We want them NOW!! Quit being cheap and 2 generations behind.
Sadly dedicated servers are expensive. We are in a world wide reccession, with developers losing millions and firing staff, others closing entirely. Some publishers are barely staying afloat (THQ for instance), and others are cutting expenses to keep profits up.
In this climate there is absolutely zero chance of Halo 4 or any sequals ever getting dedicated servers.
Sucks I know, but thats the gist of it.
> Sadly dedicated servers are expensive. We are in a world wide reccession, with developers losing millions and firing staff, others closing entirely. Some publishers are barely staying afloat (THQ for instance), and others are cutting expenses to keep profits up.
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> In this climate there is absolutely zero chance of Halo 4 or any sequals ever getting dedicated servers.
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> Sucks I know, but thats the gist of it.
And yet ALL the other FPS games have them.
Eh no they dont. The vast majority of FPS games these days use the same P2P system as halo. Infact there are only a handful of games currently that use dedicated servers, and most of those are EA games.
Let’s see. MW3, BO2, GOW3, BF3 … need me to keep going?
> > Sadly dedicated servers are expensive. We are in a world wide reccession, with developers losing millions and firing staff, others closing entirely. Some publishers are barely staying afloat (THQ for instance), and others are cutting expenses to keep profits up.
> >
> > In this climate there is absolutely zero chance of Halo 4 or any sequals ever getting dedicated servers.
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> > Sucks I know, but thats the gist of it.
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> And yet ALL the other FPS games have them.
On PC yes, on console not so mutch unless it’s a game from EA and of course Gears 3 has it paid by MS.
Allso support the Dedicated Servers Thread for Halo 5-6.
https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst36861_DEDICATED-SERVERS-H5-H6---SUPPORT-US.aspx
MW3 & BO2 has dedicated servers for PC. 360 versions use P2P as far as I am aware. Do correct me with an official information link if I am wrong.
Bf3 was on of the games I was thinkin of. And as the news suggests, Bf3’s servers are now “rent a server” with only a few “official” servers left.
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So 343 is too much of a wuss to get the same thing for the franchise game. Wow, truly pathetic.
game is so lagggy… made me think about going back to reach.
> MW3 & BO2 has dedicated servers for PC. 360 versions use P2P as far as I am aware. Do correct me with an official information link if I am wrong.
>
> Bf3 was on of the games I was thinkin of. And as the news suggests, Bf3’s servers are now “rent a server” with only a few “official” servers left.
I’d be good with the rent a server option.
> game is so lagggy… made me think about going back to reach.
Reach has had a higher population for the last couple weeks, just an FYI.
btw money is not an issue with 343, they pretty much have an endless budget.
Console games with dedicated servers:
Homefront
Frontlines
Gears of War 3
Bad Company 2
Battlefield 3
Section 8(you can even download software on your PC and host a 360 server on your PC)
Section 8 Predjudice
The only Console game I have seen to have dedicated servers is Battlefield 3. The reason PC games have edicated servers much more often than consoles is that the users typically pay for the server and maintenence costs. For consoles, this is not possible, as the average user cannot obtain the hardware/software for console servers.
BF3 does it by renting out servers, thus having the users pay for the costs. To do it for H4 would require:
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A massive overhaul to the Matchmaking system.
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A significant financial investment for server hardware that may or may not pay off.
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Significant changes to the multiplayer base code.
@ user above me
MW3
BFBC2
and COD BLOPS 2 do NOT have dedicated servers on console.
I own ALL those games
Matchmaking is a joke today, sooo much lag - people warping around and it takes ages to just get a game going.
> Console games with dedicated servers:
>
> Homefront
> Frontlines
> Modern Warfare 3
> Black Ops 2
> Gears of War 3
> Bad Company 2
> Battlefield 3
> Section 8(you can even download software on your PC and host a 360 server on your PC)
> Section 8 Predjudice
Console version of CoD games do not have Dedicate Servers, main reason on why the other games (exept Gears 3)have Dedicated is due to the amount of players there is in a match. Not that i’m saying Halo shouldn’t have it.
> The only Console game I have seen to have dedicated servers is Battlefield 3. The reason PC games have edicated servers much more often than consoles is that the users typically pay for the server and maintenence costs. For consoles, this is not possible, as the average user cannot obtain the hardware/software for console servers.
>
> BF3 does it by renting out servers, thus having the users pay for the costs. To do it for H4 would require:
>
> 1. A massive overhaul to the Matchmaking system.
>
> 2. A significant financial investment for server hardware that may or may not pay off.
>
> 3. Significant changes to the multiplayer base code.
>
>
> @ user above me
>
> MW3
> BFBC2
> and COD BLOPS 2 do NOT have dedicated servers on console.
> I own ALL those games
I was incorrect about MW3 and BLOPS2.
However Bad Company 2 does have dedicated servers.
> So 343 is too much of a wuss to get the same thing for the franchise game. Wow, truly pathetic.
Except it’s not up to 343. It would be up to Microsoft.
If you’re going to dev-bash, at least do it based on facts.
(P.S. Battlefield has ALWAYS had dedicated servers.)