Believes its multiplayer solution improves the consumer experience by a 'significant margin'.
Speaking during an earnings call last night, Activision president Mike Griffiths revealed that the publisher is not "overly concerned" by complaints being made by the vocal Call of Duty community over the decision to drop dedicated servers from the imminent Modern Warfare 2.
"We're, of course, watching this very carefully and paying attention to it," said Griffiths in response to an analyst's question.
"But we're not overly concerned about it. One of the problems with our PC SKUs in the past is that it has not been as friendly a consumer experience in terms of matchmaking and online play as the consoles have allowed it to be. Our solution here improves that consumer experience overall by a significant margin. And so we we think that the benefits we will see are going to far outweigh any negatives that seem to be surfacing."
Earlier this week, Infinity Ward's Mackey McCandlish offered some hope to fans of dedicated servers, stating that "nothing is ever off the table" in regards to proving the "best experience" to its users.
Modern Warfare 2 will be released on November 10 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Via Kotaku
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