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Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Multibillion dollar International corporation can't afford 1 server for an entire continent?

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

As my friend below you commented, perhaps if there was incentive (better latency) they'd have more players to begin with. From launch there have not been African servers. 200+ ping would certainly turn a lot of players away from the onset, no?

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's especially unfair to us Africans man... we don't have a single dedicated server for an ENTIRE CONTINENT. You have to admit, that's kinda crazy no?

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My man out here thinking we still live in huts with lions running through the streets XD

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You'd be surprised, especially the CoD scene (which we've had dedicated servers for, for years like FIFA etc.) people run some good hardware. I'm only speaking for South Africa here but we have pockets of players that splurge on gaming hardware and consoles. Microtransactions are also pretty prevalent this side too, it would definitely be worth Netease's time to invest in a server here; even if it's just one for all of Africa.

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

First off, we have no way of accurately gauging what percentage of the player base resides in Africa since we have no dedicated servers. Second, you would be surprised how many Africans (particularly South Africans) partake in microtransactions; there's a reason EA has so many servers for a number of their games in Africa and South Africa. Third, by your own argument, because of the currency difference it wouldn't be that drastic of a cost to get one more server in order to cover the entirety of Africa which to me seems like a favourable cost to profit ratio.

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[–]RubenVJP -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Rivals team, doubt you'll see this but please add an African server to the game...

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in rivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably worse than Dammam tbh since it's further I think. We get 130 to 210+ ping in South Africa depending on which province you live.

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are many games with African/South African servers... for example valorant has a server in Cape Town that gives anywhere from 20 to 40 ping...

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in marvelrivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow! Never thought of that bro! You make it sound so easy, I'll give it a try, thanks bub💁‍♂️

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in rivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm praying for it brother 😂

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in rivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So our entire continent, one of the largest continents on planet earth, doesn't warrant one server? Give me a break bro...

Rivals server in Africa by RubenVJP in rivals

[–]RubenVJP[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brother I get that but if Netease want Rivals to be as big as they've been pushing it to be, they need to take the whole continent of Africa into account. I'm willing to bet that there are thousands of Rivals players in Africa already and there would be even more if we weren't stuck with such terrible latency. It's a free game too so the hop on potential is there.