Call of Duty Black Ops 4: Treyarch defends decision to ditch single-player campaign

Treyarch's flashy reveal of Call of Duty Black Ops 4 amounted to a confirmation of what had leaked: this game breaks with tradition by not having a single-player campaign, but it does have a battle royale mode and expanded multiplayer to compensate. And yet, the reveal left us with more questions than answers. Earlier this year, Eurogamer heard the campaign - or at least the closest Black Ops 4 had to a campaign - had been scrapped and the game restructured to focus on multiplayer. Why did this happen?

[UCForce]

I read it. But OH MY ******* GOD ! This the most PR BS that I ever read. Who think is good idea to get rid of SP mode and add BR mode ? Why they can’t do both ? You are literally destroyed the half of COD DNA.

[-Foxtrot]

Why will people buy this and support shitty practices? It means if this does well other companies will follow because in the end they won't have to put as much effort into making newer games, just let people make their own replay value

I love the spin he gives on how solo players can play solo missions...they'll be shit compared to an actual campaign. I don't like COD so I shouldn't care but I know for a fine fact if this is successful other developers will follow like sheep because they'll think we're fine with it.

[Rippcity]

Why? Because most causals aren't thinking in terms of supporting/not supporting shitty practices. They are thinking "are my friends playing this game? If so I'll probably buy it so I can play with them". Clearly these games are very mp driven so it's no surprise they aren't including a campaign.

[BadElf]

The CoD campaigns have been shit as well though. Miss the great days of Cod 4 and WaW...great single player stories!

[RememberThe357]

COD campaigns have been mediocre for a while now, and they've been focusing more and more on MP. Obviously MP shooters are popular, but we've seen there is still a market for SP shooters. COD forsaking story doesn't mean the end of a genre, probably the opposite. COD going fully MP leaves a big ol hole on the genre some talented ass people will be happy to sell the kinds of stories we want.

[agent4532]

Best comment ever

[MorpheusX]

@Foxtrot

Agreed.

Even worse, if this is even a little successful, the media will start writing opinion pieces on "How Gamers love it & are fine with it".

Even though it will be a straight face lie. smh

The Interactive Entertainment Industry is becoming greedier by the minute.

[Zabatsu]

Thing is. How the f*** do you even want to be a game designer, programmer, artist or what ever to create games like this? Serioulsy? These people gotta feel dead inside.

[darthv72]

If they get enough criticism then maybe they will change like GT Sport did.

[Razuel]

The zombie mode looked a bit like it could be the single player's campaign but it will likely follow previous formula. What is disappointing is treyarch are the ones over there that have or had the talent to deliver a strong campaign.

[yomfweeee]

They've been collecting data for many years. They made a business decision to not include SP. They know they will lose some sales because of this. They've crunched the numbers, it wasn't worth it. Not sure what is so hard to understand about that.

[IamTylerDurden1]

Septic

You need to stop going around spreading false information. If you truly believe i have an alt then go to the administration, gather some fake research, and make a formal complaint.

I'm assuming you know it's bs and you are just attempting to assassinate my character. Either way, it's very dangerous to go around harassing someone and to make overtly fake allegations in an effort to falsely discredit someone. Just be careful, you aren't a dumb person, but online harassment goes beyond the reach of N4G.

I am not UForce, nor have i ever had an alt. Stop spreading fake information.

[Jinger]

With how bad the SP modes have been lately... I'd rather them just go full force into more MP and Zombies tbh that's where most CoD fans spend 98% of their time anyway.

[Gaming_1st]

Exactly what you said. You summed it up right. The campaigns have not been very good so people have not been playing them. If they put as much effort into the single player part as they do the multiplayer. Then maybe people would spend more time playing and finishing the single player. World at war i played through like 3 or 4 different times, cause i enjoyed it so much.

[shiva1]

COD is now always online game. Which other games from Activision are going in this direction?

[Rachel_Alucard]

The part where the interviewer asked him "When was the decision made to build it? How long have you had to build it? How did it get going in the first place?" and he responded with some vague statement that was just being read as "I can't admit that the BR mode was only scrapped together in 5 months by Raven softworks so I'll just use a fallacie statement to make it sound like it was being developed since at least fortnite came out"

Then he confirmed it won't have 100 players but refused to answer because it's low because we know it's like 36 or 37.

That entire report was real to the letter any claims made in it have lined up with everything being presented.

What a joke.

