Originally posted by spudeeelad
Precisely. Port Forwarding either works or it doesn't, once it's setup it doesn't just fail, it would never have worked in the first place.
Internet is the same and so is Sony Network. Let's do a review of points of failure here;
Local Network - Nope, able to ping router and get on internet
Internet - Nope, able to get on internet
Sony Entertainment Network - Nope, able to sign in and play just about any other game
Treyarch Servers - Woops, Housten, we have a problem!
Port Forwarding has NOTHING to do with our problem. Not having certain ports open is not gonna make the game not work. In fact I've been playing every COD at college without the ability to forward my ports (has to do with not having a bridged connection.) Having a closed port means that you will have problems joining matches, friends' parties, and problems with voice chat. The game will play fine besides that. But you are right it's on their end, it just has to be. And it's sad they can't man up, take the blame, fix it, and compensate us for loss time, wasted money, and reimburse the people who bought hardened and couldn't even take advantage of the 2x XP (like me.)