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30v30 Maps on COD: Would Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 gamers want this?

By: Daniel Chubb | June 12, 2008 | 26 Comments


It’s an interesting point when we talk about the number of players allowed on a map in Call of Duty, when I have been playing COD4 online in a Team Death Match game it can get busy but as soon as you go into an 18 player game with 9v9…it’s madness at times. Now with PC gaming, some games have modes of play with 30v30 and some Sony PS3 and Xbox 360 games want this on a console games system.

Would console gamers want 30v30 online games in Call of Duty and could the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 handle it?

If the maps were made much bigger in Call of Duty 5, then I personally would love to play a 30v30 game, well as long as the host is passed to another player when the host leaves. This would be much more fun for me, but then there are gamers who like things a lot less mad.

The good thing with online FPS is having modes of play, you get to choose the type of online game you want and that’s the very reason we should have the option of massive 30v30 games.

The maps on Battlefield were always big and the Battlefield: Bad Company game shows you again some nice larger maps, if we can get this size map with 30v30 gameplay then we would have a much better game, but that game only supports 24 players online.

Why don’t we have a game on the Xbox 360 or Sony PS3 that supports big 30v30 games? Feel free to leave your opinion in the comments below.

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  • http://www.scea.com Ivan_PSP

    Well i know PS3 can handle that since Resistance 2 will be 60 players online. I love playing 30vs30 that will be awesome i don’t know about Xbox 360 but on PLAYSTATION 3 it will be great. Xbox Live lags too much so it might be a bad a idea since is multiplaform game.

  • BW

    I’m a big fan of the battlefield series on the PC. I’d love big 60 player rooms and maps on my PS3. We just need the publishers to host dedicated servers or allow clans to host their own servers like BF 2142.

  • Mike

    Most pointless article ever written, Resistance 2 has already been confirmed to have 60 player online modes.

  • Tony

    I play 32 vs 32 in Battlefield 2 all the time and its brilliant

  • VinTheDean

    If the Xbox Can’t handle it then it would not happen becuase they would want to make both versions the same.

    This would be another PS3 Game limited because of the 360. (the first that comes to mind is Ghostbusters which is the only one that has public to state this fact.)

  • ZOOB

    Yeah but nobody plays resistance.

  • Writer

    @VinTheDean

    thats not necessarily true. COD4 on PS3 could support more players online than the 360 version.

  • http://xbox.com XboxRules

    Nobody plays resistance? lol, resistnace owns…

  • http://na Rade6

    I don’t why people think it’s Live that lags, it’s peer to peer connection, it’s not the server that lags it’s either the host or one of the people playing the actual game. The Xbox can handle 30v30 but it wouldn’t make any sense to have 60 players playing in peer to peer connectivity, MS needs to change that in order to for that to happen. Personally, I wouldn’t enjoy a game with that many players.

  • Luke

    Resistance 1 on the PS3 has 40 players, Frontlines: Fuel of War on the 360 has 50 players, and Resistance 2 is boasting 60 players. So, yes, it’s entirely possible to support it. Do I expect it from an Activision rush-job? No.

    Even if they do implement it, expect it to be broken, and un-fun. This is not to say that Treyarch is a bad developer, but they’ve been pushed into an unfavourable position by Activision.

  • power of green

    is sad to say this, but with all the almighty power of the 360 the lag could kill the game, maybe a lesser hardware that doesn’t require too much demanding power like the ps3 can handle this type of game due the servers.

  • OMEN

    ZOOB

    your a dumb little kid.
    more people play resistance than gears of war, online.

  • OMEN

    Rade6
    is the system hardware,thats why it laggs,not only online but when u play gta4 and there is many thing on the screen like cops,it lags.
    ps3 doesnt lagg thats bad,it lags 70% less.

  • tit

    OMEN you sad pathetic troll, can you back up your 70% claim??? NO!

