Online Passes Pay For Dedicated Servers, Says Homefront Dev
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More pointedly, what's wrong with the PC system of players running their own servers? Also how do online passes pay for that assuming they allow it at all?
For matchmaking Ded servers are still better than Peer to Peer, at least you get a consistent connection and don't have to worry with the dreaded Californian joining your group and lagging you to the stone age. But if 'dedicated servers' just means they're going to run match making games on it and not allow players to use their own servers I still don't like them. The idea of paying money for a game to be told when, how, for how long and in what way I am going to play it with my friends stinks. It's the bigeest problem I have with Xbox Live/similar systems.
For matchmaking Ded servers are still better than Peer to Peer, at least you get a consistent connection and don't have to worry with the dreaded Californian joining your group and lagging you to the stone age. But if 'dedicated servers' just means they're going to run match making games on it and not allow players to use their own servers I still don't like them. The idea of paying money for a game to be told when, how, for how long and in what way I am going to play it with my friends stinks. It's the bigeest problem I have with Xbox Live/similar systems.
I wholeheartedly concur. Y is it so hard for these companies to just go back to what it use to be? Did they not make money when their servers could be rented out?!fix-the-spade said:
more importantly Y is matchmaking even necessary?! you want more casual players for a Hardcore game?! it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how to score down a list of servers and chose one to play on.
dedicated servers as a perk of buying new are just fine, but on one condition...
players are given the capability to run their own servers and join public servers if they want to
otherwise it is just a money grab
players are given the capability to run their own servers and join public servers if they want to
otherwise it is just a money grab
I was talking about the PC version and giving that online passes are only for consoles since there's no pre-owned games market when it comes to PC games this makes me a moron.Femaref said:
I'll be sure to pay attention to what I'm readying next time.
"It's still cheaper" is a pretty bad excuse. That's like saying you're okay with someone kicking you in the groin because they're only doing it a little.Woodsey said:
I am the WanderingFool, and I support this practice.
BTW, why does captcha use symbols not found on the keyboard? Its trying to fuck with me, I know it is...
BTW, why does captcha use symbols not found on the keyboard? Its trying to fuck with me, I know it is...
It is BS. Once the new player gets his copy, the servers are no longer needed for the previous guy.
So I guess they just want us to pay for moving air now.
And why would they rent-in the game if it's so awesome? Apparently, something is wrong with the awesomeness level if they do it, so the game (aka servers) may as well R.I.P. for all what the players really care.
So I guess they just want us to pay for moving air now.
And why would they rent-in the game if it's so awesome? Apparently, something is wrong with the awesomeness level if they do it, so the game (aka servers) may as well R.I.P. for all what the players really care.
Dear THQ,
Don't make shit games and people won't wait to buy them pre-owned.
Best regards,
Gamers.
Don't make shit games and people won't wait to buy them pre-owned.
Best regards,
Gamers.
It would be like if the original owner could drive on the highway. Once the car is sold all of sudden the new owner couldnt drive on the Highway without unlocking it for cash. Its not like all of sudden there is new congestion on the freeway its the same amount of vehicles as before.Fat_Seth said:
Game companies are just getting greedy!
THQ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000:_Dawn_of_War_II]... Shit games. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:_Shadow_of_Chernobyl]lostzombies.com said:
Whut? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033]
And you did that where with yours?Zachary Amaranth said:
The entire point of buying a game second-hand is to get it cheaper. If it is still cheaper, that's a perfectly good excuse. You still benefit.
Being kicked in the dick is bad to start with, and being kicked in the dick slightly less hard is still bad. It's like an inverted comparison; OK, so there is kind of a similarity, but one that doesn't play at all into your argument.
It's pathetic is what it is. The payment for the servers comes from the initial sale. As time goes by 95% of all games will see their server costs decrease as the game slowly dies. It starts *off* big but inevitably new games will take away chunks of your player base which saves you money on bandwidth, power etc. If anything this will HASTEN this process because people with second hand copies a year or 2 after release will probably think once or twice before paying for multiplayer.
It's to try make more money and save it by axing the long term playerbase.
The other 5% are MMOs where positive feedback means the more players you have the more join.
It's to try make more money and save it by axing the long term playerbase.
The other 5% are MMOs where positive feedback means the more players you have the more join.
Top ten dollar is a good idea, it runs more like a reward scheme than a scheme punishing those who don't get something new. But this and dead space 2's online pass disturbs me. It points towards a somewhat darker future, where holding off on the purchase of a game can run the risk of half of said game being missing when you get it. Of course, you can pay for an online pass from the marketplace, but considering after a while, I'd say the average game comes down to about twenty pounds (british price) pre-owned. Plus a ten-pound online pass, that's thirty. After an even longer time, a game comes down to around ten pounds, but still, if you're looking to get a game shortly after release for less, and you can't find a discounted new copy, your full game price comes to thirty pounds, only ten pounds less than avergage new release games anyway.
Long story short (little late maybe?) giving people who buy a game new bonuses is fine by me, but completely removing such a major part of the game as the entire multiplayer seems overzealous to me.
Long story short (little late maybe?) giving people who buy a game new bonuses is fine by me, but completely removing such a major part of the game as the entire multiplayer seems overzealous to me.