[Christopher]

I gotta agree, why spend tons of money on a mode that most don't even finish versus new modes people play a lot of now.

I don't play cod games because of their MP focus, I still won't play them. Seems like more improvements for those who do okay the games IMHO.

Not like we're lacking SP shooters with Rage 2 just announced.

Edit: autocorrect thinks I okay games, not play.

[IamTylerDurden1]

I personally prefer SP campaigns, but they are adding arguably more content by replacing it with Battle Royale and SP missions. I'd rather have a legitimate SP campaign, i just prefer actual writing and drama as opposed to more mindless mp. However, the content is still there, it's just allocated differently. The game will be a mp fans dream. True class based mp, a legitimate Battle Royale mode with A+ AAA production value, and a robust Zombies mode featuring horde gameplay and co op

[Godmars290]

It'll depend on the COD fanbase buying the game or not. Pure and simple.

As to why they "can't" do both? Money. Cost more to script and produce a SP campaign than simply drop a MP arena.

[Evolve]

So instead of creating an entirely new game, improve game engine, and add new ways for storytelling, Treyarch and Activision decided to release a GAME MODE with a 60 price tag and god knows how much they'll charge for a future DLC.

[zielocz3k]

and how much they will charge for lootboxes xD

[Chris_GTR1]

Im worried about this one. I can already imagine it , 1 BR map , 1 zombie map, 10 MP levels , 60$ please. Add to that the BS loot crates where everything repeats and probably some more map packs for 15$ each. if they don't add extra content to make up for the lack of SP im not buying this.

[Smitty2020]

How can we squeeze more money out of customers ??I know let’s implement a br made for loot boxes and sack off the sp mode where we don’t earn nothing off them

[Imalwaysright]

And still their game will easily be one of the best selling games of the year so why wouldn't they?

[LiamKreptic]

Don’t understand your downvotes...you speak truth

[UCForce]

Yeah, but they will get a lot of bad reputation for removing it. It’s not about the fact. The fact is that Single Player mode is part COD DNA in first place just as MP, both of them are the past, the present and future. None of them should left behind.

[agent4532]

That's exactly what I am afraid of. Majority of gamers talking trash and pissing on Call of Duty for lacking a single player campaign; yet, they still buy call of duty. We failed to buy en masse fps games like Titanfall 2 (really the only competition it had was yearly call of duty/battlefield and mediocre halo game), Wolfstein 2, Prey, etc. So, yes single player campaign story driven fps games had released. The problem is they don't sell like freaking call of duty 👹

[Rhythmattic]

Imalwaysright
Ive given the most painful up vote to you because of the truth in your statement.

[Cobra951]

The crowd that's rightfully angry here is not the same crowd that buys the crappy game, agent4532. I know I'm not buying it. You know you're not buying it. We know many others will still buy it. The sheep herds will make it successful, not us.

[Rachel_Alucard]

They'll release a MW2R and lock it to the hardened edition and it won't have any multiplayer then use that as the excuse for a traditional campaign. Mark my words

[Kryptix]

That...actually seems the most likely move knowing Activision's scummy practices.

I really do believe that Black Ops 4 is being designed as a throwaway Call of Duty to test the waters. See if they can get away with full priced multiplayer only Call of Dootys in the future.

Without having to pay for voice actors and just reuse assets like an unskilled dev using Unity engine for their Steam Greenlight game would, they want to see if by lowering the budget they can increase the profits.

Their new formula would be to just follow whatever trend there is. I mean, they literally made an Android game that is about base building at the time that was the peak genre on smartphones.

I'm hoping Battlefield V really shows what a military shooter should be like at this point where CoD is at it's lowest. Battlefield Vietnam would just be a nail and to take a good chunk of market share.

[Rachel_Alucard]

They'd mostly be removing multiplayer so they don't get a repeat of what happened when MWR got released and they pulled out of their yearly charity drive just because everyone wanted to play MWR instead of the new game.That alone says all that needs to be said.

[Umb]

Welcome to the future of gaming and a taste of things to come. Personal I hope it does not come to this because I enjoy sp games since 1986.

[Cobra951]

The future for some. There will always be a significant demand for SP games. Developers who ignore it will leave more money on the table for those who don't.

[gamer7804]

wow, saying COD BO3 never had a traditional campaign. yikes. Good on eurogamer for not letting him get away on that one. this game is going to be one of the worst rated COD games ever. Sure their MP only base will like it, but they'll still lose out in the end. Will be fun to watch what happens as this game releases and reviews come out.

