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Far Cry 3 Will Not Have Dedicated Servers

Posted on Tuesday, November 20 @ 07:49:34 Eastern by Keri_Honea


An Ubisoft representative announced in the company's forums that Far Cry 3 will not support dedicated servers for the online multiplayer. The community manager has since said that this decision was made in the best interest of all gamers and was only made after careful consideration.

"The online experience does not support dedicated servers," Ubisoft said. "Of course we are not trying to kill the PC community. We have simply decided on a different way of handling multiplayer. We weighed the different options against each other to see what worked best, and what we came up with worked very well even without [dedicated servers]."

Ubisoft also insisted that this decision was not made due to any concerns over PC piracy. I'm sure we all believe that statement, given Ubisoft's stances on PC piracy and DRM for the PC in the past.

Does this make or break the game for you?
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  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez

    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Nov 20th, 2012 at 7:59 am
    *grumbles* Fuck you ubisoft.

    A+ to Keri
  • draftling
    draftling

    Joined: Jun 2012
    Posted: Nov 20th, 2012 at 9:31 am
    Pardon my ignorance in these matters, but by not having a dedicated server what dose that actually mean?
  • elmoreoocyte
    elmoreoocyte

    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Nov 20th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
    I can't tell you like tons of other folks on this site can, but when I played MW2 for PC no dedicated servers meant I saw much less diversity in the types of games I could join. It also (I think) means people can't, at least as easily (if at all), control who gets booted for being obnoxious or cheating.

    Again, I may be answering incorrectly so whoever can give a more technical answer, please be gentle.

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