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Re: More like 16 players if we're lucky...
Posted By: oddworld18 <oddworld18@planetcnc.com>Date: 1/25/03 10:36 p.m.

In Response To: More like 16 players if we're lucky... (Heretic)

you can make an xbox a dedicated server already. unreal championship does it.

a 32 player game is still unlikely, though...unless they get some DAMN good netcode. time will tell.

: Sure, there are Counter-Strike servers that run 32 players where everyone has
: less than 50ms ping (for those that aren't internet or CS savy, that's
: almost like playing on a LAN).

: Here's the catch: The big (32 player) CS servers are all DEDICATED servers.
: It's likely HALO 2 will be peer-to-peer, unless Bungie/MS is going to:
: a)invest in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new server
: infrastructure to provide dedicated servers to the entire Halo 2 community
: (these servers would probably be full all the time)

: or

: b) release some kind of free PC-based dedicated server (which would be
: awesome, but is almost completely unlikely).

: Even with a broad-band internet connection, a single XBOX doesn't have enough
: juice to act as a 32 player server AND a game console at the same time.

: That's why I think we'll be lucky to see 16 players, unless I've
: miscalculated, and Bungie/MS is planning on providing a massive number of
: dedicated XBL servers to handle the load. However, the more I think about
: it, the more it seems like this is the only way to go. Any thoughts?

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