[Adexus]

He only said they never set out to make a traditional campaign for BO4, not that BO3 didn't have one.

That said though the fact it doesn't have a campaign is BS and I'll just buy Battlefield instead which I've always preferred anyway.

[Profchaos]

I thought iw would be tough to beat I was so wrong worst cod coming from treyarch of all devs

[lociefer]

COD 2019: map editor warefare, create ur own damn map and experience

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Removing the campaign is cost cutting simple as that. Call of Duty already cuts corners by recycling assets and using the same engine over-and-over.

[Gaming_1st]

Exactly. Just makes them lazy and cash in on the easy way of doing things. Next as someone stated above it will be COD warfare map editor. You pay 60 bucks and make your own maps and play them online.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

PR BS = No buy

[Npugz7]

So stupid of them!!

[chris235]

lol. i don‘t thinkt it will make a difference in the case of this franchise. it gets bought for the two weeks multiplayer experience by pretty much the same group of people each year. why would the devs invest time and money for a single player campaign? personally, i ignored the franchise already when they still had a campaign. but as i said, this kind of game really doesn‘t need one. besides, they only could repeat themselves anyway.

[BioNeo]

Only fair they reduce the cost of the game.

[DerekFlint007]

I won't be buying your annual turd this year

[KwietStorm_BLM]

So you buy their annual turd every other year?

[Mmmkay]

The last cod game I got was W@W, Cod5. That was like ten years ago. Guess this new one will be COD 15. lol

[Gamist2dot0]

Something tells me Activision will make up for the missing SP by releasing COD: MW2 remaster and charge $40 for it.

[FallenAngel1984]

There is no defending this decision. Treyarch looked at how they handled Black Ops 3 on PS3 & 360 and decided to apply the same practice on their next game

[jokerisalive]

they can BS people all they want trying to defend their weak and stupid decision to remove sp but people are not as stupid as they think. Pure laziness and greed trying to cash in on the ‘Popular thing’ like pubg and fortnite are doing. also with this being no sp campaign will they go full retard and have no bots mode you can play offline or the zombie maps offline as well? Cuz i can do both on the other black ops games as they do not ‘require an internet connection’ just for the disc to even work. If you can do those then im assuming the character stories which they are deeming sp can be played offline or is that not true? anyone?

[Jakens]

All section need internet connection.

[akaFullMetal]

Lazy and not purchasing the game. They are a multimillion dollar company that uses everyway to reduce costs and now have started with single player now. I assume dlc will be there to purchase and no discount on price for the game. Greed!!!!

[WorldGamer]

Honest question, and full disclosure, I haven't really been keeping up with CoD for years. Is the game still going to be $60, and if not, does that change the argument for the need of SP? Also, was the SP campaigns ever really the main reason the CoD franchise has done so well?

Again, I'm not falling one way or another since I usually stick to the Battlefield series, but I was just curious since this came across my youtube feed over the past few days.

[zaherdab]

I've always played and enjoyed single player campaigns in call of duty .... however they spin it they've cut the major portion for me and they've lost my interest in the game

[Chaosdreams]

There's no narrative bone left in these companies. All that exists is a core philosophy to re-use assets, gain maximum profit by charging for everything and removing features that don't grant that added revenue.

They are lazy if not brilliant and cruel. They've managed to give less while having more development time. Spin it all they like, they are trading away a lot of gamers with the SP. It's a risk they are willing to take however, as the revenue stream will most likely be substantial with those who don't know any better, don't care, or are just flat out in love with CoD and the recent craze of BR.

[DaniMacYo]

It’s just another way to make big ass money. They don’t care about what gamers want anymore. There will be new microtransactions implemented into both multiplayer and now battle Royale. They will make lots of revenue then other developers will add this shit.

[InKnight7s]

Gamers and Journalists should step up right now against such a practice, asking full price for same engine, same experience, same zombie, the exact same priced DLC based MP, without an SP!!! We should despise and punish by heavy refusing and immediate stop support Activision.

[AZRoboto]

If I put 100s of hours into multiplayer, and maybe only *just* 10 in the single player, how would the dev justify to their manager that they really really need that mode that I and everyone put next-to-no time into?

"N4G will get mad at me"? "The people will downvote our YouTube trailers?"

[gangsta_red]

That's what so funny about this *outrage*. I don't see CoD esports competing in Single Player mode and I never saw COD DLC that added an addition to the SP story mode.

