DICE: Bad Company 2 PC has more people playing than both the consoles.

Yeah but how many of those people actually bought the game

thelastguy

Except that it's already been clarified BY THE ORIGINAL SOURCE as having been misinterpreted. The PC had more players than either console, not both combined, and it was at one specific point in time, not overall. It certainly shows that a lot of PC gamers bought the game, but you may want not want to break out the "we're #1" foam fingers just yet.lowe0

You have to realize console gamers will forget about this game in a few weeks, the PC players will continue to buy this for a long period of time.

Yeah but how many of those people actually bought the game

thelastguy

Sorry to be a silly console person. But if it's as easy to stop pirates just by linking to an EA (or whoever) account, why don't all devs do this? Instead of horrible invasive DRM. locopatho

[QUOTE="cobrax55"]

Because quite honestly, dedicaded servers are better then P2P matchmaking in every single way possible. Its not even an opinion, its just fact. Dedicaded servers support more players, their much faster to get into, and they have far less lag.

As for mods...well arguing agaist free content is just downright stupid. Especially given that the Battlefield series is well known for many of its high quality mods.

lowe0

Server browsers do have one real disadvantage versus matchmaking, though - matchmaking abstracts the server component, and focuses on what's actually important (the set of people you're playing with). Instead of looking through the server list to find one with players of skill equal to your own, the matchmaking server (which has all of your play statistics anyway) can do the work for you. The same goes for playing with friends - instead of all agreeing on a server, it'll just start a game and put you all together in it, with zero effort on your part.

That said, it'd be easy to design a system that combines the advantages of matchmaking with those of dedicated servers (without a server browser). Just let players register a dedicated server GUID (assigned by the master server, independent of IP address and such) to their gamertag/PSN account. Then, during host negotiation, just poll the player list for server GUIDs, and if one or more is found, use the best one based on availability and overall ping. This is probably very similar to how Section 8's X-Servers work.

Yeah but how many of those people actually bought the game

thelastguy

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"]Not always true but yes thanks to your key linked to EA is hard to use a pirated copy to play online and although probably there are some pirates there number must be minimal as opposed to legal owners who play online

Also although this is not much to on about but in Amazon.De the best selling game is the pc version of BC2Enosh88

well, third is the PC version of MW2 :P

It's only 19.99 euros at the moment which might have something to do with it. Looks like a good deal, I passed on MW2 but if it were < $30 (retail here, or Steam) for the PC version I'd consider picking it up.

At any rate, it's nice BC2 appears to have a very successful home on the PC, haven't had much time to play the full version yet (arrived today), but I thought the beta was a blast!

Not surprised.....Can't get online with BC2 due to server issuesWWIAB

What don't you understand? You cannot play online with a pirated copy.Instashot

Jeez, this has been stated many times, but you don't seem to get it. You can't play BC2 online with a pirated copy.The-Mosher

Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?

Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?thelastguy

[QUOTE="thelastguy"]Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?Vandalvideo

I can't post a link

But if you look on any torrent site, you will see cracked versions of the game

[QUOTE="Instashot"] What don't you understand? You cannot play online with a pirated copy.thelastguy

Jeez, this has been stated many times, but you don't seem to get it. You can't play BC2 online with a pirated copy.The-Mosher

Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?

[QUOTE="Instashot"] What don't you understand? You cannot play online with a pirated copy.thelastguy

Jeez, this has been stated many times, but you don't seem to get it. You can't play BC2 online with a pirated copy.The-Mosher

Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?

Even if they have found a way to play on cracked servers, they still cannot play with the general population which means they still arent being counted by EA here. Either way cracked servers tend to be complete crap, without cheat protection and unranked. This is why most people pretty much consider pirating multiplayer games to be virtually impossible.

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?thelastguy

I can't post a link

But if you look on any torrent site, you will see cracked versions of the game

Those are singleplayer cracks, not multiplayer....read the comments for the torrents, there are always people asking if they can play online and everyone will always tell them no.

Oh I didn't know that

Nevermind...

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?thelastguy

I can't post a link

But if you look on any torrent site, you will see cracked versions of the game

Are they sure they don't count pirates? I mean this sounds...surprising...Revan_911

[QUOTE="Revan_911"]Are they sure they don't count pirates? I mean this sounds...surprising...clubsammich91

My (P)iece of (C)rap won't even play Bejeweled without locking up, so I guess I'll be in the minority then, and playing it on my PC centric

. Good for PC gamers though, because this game simply rocks!!