    Microsoft’s subscription pays for the users higher bandwidth which is why Frontline handles 50 players all using voice chat without a problem.

    With the PSN servers depending on where they are located you’re either going to have a constantly good connection or constantly bad one. PSN will never get the numbers to go peer to peer!!!!! XBL has over 11 million registered users. FACT

  • frazer369

    Will 11 million people be buying the one game, and playing it at the same time, err probably not, but i wouldn’t put it past them, since they all play first person shooters. Anyway last time i was on resistance which was about 3 days ago, their was about 8 rooms with full forty players in and many many more rooms with less, its more popular than i ever thought it would be. Not my kind of game, it does annoy me sometimes. I think CoD5 should do this, but some destructive element put in place as well, after playing battlefield BF addictivly since the demo came out i hope many more games follow this route.

  • InfectiousLaughter

    PSN has over 8 million users. FACT

    Thats not THAT much less than XBL. Certainly not enough to claim that PSN will never be able to peer to peer.

    60 player online would be really good but only if it was well done like Resistance 2 sounds. 40 player online on Resistance 1 was mental with grenades and rockets flying everywhere. With a big enough map and clever spawn points to keep team mates together would work very well. Would make it so there were a lot more intense battles but without making it totally hectic and elminating skill and strategy.

  • johnnyb

    Resistance only sold 2.5 million by the way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games#PlayStation_3

    Resistance 2 is yet to be released so try not to hype is much as you did with Haze because you’ll only be let down. The xbox currently handles the biggest online game at the minute which is 50 with Frontlines. Where is psn going to get the bandwidth for their bigger games??? I see they are already charging for pay per view demos.

  • simon

    @OMEN

    Stop making up silly claims you’re embarrassing yourself and ps3 users who want to make valid points. I’ve seen you in other forums doing this. YOU ARE A TROLL

    YOU NEED SOME FRIENDS

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  • IHateYouAll

    I Hate You All

    Go outside for a walk and join a sport, club, or cult. All are more productive that posting fanboyism and will increase your chances of having sex (i.e. high sperm count, more testosterone, etc.). Sitting in front of a computer screen for long periods of time can damage your eyes, which could result you one day making love to a swamp donkey or troll beast; nobody wants that. So quit posting fanboyism, get some fresh air and repopulate the plantet, or take my adive listed below.

    **Stop fanboyism; hang yourself**

  • Derrek

    Ok, i am not trying to be biased in any way.

    360 fanboys – 2.5 million on a launch game title is amazing, how bout u look at the reviews as well, Resistance supported 40 ppl at launch date no problem.

    and maybe know what your taklin about as well. Resistance 2 is being made by Insomniac, u can always trust they will ship a quality product

  • johnnyb

    Sorry Derrek Gears of War sold over 4 million

    Now that’s amazing for a launch game!

    Halo 3 sold 8.1 million, I say no more!

  • mikeknight

    sorry johnnyb but neither Gears of War or Halo 3 were launch titles!! man i hate blatant ignorance, both consoles are great!!

  • brandz

    ps3 cannot support as many as ps3 coz its rubbish OMG, resisitance is crap btw, gears ftw

  • Face

    PSN Network is terrible, it just is, and you cant say it is anything more. Needs to time to mature. Which is sad, this should have been a priority within Sony. If MS can nail it, literally everyone should be able too. XBL is soooooo far ahead its has to freak out Sony. Larger FPS is a ton of fun, i.e. Frontlines is a fun, rather unnoticed game and is much better than Resistance. COD4 would be and almost is Unreal Tournament to a T. It still has strategic elements but still is a run and gun. BF Bad Company is a great game and will have 24, thats about right. Frontlines w 50 led to amzing moments, but you literally would spawn get unloaded on. Still waiting for that Halo type game for Sony, sadly I think we all will be waiting for a looong long time. Killzone 2 is a possibility, but im not so sure…

  • john

    rumour of a 256 player FPS on PS3 in 2011