[cod] CoD2 Linux / Win32 server breakdown ( linux has 75% )

[Rüdiger Meier]

On Wednesday 12 April 2006 21:52, Lestat wrote:
> Games without linux server doesn't have a lot of online servers so
> mean not a lot of players so mean not a lot of people buying it...

> A mass multiplayer game MUST have a linux dedicated server or it will
> die just because hoster have 75% or more linux box... So ok they are
> not forced to make any linux server but without online servers they
> will not sell theyr games... it's simple and mathematic

Thats partially right.
IMO it wouldnt have much influence on the sales figures of cod-2 but it 
would have a lot influence on the successor (cod-3 or whatever it will 
be).


> The big problem is that they release a patch without any advert about
> telling explicitly that player will no more able to play on 75% of
> the world server and 75% of luck theyr server for wich they have pay
> will not work...

I offered my cod-2 customers either paying their money back (If the 
server doesnt comes out the within next days) or making the servers 
more expensive on Windows machines (which I dont own so far)

> And of course no word about how to go back to the 
> previous version... (by the way need just to put back the MP.exe and
> the 2 d3d.dll)
>
> Steam is in that way really good because client and server will
> always be at the same version even if it is sometmes some
> problemes...

Dont you remember Dec 05?
100% of hlds linux servers went down after autoupdating. The downgrade 
for steam games is easy on server side if you have a daily backup but 
utopic to explain that all these kids who are owning the clients.

I really hate the steam concept - also because its much more work to
separate the global and local part of an installation.

> So it's true that we have no way to recalim a linux server/patch but
> they must remember/learn that without 75% of the server they would
> sell 75% less games!

Yep its like they would release a new Firefox which cant browse apache 
webservers anymore...

cu,
Rudi