Modern Warfare 3 beta already plagued by cheaters despite PlayStation exclusivity
Activision Just a few hours in, the Modern Warfare 3 PS4 open beta has been flooded with cheaters.
Modern Warfare 3 is in the middle of an open beta exclusive to PlayStation players. The beta covers plenty of ground, showing fans what comes next in the storied Call of Duty franchise.
Plenty of new features, such as the aggravating Battle Rage, are in the beta. Conversely, plenty of returning features and maps are coming back, making MW3 look promising.
However, one feature that hasn’t been fun is cheaters. The latest wave of players has gotten access to the beta and has ruined the experience for many.
Cheaters plaguing the Modern Warfare 3 open beta
The first weekend of the MW3 beta began October 6 for players who preordered Modern Warfare 3, and opened up for players who didn’t preorder on October 8. This initial beta is only available for PlayStation players, which makes it all the more puzzling that hackers are already a problem.
Hours after the floodgates opened for non-preorder players, clips surfaced of cheaters ruining the experience for others. PS4 players with jailbroken consoles are the prime suspects.
Players were quick to comment on this blatant cheating with the top comments reflecting on the bad rep PC players get, regarding cheating.
“And cod players blamed PC crossplay for cheats. PS was the issue all along” responded one Twitter user.
Another player commented in defense of PlayStation players “Nah for Warzone and ranked play it’s only the pc players this is the first time I’ve seen ps4 actually doing something.”
Regardless of which platform cheats the most, cheating in Call of Duty has been an issue for quite some time. In an attempt to negate it, Activision launched its own anti-cheat, Ricochet, last year.
However, it seems like the system isn’t perfect as seen above. Hackers have been a pesky problem for CoD’s developers over the past few years, and it seems as if these deviants aren’t letting up any time soon. Even if they have to modify a console to do it.