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How Long Can Activision Keep Putting Out Call of Duty?

Holygrenade questions when Activision will finally hammer the last nail into Call of Duty's coffin, a question all the more important as a new console generation looms.

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SavageKuma4096d ago

as long as people give them money, there will always be a call of duty.

Metamorph934096d ago

Lol. Very true. Black Ops 2 is the last CoD for me. I've only played it about 5 times since its release. Perhaps if they fixed the hacks and glitches, it wouldn't be so bad. They only care about their $500 million in 24 hours sales rather than what the fans think.

ChrisW4096d ago

Don't you know the conspiracy theory going around? They purposely put in glitches and make it easy for people to hack.

--The glitches are for people to waste hours trying to find. And they look forward to the next game to see how hard it'll be to find the glitches.

--Making it easy to be hacked... well... another marketing ploy? Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if it was!

RickHiggity4096d ago

@ChrisW. No one said it was a conspiracy. Activision just doesn't care enough to fix the issues.

joab7774096d ago

Black ops 2 was actually pretty good...considering. If they are smart, they have been building a big bad ass next gen version of modern warfare for launch. It wont be smart to release a lesser quality one along side gta5 and next gen consoles. Hell, make a deal with microsoft or Sony for a bundle and make MW the face of the launch. But it has to look fantastic.

I am not a cod fan. I play rpgs but i bought black ops for zombies. I just think that despite belief to the contrary, a visible death of cod could hurt the video game industry. It can die after a succesaful launch, but it could also help it succeed. Imagine a 16 yr old seeing a next gen version. Every kid in american will want a console for xmas.

aceitman4096d ago

they will as long as it sells a few million copies

morkendo234096d ago

until the cow stop milking "CALL OF DUTY" it will be around.

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Funky_Homosapien4096d ago

They need to combine Infantry ward and Treyarch and release games every two years not yearly.

Metamorph934096d ago

Black Ops 2 was made by both Infinity Ward and Treyarch. That's why it's similar to the Modern Warfare series.

punisher994096d ago

"How Long Can Activision Keep Putting Out Call of Duty?"

Who knows? Its such a generic mediocre game with no sense of innovation. But I guess none of that matters as long as it keeps selling millions there will always be another sequel. I've said it once and I'll say it again, Call Of Duty is probably the biggest anomaly of this generation.

soultecc4096d ago (Edited 4096d ago )

until the braindead sheep take thair goggles off and notice how crap the series actually is

Hicken4096d ago

Well, I agreed, but I won't say it's crap.

It's just not as great as people want to believe it is.

The games are still enjoyable, but with how little they change, they're definitely not worth the full price they charge, ESPECIALLY when that price goes up a few months later when the DLC drops(which you NEED in order to get the full multiplayer experience out of the game).

But as long as people are still buying tens of millions of copies, Activision won't feel any pressure to change anything.

Reborn4096d ago

It's business.

It sells well. Why would they stop? When it stops doing so well.. two things could happen.

1. They may stop totally making COD - rare.
2. They go back to the drawing board, and look at how to properly enhance aspects which made it good to begin with. - Possible

But neither of those two will happen.. whilst it rakes in the cash.

TotalSynthesisX4096d ago

Activision killed off Guitar Hero when it started slacking in sales. It's not entirely out of the realm of possibility that Acti might axe CoD too.

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Players claim Fortnite ruined Call of Duty by letting in more corporate greed

Do you remember what gaming was like before Fortnite entered the gaming space? One of the biggest arguments was about loot boxes. Now we have conversations about crossovers, battle passes, and community outreach.

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GoodGuy097d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Idk. Loot boxes did disappear and battle passes and in game purchases are all cosmetic. We get free weapons and maps post launch, any gameplay affecting content. I could care less about all the cosmetics.
I absolutely hated the days where weapons were locked behind a less than 1% chance lootbox pull where it'd take 5+ hours to have enough tokens to do a single pull and lazy remastered/remake maps cost you $15 each wave or $50 for the season pass that you didn't know what you'd get and these maps were only available to those that bought it so you get a smaller pool of players match with.

