If they gave us free dedicated servers it would be more popular regardless of the game type so they are WRONG! They do have control to a degree. Their statement is nothing but a hand washing trying to make us think they cannot affect the situation.
Why does my UT 99 DM server have more people playing it than kill confirmed in CODG??? Because it's a dedicated server that I have admin access to and I can keep all the sh*t bags off of it that take the fun out of the game.
It's a simple remedy really and I don't know why they don't just suck it up and do it. I feel like I am dealing with a dev team that's lazy and cannot see simple logic that would actually make their jobs easier. Whatever the reason truly is it's damn sad and I'll be keeping my future $$ from them until I die... unless they release a game with downloadable dedicated server support.