BigBoxGaming- " Nobody dislikes Call of Duty’s graphics or art direction, it is the lack of innovation in the series and the perceived “copy and paste” mentality that has started to permeate gamer’s opinion of the franchise."
"Now that they've achieved this level of fidelity in visuals, maybe Activision can work on some gameplay mechanics. Just joking...but seriously."
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
Activision: "we gonna need a bigger rucksack/backpack please"
Microsoft: "why's that"
Activision: "to carry yo' weak ass'
As of right now, there are no monopolies in the games industry, and for the sake of the medium as a whole, they never should either.
And yet the biggest tech companies in America are essentially that. They buy up all the small comps only to kill them off and steal what they have, and if they can't buy em they bleed them to death.
Eventually they’ll realize the value is with the employee not the company. Buying an IP means nothing if the people who contributed are let go. They’ll get it one day.
tech is different because they buy threats and then kill them. Twitter bought Vine and did nothing with it. Despite people seemingly liking it. Could've had tiktok a decade before bytedance. go figure.
They buy IPs not talent. That's why these buyouts never work and the IPs die. Right now it's too expensive to develop games - but I expect that to shift maybe as AI tools can make it easier. The best games have been indie games for awhile as big developers fuck their ips to death with "games as a service" -
On Amazon, you can't get an RTX 4090 for less than this one from Gigabyte, which now offers great value after an eye-catching April deal.
" Nobody dislikes Call of Duty’s graphics or art direction "
Then i guess im nobody
i only bought 1 call of duty game this gen and it was world at war for 20 bucks because the zombies lol. dont see why so many people buying the same cod every year. I didnt even play the actual cod multiplayer i just played the coop zombies lol. call of duty mp seemed lame and i liked resistance crazy weird weapons and 60 player 30vs 30 game matches. and killzone futuristic awesome tf2 type mp with 16 vs 16 mp. and warhawks starfox / twisted metal type flight combat with tons of vehicles and such. once you played those games cod mp seems weak and bland in comparison. glad i save over 400 dollars not buying all them lame cod games and dlc's every year. got enough money to buy the ps4 now. those of you with only a x360 console could had a ps3 by now if you didnt spend money on live and cod every year.
The problem with CoD is the company that owns it has no other intentions but to take as much money as possible from us.
For me it's not the graphics nor a lack of innovation. It's the lack of a robust, story-driven single player campaign that pushes me away from the series. COD has become the "Madden" of first person shooters in that since they feel the need to push a new sequel out every single year, there's simply not enough development time to flesh out a well-rounded title. I enjoy multiplayer as much as the next gamer but it will never take the place of finishing a deep satisfying single player experience.
I think the character models look great, but I rather have them focus on the environment graphics. For start true 1080p and make the stages look life like. Also try better to minimize the lag advantage for team death match.