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Why Call of Duty will Never Fail

Tribune writes: "This decade has been infested with first person shooters. There is a reason why developers all around the world are choosing the genre, it comes down to simplicity. Ever since the days of Halo and even before than, shooters have never really had depth as a genre. Halo happened to re-define the controls on the consoles making the genre a lot more accessible and easy to learn."

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Valay4609d ago

It probably won't fail in terms of a sales perspective. Black Ops has still been hitting the top ten NPD charts.

Ziriux4609d ago

Exactly, I think purely on sales and profit to the developer is going to keep going and copies will sell. The only damage they might do is to their core audience, which hasn't minded the quality of the games.

decrypt4609d ago (Edited 4609d ago )

Console gamers only have 1 game that actually runs at 60fps as a first person shooter. Sure there is Halo but thats xbox exclusive.

I feel console gamers like COD because it provides the smooth experience other first person shooters dont, since other shooters on console are only 25-30fps. Hence console gamers are very very limited in choice, they are essentially limited to the COD series if they want a smooth experience, which is why i dont see this franchise going down anytime soon.

limewax4609d ago

All trends die, CoD will too one day.

Dart894609d ago

Of course in sells it won't.But in quality damn does it sux big time.

Cinotix4609d ago

Whats quality these days though? The length of the single player, the depth of the multiplayer. I think in regards to the online component besides battleflield and gears of war I can't think of any other games that even try to offer something good.

decrypt4609d ago

@dart89

Its 60fps on console as a shooter, there isnt another shooter asides halo which is exclusive that provides the smooth experience that COD can provide, and since kids on consoles like to shoot stuff COD sells well.

Its not like console gamers have a verity to play genres like MMO's, RTS which imo severely limits their choice to FPS and since COD is the only multiplat FPS that provides a 60fps game play they are very choice limited.

RedHotChiliPepaSpray4609d ago

@cinotex
your not thinking very hard then

masteroftheclaw4609d ago

I wasn't sure what to think when I read the title, but the points presented in the article actually make a lot of sense. No matter what some people say, it's true that the series is hugely popular with tons of people. Many gamers play it and so too do many not-really-gamer people for its simplicity.

I think it'll definitely keep going strong unless somehow on day people don't like FPS games anymore. But when would that be?

Cinotix4609d ago

Never. As long as it's idiot made it'll be a commercial sales success for the developer, it's the type of world we're in idiots run it as proven by Call of Duty's yearly success.

ThatGuyInTheHat4609d ago

I'm actually anxious to see the sales comparison myself. Honestly, I'm pulling for MW3.

Ziriux4609d ago

I hate to say as much as I dislike Call of Duty, I'm afraid there won't be a comparison between the two in sales maybe in quality yes and I think that Battlefield will take it there.

Cinotix4609d ago

I think that Battlefield will clime a bit but nothing to give competition. At least not for the next couple of years it takes more than just improvements to beat your competitor.

cb8104609d ago

It doesn't matter what they put out, people will buy it. I know I will

Ziriux4609d ago

I don't know this year has Arkham City, Assassins Creed, Battlefield 3, it's going to be a busy season. Hopefully some parents will skip MW3 and buy AC Revelations.

Muitnorts4609d ago

I'm certainly skipping it for a bit this year. No way I'm juggling it with Batman, Uncharted 3 and Skyrim.

Godmars2904609d ago

because like good, gamers are dumb.

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Two Decades Later, the Original Splinter Cell is Still a Masterpiece

They don't make games like this anymore.

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vgvill7d ago

Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.

Jingsing7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.

TheProfessional7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.

rlow17d ago

I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.

vgvill7d ago

They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.

PrecursorOrb7d ago

Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company

Chocoburger6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.

Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast13d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk12d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast12d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk12d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac12d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk12d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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