copies of the game if they want to play online. Even if it means no clan home servers and worse, no local play.
Another missing aspect is the lack of console access. The best way to describe a PC gamer, to me, is to compare them to those car nuts that build hot rods from scratch. PC gamers build their systems, know the specs of every part in their computer, and have everything set-up just the way they like. Check out their World of Warcraft interfaces when they get to higher levels, and you'll see something that barely looks like the same game. Similarly, some gamers like to have their shooters set-up just-so. Tweaking the field of view settings and sensitivity of the controls are things gamers expect to have the option to do as necessary. Instead, Infinity Ward has told gamers that they'd like them to play the game as they designed it, regardless of any user preferences that may not conform to what the publisher thinks is important.
Other limitations include restricting the maps to 9v9 (when the first Modern Warfare allowed games with 16v16) and the exclusion of the lean move, in the name of not having to recalibrate the maps. That lower team limit is a major thing for all the clans that formed on Modern Warfare servers trying to make the jump to the sequel. Split the team up? Have Alpha and Bravo teams? Not play the new one?
I won't even mention that the PC version of the game is selling for the same price—$59.99—as the console equivalents. Oops, I just mentioned it.
All this together makes me think Infinity Ward/Activision is excluding expected features in hopes of discouraging PC users. Maybe not discouraging them, but taking away many of the advantages that have drawn PC users in the past while doing as much as possible to combat piracy.Of course, where there's a will there's a way, and there's always a will in PC gaming, and I won't be surprised if we see dedicated servers with 16v16 games within a few months.
Whether the mad geniuses of the mod world come up with a solution, Activision's decision strikes me as a very clear message that PC games—or at least hardcore PC gamers—do not play a large role in their equation. While indie gaming and MMORPGs thrive, I have a feeling that some of the bigger publishers are going to give the PC less and less attention when they have a much more reliable option available.
Hopelijk is het waar,i really hope so
Het archief is een bevroren moment uit een vorige versie van dit forum, met andere regels en andere bazen. Deze posts weerspiegelen op geen enkele manier onze huidige ideeën, waarden of wereldbeelden en zijn op sommige plaatsen gecensureerd wegens ontoelaatbaar. Veel zijn in een andere tijdsgeest gemaakt, al dan niet ironisch - zoals in het ironische subforum Off-Topic - en zouden op dit moment niet meer gepost (mogen) worden. Toch bieden we dit archief nog graag aan als informatiedatabank en naslagwerk. Lees er hier meer over of start een gesprek met anderen.