Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Will Support 32 Players Online

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5t3v0

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believer258 said:
Everyone saying the maps on CoD games are too small - how do you know that these aren't going to be a bit bigger?

In the meantime, I'm teetering on which one I'd like to buy. At first BF3 seems great, but then you hear about something MW3 is doing and that makes it seem better and... well, yeah, I haven't heard anything about BF3 that sounds like it's going to outdo MW3. In fact, I'd say MW3 is starting to sound a little better now.

Meanwhile, what if MW3 has implemented dedicated servers and then decides to throw in campaign co-op, both split screen and online like World at War did? Then BF3 will be thoroughly fucked over more than it is now. There isn't much else going for it.

And then Activision is playing the role of the bigger man, which might be decency or a cold form of "We know we're going to outsell you, so we're not even going to make ourselves look like idiots". Probably the latter.

Honestly? I hope both turn out amazing. Then we all win and everyone goes home happy. Well, at least those of us that are old enough to hold jobs. The kids will keep on bickering because they had to choose.
Well just remember we are all speculating. In my opinion, I believe maps are going to be small again, Due to recent CoD trends. Also, Things like Dedicated servers and the 32 player count honestly look to me like panic additions (though they were in previous CoDs so they wouldn't be hard to work back in).

Also, the whole " At first BF3 seems great, but then you hear about something MW3 is doing and that makes it seem better" thing is all perspective. You ask a battlefield fanboy such as myself, and they would say the vice versa of that.

Activision playing "the bigger men" thing is disputable. Sure, they have said so, but those are only PUBLIC WORDS. Also, pasts can come back to haunt them. Not defending EA's comments (though I will say, its pretty Naive to say that Competitors shouldn't make derogatory comments, especially when your CEO has said some pretty contentious things recently.) but EA are just more open about their defiance of the competition. For all we know, Infinity ward may have daily DICE game burnings and hired shamans to put curses on all of the DICE employees households, but we don't know because they don't talk (Again, Being open about it is barely better than that).

TL; DR

I basically wanted to point out that we are all speculating here, and that we shouldn't get worked up over basic opinions. Though I may have gotten a little off track...
 

IxHADOUKENxI

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I think seeing as this was obviously at CoD XP this is probably a stress test more than anything...I wouldn't hold your breath for it.
 

sephiroth1991

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But the maps for Call of Duty are best suited for small skirmish than big battles, it often results in too may people in one area or spawning from all directions.
 

James Crook

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Wow, it seems Infinity Ward is actually trying to make this game good. Good, like the older games, back when 32 players was pretty standard player count for PC games (BF2, Crysis 1, Unreal Tournament, Quake, Counter-Strike, etc).
 

OneBig Man

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They must be making some pretty big maps, otherwise there wont be enough places for everyone to camp. Oh well, still not buying MW3