Tacoboto6d ago

The "good ole days" are actually what drove me away from COD and Halo 3/Reach. Halo 4 becoming a COD-like drove me away from that only a week or so after it launched and I beat its campaign.

It sucked way back then, going a month or two without playing online-shooter-of-the-moment, and then needing to buy a $15 map pack to play with the majority of the population or your favorite playlist. The "community" rejecting Spartan Points in MCC killed that game's support, too. No revenue = no support, plain and simple.

Cacabunga6d ago

That headline could easily be something Spencer could have said 😅 I had to check if it was really an opinion piece

KyRo6d ago

As times gone on, the COD battle pass has got ALOT worse so they can push people to buy the more premium battle pass which itself is a huge rip off and nearly half the price of the base game.

The cosmetics can be fine but they've taken it to far to the point of no return. Why make a military themed game then have rabbits, dinosaurs, cats, rats & z list rappers as skins? You wouldn't add a Lamborghini to a fantasy RPG to replace a horse and you would never see Mario have limb dismemberment because they know what they are. COD is having identity crisis but kids and streamer but then all

franwex6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Call of duty can simply not copy the bad aspects of Fortnite? Or is that too out of this world? Like COD, a realistic shooter-just HAD to have Nicki Minaj running around? Or super heroes?

Inverno6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Exactly! Trends don't all need to be followed. Plus where Fortnite got somewhat better with it's monetization, Acti got worse. Or at least Fortnite has lended itself more to the wacky stuff, and has put more effort and quality into that stuff.

jjb19816d ago

I prefer the battle passes with free maps than the $50 season pass that divided the community. I definitely feel that Fortnite had some influence on CoD having loot boxes with Blackout being introduced in 2018 with Black Ops 4.

PRIMORDUS6d ago (Edited 6d ago )

Actually Fortnite bullshit ruined Unreal Tournament. Epic are sellouts and I will never have that shitty store on my PC, fuck them and that shit bag Tim Sweeney. At least the community keeps the games alive, I still play UT2004.

StoneTitan6d ago

I mean cant really blame them for supporting the game that made them the most money and the most people player...ever?

Psychonaut856d ago

Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance.

Ra30305d ago

100% correct! The makers of Call of Duty ran out of ideas long, long ago so they take ideas from other games like Ghost Recon, Fortnite and any other FPS game hat had success hell CoD remasters maps that they've remastered several times already then charge you again for it. Call of Duty is simply a cut, copy and paste and then put the $70 price on it every year. Activision and now Microsoft has been essentially remastering Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare every year since it was released in 2007 its to the point it's worse than the sports game like the Madden, NBA and others yearly sports franchises.
@Psychonaut85 is spot on "Call of Duty ruined Call of Duty. They needed no outside assistance"!

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Massive new COD Black Ops Gulf War leak lifts the lid on loadouts

The Black Ops Gulf War leaks continue with a list of weapon descriptions giving more info on what you can expect from new and returning weapons.

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Call of Duty Players Disappointed by $80 B.E.A.S.T. Glove Bundle Deal

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.

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Kaii14d ago

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

melons13d ago

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.

Gridknac13d ago

They call that a crack head! Thats what this is really about, its an addiction. People who dont smoke cigarettes look and laugh at the addicts that spend $8-$10 a pack, but they cant help themselves, they are addicted. That same analogy applies perfectly to the whole MT industry. Only an addict that was not thinking clearly would spend this kind of money on something so frivolous. A round of multiplayer provides the same high a person gets from scratching a lotto ticket, or putting money on a sports bet. MT in general need to really be regulated because you have a generation of kids becoming adults who grew up only knowing the MT era of gaming. Its normal to them and they will in turn teach their kids the same by just being a gaming parent and getting their kids involved with them in gaming. Thats why no matter how ridiculous the headlines keep getting out of the MT industry, it never seems to fade or go away.

X-2312d ago

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.