Ok, so the Battlefield 1943 launch may have been a little *too* successful, the game is live, but servers are so bogged down that no one can play it.
According to a post by DICE's Gordon VanDyke on the electronic arts forums, the game has been incredibly successful beyond their expectations. Server capacity was reached, and that means that now people can't join unless someone leaves.
There is hope, however, as they are committed to adding more servers ASAP to Xbox and in preparation PS3 that should start going up ASAP with priority on Xbox 360...
EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."
This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.
On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.
Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game
Carlos writes: "In terms of Battlefield, the past 10 years has seen the series go from strength to strength, and whilst there will be many who would argue that the hit and miss adventures of Battlefield: Hardline didn’t quite live up to the excitement that the series is so well known for, each and every entry has at least provided plenty to shout about. Should you look back far enough and manage to take your mind away from Battlefield: Bad Company 2, what you may well remember is a small, online-only multiplayer adventure that lit up the Xbox Live Arcade – Battlefield 1943."
Great little game but yet again, no offline bots so once the servers went, so did all its players. What a waste.
Game developers should - and can - trust the player to consume their entertainment while maintaining perspective.
Thats crazy that so many people purchased it on the first day they ran out of server space! wow
yeah ive been looking so forward to this! i loved bad company and havent played a good world war game since COD1
the game is fixed now or i can at least play, game is great!!!! worth the price and i be till xbox 360 reaches 43000000 kills to play coral sea
im greatly dissepointed :( its too arcade
I just hope the PS3 version doesn't go through the same troubles. Guess I'll find out tonight.