According to analyst Micheal Pachter, the next Call of Duty Game Sales will impact by Battlefield 4 and the next-generation consoles.
Many players on social media are now reporting unannounced matchmaking fixes have been put in place by Activision ranging from Call of Duty 3 to Modern Warfare 2 to Black Ops 2, on Xbox 360. Players are reporting that player counts are updating, lobbies forming, and matchmaking times have been reduced. Neither Activision nor Microsoft have commented on the matter when reached out to at this time. This is currently impacting both 360 and BC versions of the games. PS3 is not affected at this time.
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Multiple users coming forward saying the games are finally working again after years of server issues. Note that not all issues such as player counts are totally fixed at this time however matchmaking is fully working again. With legacy Call of Duty games releasing on Game Pass within the next 2 years, it does make sense for these servers to eventually be corrected. Good to see the preservation of these legendary games. Hopefully PS3 receives the same treatment for these legacy titles!
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Imagine that.
Conspiracy theory: MS have been planning on purchasing ABK for a long time. They let Sony outbid them for having console-exclusive CoD stuff/being first for certain dlc so the PlayStation player base would increase.
Years later, MS buy ABK, with plans to make CoD either exclusive/platform exclusive features etc with the release of a new console (Xbox Series X2?) So the established CoD player base migrates over to their platform, taking a huge percentage off Sony?
Wild theory
GameRevolution writes: "The Modern Warfare valid game session error is preventing lots of players from being able to play with their friends. Here is why you can't join your friend's lobby."
had this issue, adding my friends through Activision network resolved the issue though.
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I like Michael Pachter always seems to have a good comment. I disagree with him on Call of duty. The only way sales can be impacted is if the game gets stale with gamers. Call of duty needs to take a break and come back with an impact in the next generation of systems.
That makes sense since in this gen alone BF3 made an influence on cod on consoles and it didn't even run at all well in comparison to pc.
But when BF4 will be running beautifully on next-gen consoles (I hope) with 64 players and huge maps with epic warfare it would pretty much blow anything cod has to offer out of the water.
But COD's death won't be instantly caused by BF4. It will be slow and painful
FB2 will look incredible on next-gen systems. Just look how good it is on PC and the interior of buildings with the lighting effects and SFX. I have no doubt that BF4 will wow people with how it looks sounds and plays.
I just wish BF4 was like BF2142 and not set in modern combat. They should leave BF3 to be it's own game and create a new BF with it's own appeal and uniqueness.
If Activision were smart (and they're not), they'd focus on the next-gen Call of Duty. But, I'm willing to bet the one due later this year is for current gen. The next CoD needs to have as much of an impact as CoD4 did, and I don't think they're capable of that now.
That being said, EA's first person shooters have always felt clunky - especially Battlefield. That's one of the reasons it will never win over most CoD fans, no matter how fantastic it looks.
Shut up, Pachter.