You clearly haven't played a good mod or know what a quality mod is capable of. Dabunzie

And in all that time, you're suggesting I never played a good mod. Are you really sure you want to stand by that statement?

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"][QUOTE="thelastguy"]Your seriously don't think hackers have found a way around that yet?thelastguy

I can't post a link

But if you look on any torrent site, you will see cracked versions of the game

[QUOTE="Dabunzie"]You clearly haven't played a good mod or know what a quality mod is capable of. lowe0

And in all that time, you're suggesting I never played a good mod. Are you really sure you want to stand by that statement?

well then you have obviously been playing the wrong mods.

[QUOTE="lowe0"]

[QUOTE="Dabunzie"]You clearly haven't played a good mod or know what a quality mod is capable of. cobrax25

And in all that time, you're suggesting I never played a good mod. Are you really sure you want to stand by that statement?

well then you have obviously been playing the wrong mods.

Do I have to make the text 36pt too, or am I getting my point across?

Are you really suppose to believe that? PR talk to downplay the mess the PC version is experiencing. Jamex1987

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

[QUOTE="lowe0"] I've gamed on PCs dating back to before 3D accelerators - hell, I remember upgrading to 8 MB of RAM, the Win95 transition, the aforementioned advent of 3D, and quite a few other major events in PC gaming.

And in all that time, you're suggesting I never played a good mod. Are you really sure you want to stand by that statement?

lowe0

well then you have obviously been playing the wrong mods.

Do I have to make the text 36pt too, or am I getting my point across?

were not talking about a single game here...were talking about what essencially amounts to 1000's of content packs. I have serious trouble believing that you have not been able to find at least one mod for a game you like. Frankly, I cant see how somebody who loves portal wouldnt like Portal: First Slice. How someone who likes the battlefield series wouldnt like Desert Combat.

And furthermore....were just talking about full conversion mods here...what about multiplayer maps? are you seriously telling me you wouldnt like a virtually endless supply of high quality maps for your multiplayer games?

Frankly...I think your full of it.

How many of those people playing online bought the game?

How many of those people playing online bought the game?

Vambran

For the last time...you can not play pirated PC games online.

How many of those people playing online bought the game?

Vambran

:roll:

How many of those people playing online bought the game?

Vambran

Just read the thread. It's been addressed quite a few times.

Are you really suppose to believe that? PR talk to downplay the mess the PC version is experiencing. Jamex1987

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"]Are you really suppose to believe that? PR talk to downplay the mess the PC version is experiencing. Mystic-G

[QUOTE="Mystic-G"][QUOTE="Jamex1987"]Are you really suppose to believe that? PR talk to downplay the mess the PC version is experiencing. Jamex1987

since they come from a guy who works at DICE

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"] Since when are forum posts PR?cobrax25

since they come from a guy who works at DICE

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"][QUOTE="Mystic-G"] Since when are forum posts PR?cobrax25

since they come from a guy who works at DICE

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

[QUOTE="Jamex1987"] Since when are forum posts credible?Jamex1987

since they come from a guy who works at DICE

Frankly...I think your full of it.

[QUOTE="lowe0"]

[QUOTE="cobrax25"]

well then you have obviously been playing the wrong mods.

cobrax25

Do I have to make the text 36pt too, or am I getting my point across?

were not talking about a single game here...were talking about what essencially amounts to 1000's of content packs. I have serious trouble believing that you have not been able to find at least one mod for a game you like. Frankly, I cant see how somebody who loves portal wouldnt like Portal: First Slice. How someone who likes the battlefield series wouldnt like Desert Combat.

And furthermore....were just talking about full conversion mods here...what about multiplayer maps? are you seriously telling me you wouldnt like a virtually endless supply of high quality maps for your multiplayer games?

Frankly...I think your full of it.

Frankly...I think your full of it.

Frankly...I think your full of it.

[QUOTE="Sandvichman"][QUOTE="Birdy09"] In otherwords, he got your number and you have your tail between your legs... hes right... anybody could find some enjoyment out of some mods...Birdy09

I wish it said Bad Company 2 has more people playing than MW2. That would be great. Oh well.