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Anonymous

01/14/26(Wed)06:42:00 No.730792931

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What happened to server browsers?, why modern devs so hesitant on adding it?

Anonymous
01/14/26(Wed)06:48:11 No.730793145

Anonymous 01/14/26(Wed)06:48:11 No.730793145

>>730792931
Server browsers are a good indication of the player base and they don't allow developers to use matchmaking nonsense such as putting you in lobbies you'll pubstomp when you buy a new skin, skill based match making and so on.

The average gamer is still going to buy a game without a server browser, nobody really has no server browser as the reason they don't buy.
So it gets cut. It's an easy way to cut down on design costs, prevent the game death spiraling because "dead game" and allows retarded matchmaking algorithms.

Anonymous
01/14/26(Wed)06:57:06 No.730793480

Anonymous 01/14/26(Wed)06:57:06 No.730793480

>>730793145
>nobody really has no server browser as the reason they don't buy.
Its the only reason I haven't bought any of the last few battlefield games

Anonymous
01/14/26(Wed)07:32:33 No.730794771

Anonymous 01/14/26(Wed)07:32:33 No.730794771

>>730793145
FBPB

Anonymous
01/14/26(Wed)07:44:53 No.730795265

Anonymous 01/14/26(Wed)07:44:53 No.730795265

>>730792931
>why dont we let people see we lie about player counts
Because it can be used as a tool to expose their money laundering

Anonymous
01/14/26(Wed)08:52:29 No.730797904

Anonymous 01/14/26(Wed)08:52:29 No.730797904

>>730792931
Mods