BC2 Server and Connection Issues
According to sources, the last few days of connection issues is because BC2 for PC has outsold BOTH consoles, which was unexpected. The crashes are due to new servers going on line....Read below
BC2 PC currently has more players then either console (indivdually - not collectively).
EA announced that they are putting up new servers to help with the server browser connections, loss of connection to the EA account server and crashing problems. They are confident that this will fix a lot of issues. They've also apparently asked GSP's to temporarily suspend installing new BC2 servers until EA's new servers are online. They apparently underestimated the number of PC servers that would be put up.
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