[quote]MW2 has dedicated servers now, a proof of concept is on Youtube.
Come on man, LINK!!!!!
To all the above issues though, they are pretty major downfalls IMO.
20second-1minute delay in finding another host, what a MP DEAL BREAKER
Host has ultimate advantage MP DEAL BREAKER
Higher than 60ping MP DEAL BREAKER
What happens if host has a crap connection? You would have to leave, find another server, wait another 5 minutes to get a game in teh hope that the next HOSt has a decent connection IN YOUR COUNTY!?
What a second rate MP experience it would be.
"someone" got pissed off at IW and reverse engineered the code to stop pretending to be xboxlive (aka IW.NET) and start being dedicated servers again...
Hilarious stuff. They didn't "take out" the code for dedicated servers, lean, etc. etc. they just changed some 1's to 0's and said "not balanced for lean" (aka FU PC gamers)