Fix Modern Warfare 2 Timed Out Waiting on Playerstats Error [Reason: NIAMEY – KINSER]

Have you encountered the error “Timed out waiting on playerstatus [Reason: Niamey – Kinser]” and you have no idea how to solve it in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Modern Warfare 2 was recently released on all platforms and as you would guess, players started to buy and play the game in huge numbers. Overall, the game has great graphics, an excellent armory, and as you would expect, a very smooth and fun-to-play combat system. Unfortunately, there are a lot of problems with the game right now. The “Niamey Kinser” error is one example of such a problem. Find out why you’ve been disconnected, and the game is “waiting on playerstatus” here by reading to the end of this article.

How to Fix Timed out Waiting on Playerstatus Error Code Niamey – Kinser in Modern Warfare 2

If you are facing this error when trying to play Modern Warfare 2, you have come to the right place for a solution. These are community-sourced fixes so we cannot guarantee that they will work for everyone. However, you should know that a few players who tried these fixes were able to resolve the issue for them. No harm in trying them out either way. We suggest you try the first fix before the second one.

Fix 1

• Go to the Documents folder from “This PC” and look for the Call of Duty folder.

• You can either delete this folder or rename it to playersBeta. We suggest the latter as you will have a backup in case anything goes wrong.

• Launch Modern Warfare 2. It will ask you to complete the first-time setup again (adjusting brightness, gamma, etc.). Remap your controls as well.

• The game should work fine for you now but if the problem still persists, restart your system and that should do the trick.

Fix 2

• Go to the game client that you are using the play Modern Warfare 2 and click on Options, which is next to the Play button.

• Select the option to open the file location.

• Double-click on the _BETA_ folder.

• Select the COD.EXE file and right-click on it.

• Select Properties and head over to the Compatibility tab.

• Check the Run as Administrator option.

With that, we are done with this guide on how to fix Modern Warfare 2 “Timed out waiting on playerstatus [Reason: Niamey – Kinser]” error. In case there are any new fixes or news on this issue, we will be sure to update this article. Be sure to check again. For more COD content, click on this link. Thank you for reading this article.