During the Modern Warfare 2 no-dedicated servers controversy, DICE was quick to say they would be supported in PC versions of Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Well, with one exception: Players would have to rent them, rather than build their own.
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“This does not earn DICE a profit,” Van Dyke told Eurogamer. “But we will see where the game goes and support it post launch.”
Eurogamer notes that this policy is a first for the series; previous entries such as Battlefield 2 and Battlefield 2142 supported community-built dedicated servers. DICE says.
DICE Explains BFBC2 Server Policy [Eurogamer]
