Why does nobody play zombies anymore?

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Often when i try find a coop game, it's always empty.

[Thomas Turbando, o jurista]

Everyone is playing BO3 zombies instead.

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Originally posted by Thomas Turbando, o jurista:

Everyone is playing BO3 zombies instead.

that is very dissapointing.

[The Great Buran]

Nothing to do with the fact people are on other zombies, Its just Offical servers are not available, which has killed COOP but multiplayer IS ALIVE, PDG servers 1-3 depending where you are, up to 50 players on some servers there big

[The Great Buran]

peer to peer coop does still work though through steam

[ladygagafan404]

BO3 has workshop, downloading maps can be done on steam. So you don't have to worry about installing a exe which might or might not have a virus.

[Thomas Turbando, o jurista]

Originally posted by PanzerKampfwagen V:

Nothing to do with the fact people are on other zombies, Its just Offical servers are not available, which has killed COOP but multiplayer IS ALIVE, PDG servers 1-3 depending where you are, up to 50 players on some servers there big

Yeah, nothing to do with the fact that people have continuously been abandoning this game (as far as zombies is concerned) to play newer zombies. Maybe if you actually played zombies you would have seen it happening yourself.

[Zoisite]

i play cod waw zombies everyday for the past few years ill play with you

[Kelb Shelb]

cause i cant even make an online account

[Barack Obama]

It's a bit sad but people usually play in custom maps, if someone wants to play a map they can invite me

[Joseph09]

they do its just that the official servers dont work anymore. so the only way you can actually play with other people is adding them as a friend on waw and inviting them to your game.

[lewosch]

Originally posted by Nebukadnezar:

Often when i try find a coop game, it's always empty.

since WaW's release, the server browser for co-op is kind of broken, so it doesn't show most of the actual lobbies, even when refreshing the list. for a 13-year-old game, there are still many people who are in zombies, but most of them are either playing solo or private matches with their mates. for the lobbies getting visible on server browser, I believe host player must have a proper NAT status (port forwarding is recommended for this).

you may seek for partners to play zombies together, either on this community board or some Discord servers. remember that you should add each other in-game friends list, as nicknames (and friends list) in WaW and steam are separate. if you need more info about certain errors while inviting/joining co-op lobbies, you can check this topic.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/10090/discussions/0/3079873787849892043/

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Originally posted by PanzerKampfwagen V:

peer to peer coop does still work though through steam

WaW doesn't have any steamworks features and uses its own in-game profiles for playing online modes. that's also the reason why steam/valve can't do anything about recent profile creation issues (affecting only those who bought it within last ~ 2 months), as it's totally on treyarch's end. players with steam version and retail DVD version can play together, because WaW isn't steamworks integrated.

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Originally posted by soggy sandwitch:

cause i cant even make an online account

I understand your frustration and being new to the game, but the problem mentioned by OP is known to be happening for more than a decade. such questions may also be found if searched on internet. compared to numbers of old-time players, people who got WaW within last two months are possibly little, and many of them also refunded the game as soon as they noticed the profile creation troubles.