Kotaku:
Last year, as you might remember, this website leaked almost everything there was to know about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
As you might also remember, Modern Warfare 3 did okay. Like, $775 million in its first five days okay. People could easily go on the Internet and read extensive spoilers on every single one of the game's missions and plot points. But they bought it anyway.
Recently, players of Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone were met with a new bundle featuring the B.E.A.S.T. Glove, inspired by King Kong's armament in the Godzilla x Kong movie. However, the $80 price tag attached to this themed accessory left many Call of Duty fans feeling underwhelmed.
Morons that allow themselves to be milked continuously by this company is the definition of irony.
Spend more $$ and you'll end up In easier lobbies so you win both ways when ya spend that cash
Controversy in the COD community feels like it happens within an alternate timeline. Activision will take the piss with something, there will be a momentary fuss about it, and then they will forget about it and carry on anyway. Repeat this cycle literally every year for the rest of time.
I'm so tired of hearing about what they're doing with this game, its never going to change and it's never going to value the consumer over money, furthermore the people who engage so heavily in the microtransactions I guess allegedly are having a blast and can't wait to do it some more this year when the new version of the game drops.
Hanzala from eXputer: "I do appreciate GTA 6, Rockstar, but if I could trade it for a new L.A. Noire or a Bully game, I'd do so in a heartbeat."
How are they lost? You can get L.A. Noire on Steam, PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch and Bully is on the PS5 and Xbox Series too.
Whenever gta 6 launch we won't be getting another rockstar title for another 10 years lol but on the positive side they bou to come back n show how open world supposed to be done 🔥
The famous comedy duo is the latest example of pop culture becoming one big grey blob
Certain to have some sort of reference to their online store for CBD/THC chews, which is advertising heavily online the last month or two.
The randomness of the multiplayer characters is one of reason I quit playing COD after briefly returning in 2022. We got Space Marines, rappers, tree monsters etc. all in a series called “ Modern Warfare”.
I think he's on to something here.
"In other words, last year's leak helped prove something that people in the video game industry just don't seem to understand: Knowledge isn't harmful."
It sold because it's Call of Duty, not because of groundbreaking story telling, incredible surprises or unique gameplay. E.g. Call of Duty's sales really don't prove anything.
Would you want the internet knowing every plot twist in a movie or game that is yet to come out? The whole reason you anticipate something is because you don't know what's going to happen. Would Dark Knight Rises top the box office if everyone already knew the entire story?
Knowledge _is_ harmful, in particular to new IPs, story based games and less established (read: non-mainstream) franchises.
I think there's far more serious problems in the gaming industry that are a lot worse than devs and pubs not talking.
No risk taking and lack of innovation due to spiraling development costs for a lot of AAA games is probably the biggest problem.
I think the issue here is that game devs don't want to talk because of the competitive nature of the industry. It's called protecting your investment. The investment you spent hundreds if not thousands of manhours on. It's called building up hype for your product so that it'll sell come release date.