Infinity Ward has posted the following update on their official forums.
"Wanted to keep you informed with the information we're getting back from the server team. They have made some updates which they feel should resolve the connection problems. If you are still experiencing issues, please provide us with as much important network information as you can, for example:
Your ISP
What's your Router
NAT level
etc.
As much info as you can provide, so we make sure everyone is taken care of.
As always, please let us know if you are still experiencing problems so we can keep the server team on it for you.
A patch isn't required, this issue is unrelated to the game's code. It's a Networking issue with the servers being slammed by the amount of people playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.
The only real issue is that the servers we're getting hit really hard, especially with the launch in Europe doubling that traffic, just something that requires optimizing on the server side and we've been working with the PSN COD4 Server team from the moment it started having issues assisting any way we can to help them get them up to speed faster.
Thanks for all the patience everyone, and this will not be a long term problem and as I said is merely server downtime issues."
MW 2019 is five years old at this point and on previous gen hardware, but it is still the best looking Call of Duty game to date.
MW was an excellent videogame. They messed up Spec Ops big time, but aside from this it was a huge step in the right direction initially. Most notably, at launch it seemed to come from a very cohesive creative vision that was felt across gameplay, to story to art style/visual direction. It was also very notably written by prominent ex-Naughty Dog guys that quit almost immediately before release.
That COMPLETELY dissolved through post-launch content and the full pivot to a "cross-mode" narrative that completely obliterated the cohesion in overall story direction. Warzone then "became" the new face of Call of Duty and the franchise completely removed itself from anything remotely creatively "good". It is a pure money machine, so I kinda get why they're doing it....but I personally completely lost interest.
I would love to see Infinity Ward move off CoD and get to make their own product with full control. They clearly have some massive talent in their ranks but it's perverted by Activision's corporate interests.
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The original Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2 games have been drawing players back in
I really hope we get other activision games on GP soon. My dream would be Scarface but I know the license probably expired
Love me some Scarface! I even bought the comics. Yeah, licensing would probably be an impasse.
I played through Scarface again last year and it still holds up. Such a fun game. I would love for Xbox to get the rights back to remaster Scarface and make a sequel. It sold well and they had plans for Scarface 2, 3, and 4. With how long it takes Rockstar to make games the market is wide open.
That game was so much fun. Expected a cheap GTA clone but it was a good drug empire building game.
They didn't just have plans but there's actual gameplay out there for scarface 2
Seriously man we need games like
True crime
Sleeping dogs
Watch dogs( more like original not legion)
And proper saints row
GTA can’t be the only option we need other games
None of those games had dedicated servers on console in the first place? Were always player hosted. Did something change?
The 2.0 and COD4 problem that is bricking systems?
First COD3 now COD4....too bad....
Not all are affected but check out the www.us.playstation.com forums for reports.
So, they either more servers or a bigger network pipe (or the server code is FUBAR).
im so damn pissed!!!!!
i just played it on my friends xbox, was working perfect, WTF IW!!!!!! i havent been able to play one game online!!!! ONE FREAKING GAME!!!!
I haven't been able to step online with the ps3 version either. I don't really care, though. Warhawk and Resistance are better anyways. I loved COD4, but I'm not crying over the online aspects at all. I will probably not be playing thru it again or even touching it. I'm probably going to give it away on my blogsite like I usually do to games I've beat that are 3rd party.
Man, somebody needs to add mouse/kb support for the PS3 :)