COD: World at War beta not coming to Sony PS3
Filed under: Gaming, PC Games, Xbox 360 | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: September 30, 2008 | 24 Comments
For those Sony PS3 gamers who were looking forward to trying out COD: World at War beta, we have some bad news for you. The online multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War will only be available for PC and Xbox 360.
This is nothing new, when Infinity Ward launched Call of Duty 4 beta last year, it was only made available for the Xbox 360. That will do nothing to ease the anger of PlayStation 3 owners, but I guess it is something we will just have to live with.
An Activision representative did say that the reason why the online multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War will only launch on the Xbox 360 and PC is because of increased server and connectivity data. Oh well, the game looks doomed from the start, I want modern weapons not old ones.
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Get Socom instead! it’s the mutt’s nutt’s.
This is why we like to pay a small fee for Xbox LIve, i’ve got nothing against PSN it is free after all and is an adequate service for many less online orientated players but to those who claim PSN is on par with Live and claim we’re stupid to pay a fee, i can only reiterate that you only get what you pay for, the fee guarantees adequate servers are always provided and does’nt rely on the good will of the game makers.
What does that have to do with PS3 users not being involved in a Beta? They will have to have it all in place for when the game ships anyways so it’s not like the servers won’t be there…
Good. I will not play it then. I’ll be happy playing Resistance instead.
My problem is that if developers will not support the users why should we support them. Developers have been giving the PS3 the shaft since day one and frankly I am getting tired of it. If they are getting paid a bunch of money to make a game exclusive or to make it a times release then fine. They are like all other greed businesses and they are trying to make the most money they can, but if it is suppose to be equal then make it equal. No more crashing PS3 version or in last years Madden 30fps, and then they wonder why the game does not sell as well. I will not be buying this game. Demo are a great chance for me to play the game first to determine whether I like the game before I buy it, and many games I have bought because the demo was so much fun (resistance, Heavenly sword, Star wars: Force Unleached, and Naruto: Ultimate Ninja to name a few). So good luck but I will not purchase this game nor promote this game in the store I work in. Resistance for PS3 or Gears for XBOX.
It’s a Beta not a demo… The purpose is too TEST the online section of the game, if it was a demo then it would be available for download for all via PSN or XBOX live. google the difference between beta and test and it might stop you sounding like an idiot!
@ Rob.W
I think it is you that is missing the point, without full beta testing by a large demographic of the online gaming community, the online section of the game is far more likely to be buggy and problematic on the PS3 version and i’m sure the PS3 community don’t want another sub par port.
I was referring to the comment about playing a demo to determine whether to buy the game or not. Most Beta’s are restricted and don’t accommodate every PS3 user out there, whereas a demo is for one and all. The article makes no mention of whether a demo will be coming to all platforms or not…
I totally agree this game and all others should be beta tested on all platforms, from what i remember CoD:4 was just as buggy for Xbox and PS3 upon release even after beta test that was soley for xbox?
I said it was “far more LIKELY to be buggy” not that it was certain, they could get lucky i guess but the odds are better if it’s FULLLY beta tested, as for COD4 i don’t own that game, i borrowed it for a week and never played online but i’ll take your word for it. I’ve heard of more games having online bugs on PS3 ports than on the 360, i’m not a fanboy and i don’t wish to turn my point into a flame war, i just think there is an advantage to had in paying a small price for xbox live.
Stop getting your knickers in a knot sony fanboys you can still play the open beta on the PC and stop hating on the game its their choice and to be frank with you its hard to get a beta onto the ps3 and distribute codes because there is servers for each game dedicated for xbox and normal servers for PC. Why don’t you look at videos for the game its the same version as the xbox360 with co-op and multiplayer and kickass singleplayer and you know im fuckign voer people going “its not cod4 so it must suck” you dooschbags are proberbly missing out on one of the best games of the year for Resistance 2 it looks the same as the last one if i was you i would wait for Killzone 2 that game has way more innovation Resistance is just “bigger” this and “bigger” that with no atention to atmosphere, story or how the servers will run the game. Treyarch aren’t out to get you with not releasing the beta for the PS3 and it will not be a port ask anyone out there on the internet it is so much easier to beta test a game on the XBOX360 and PC then the PS3 all games have done it, its just the demo’s which are the exception this way they can iron out the roblems on these 2 platforms then give you ps3 guys a fully done game its not as if one day Treyarch were like “HEY GUYS WE MIGHT AS WELL START ON THE PS3 VERSION ITS GETTING A BIT LATE, NAH WE MAY AS WELL GIVE THEM A CRAPPY GAME” they are working on the ps3, pc, xbox360, ds and wii versions all at the same time there is no preference out at Treyarch and why would they want to cut corners they have already said they are sick and fucking tired of being Infinity Ward’s bitch and want to stand out on their own. By the way the writer of this article is a doosch!