| reply to stephenju
Advertising This product is an international play.
Advertising, guys. When you launch a server, it takes a while to set it up-- and during that time you watch an ad. This whole initiative will be supported by ads, then digital downloads, new services, etc.
Remember, this is a whole different model from the model where you rent one BF2 server to stay up 24/7-- these are dynamic servers; you start one then it drops back into the ecosystem. The cost is much different.
The Fios Tournament did hold in practice for a few days while we started the PlayLinc beta. On the other hand, without PlayLinc there would have been no way for that many people to play simultaneous one-on-one games-- so I'm glad we made it happen.
Let's see... we do support RTS games, but generally through GAN-- PlayLinc has this feature, a totally unique one, where you can launch a LAN game across the net. So you can host your Red Alert 2 or Starcraft game on your own system and play against your buddies on the net.
Thanks for the comments!
Jason Henderson
Games Product Manager
Verizon Communications |
