Good Possibility of No Dedicated Servers for id's Rage

[Shawn Zipay]

id Software's John Carmack has stated that as of right now it does not look like the multiplayer component to Rage will use dedicated servers.

“It’s not cast in stone yet, but at this point no, we don’t think we will have dedicated servers,” he says.

Infinity Ward made the same decision for “Modern Warfare 2” and has been facing a massive backlash among its fans. The inevitable online petition has gathered over 183,000 signatures and even the developer has acknowledged the backlash.

“Modern Warfare 2” will use a matchmaking setup powered by IWNET for online play. It’s too early to say what Rage will use, but Carmack indicated he believed the servers are something of a remnant of the early days of PC gaming.

That said, he realizes the affinity many PC gamers have for them – and is glad “Rage” won’t be leading the charge away from them.

“The great thing is we won’t have to be a pioneer on that,” he says. “We’ll see how it works out for everyone else.”

It has begun.

[raptor552]

Re: Good Possibility of No Dedicated Servers for id's Rage

words cannot express the rage.

[Unregistered]

Re: Good Possibility of No Dedicated Servers for id's Rage

What some people seem to be forgetting is that Infinity Ward is getting a shit ton of heat from gamers because Modern Warfare had a "huge" PC following and when they announced no dedicated servers it pretty much killed any hopes people had for good Modern Warfare 2 PC multiplayer.

It's different, however, for ID's RAGE because it doesn't have a "huge" PC following, or a "huge" following at all, so their decision to just use matchmaking isn't as devastating to them as much as it is/will be for Infinity Ward.

[milly9]

Re: Good Possibility of No Dedicated Servers for id's Rage

I can only speak with my wallet. I'll never buy a PC multiplayer game without dedicated servers.