[cod] DMW Anti-Cheat

Mark J. DeFilippis defilm at acm.org
Fri Nov 18 11:14:40 EST 2005


I think the majority of the console players do not play their games
online.   If the competition ladders are any showing of the ratio of
online players, the PC gamers far out number the consoles.

As for ad-hoc jump on a server, play MP on consoles, the same
could be said for PC based users that don't participate in any
formal competition.

Assuming similar ratios, which I don't think is unreasonable,
I would say just for the fact that online gaming on the PC has
a significant head start over consoles.

One can not refute the statements made by Activisions CEO
in their quarterly earnings report however.  Look at the emphisis.

http://investor.activision.com/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=179834

"He is excited about the console expectations, hence they are
raising their earnings expectations."

One has to wonder as the console approaches the equivalent of a
PC with game ports only and an ethernet module, and PC's
and video cards remain expensive, if consoles will dominate the
market?

On the other hand, note that the consoles are a "stake in the ground"
on graphics technology, and PC Games are with the powerful GPU's
drive down the cost of the GPU's, such that by the time they are produced
in the Consoles, the costs aer significantly reduced.  Eliminate the
PC market, and the GPU in the new console would clearly drive up
the prices of consoles.

Drop all PC support now.  PC's for general support, Windows, Office,
Web browsing, are $350. No PC based GPU's.  The console gets closer
to a PC with a HD, DVD, and MB all hidden, plus a new GPU that
has come out at $595.  NVidia/ATI need to make their R&D, engineering back,
and no PC market, the Console market will have to pay it.

How popular will a X560 be at $999? $400 box plus newly introduced GPU?
I will put my assessment on the line to say that PC Gaming drives down
the cost of consoles, which is the reason consoles are always a generation
or two behind at least on the GPU's.

Honestly, if a console had a controller with a wsad set, it is a PC. Console
users willing to pay to have the best GPU's? With PC gaming gone, the
new GPU's would be introduced in the consoles...


At 02:25 PM 11/17/2005, you wrote:
>>The majority of people buying CoD2 or any FPS does not even play
>>online.
>
>
>Is this because the majority plays them on Xbox or Playstations?

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Mark J. DeFilippis, Ph. D EE         defilm at acm.org
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