It's obvious that the main focus for COD for the last two gens has always been the MP.

So shouldn't the devs focus on the MP instead of a "tacked on SP" that gives you 5 hours of entertainment?

[Mmmkay]

Different crowds. I got cod3,4 and 5 for the single player. Dont even know if 3 had a mp.

[Gaming_1st]

@AZRoboto

Cause single player allows the devs to express a narrative to the gamer that is not available in multiplayer. And btw, i played World at War single player 3 to 4 different times and MW2 couple of times and the the single player only game of COD when there was no multiple player several times.

So were going to give you the exact same engine, same assets, same overpriced DLC, and exactly the same thing as before. But we're going to take half the game away and still charge you 60 bucks.....Yeah ok.

[AZRoboto]

You are far removed from the average Call of Duty gamer. That is a data-based fact.

Blops 4 has health bars, no wall running, and a new Battle Royale mode. Exactly the same thing as before, right, Mr Bitter?

If you live in the US and have access to a Best Buy, you'll never pay $60 for a new game if you join their gamer club. They've even got a $10 preorder bonus, making it basically $38 new

[Snakeking33]

As long as the games is under 50 I am ok with it I am thinking 39.99 half price for half game

[KwietStorm_BLM]

The campaign was never half the game, so nothing about that adds up.

[Snakeking33]

Well that’s your opinion I never buy a game for just multiplayer I didn’t buy battlefront and I won’t buy this I think it’s bad practice and if this crap succeeds you will get a bunch of companies following right behind them and mess up games. Only to have people like you defend the crap Developer

[KwietStorm_BLM]

People like me defend the developer? What does that even mean? All I said was the campaign isn't half the game. Just because there is campaign and multiplayer doesn't make it a 50/50 split.

[V10Elit3x]

Then I gonna defend my decision for not getting the game. No singleplayer, no buy from me.

[DillyDilly]

They sadly wont change their tunes on this unless sales flop (which they wont)

[Snakeking33]

And I can only hope they do

[Germaximus]

Nice interview.

[MGRogue2017]

Surely the lack of a single-player campaign means more content to play with in the multiplayer component, right? If not, that'll be a much lower download size, and a load of leftover space on the disc in comparison to the rest of the CoD titles released thus far.

I personally think that this is a bad move by Treyarch. Quite a few fans out there actually enjoy playing through the singleplayer campaign in any CoD title, before moving into the multiplayer side of things. Myself included. I found myself diving into the campaign to take a break from the multiplayer every so often. Maybe this bad move will show in the amount of sales this one gets, which will still be a lot, but not as much as Black Ops 2 and 3 sold in the first couple of weeks.

The campaign in each CoD game were getting shorter and shorter with each release anyway, so they were clearly losing interest in making decent and long enough stories.

I just hope that there's enough content in the multiplayer to provide long lasting appeal, and not becoming tedious and boring so quickly.

[Snakeking33]

Yeah you get 2 zombie maps instead of one

[ZombieKiller]

...and I defend my decision to ditch Call of Duty this year.

I buy this game every year. Literally EVERY. YEAR. The futuristic ones were terrible, and although I did love WWII, I wish that I wasn't so fatigued by the series. This year I will have Red Dead, God of War and Spiderman so it's got an uphill climb for me this year.

[Hedstrom]

So half the game half the price?

[Darknova2077]

Big mistake. People are starting to think it's normal that we are getting less game for the same money. Soon we will have to pay to access the title screen.

[Snakeking33]

Hey you get Battle Royale I mean you can play those kinds of games for free you know games like fortnight but hey it’s call of duty so it will better because you pay 60 dollars for it

[inxine]

i never met anyone who bought a cod game for the singleplayer. is it rly that imoortant to you? if so, why? this game is, for the most part, played online, multiplayer. getting rid of the SP mode isnt all too big of a deal. i think y'all are taking this abit too hard. sit back and think about it.
I agree, 70-60 quid for multiplayer is ludicrous, it rly is, but.... overwatch... had no SP mode and it was 70, and ppl bought it. ALOT OF THEM. and its a great game, Cod has great multiplayer modes, i enjoyed them for Years but only played the singleplayer mode in mw2. and i dont care if i get downvotes, im not on this site for that so go ahead. but u know that im right. its not a big deal. its a game franchise to be played with others online. or atleast it shifted to that direction and ppl love it.

[Snakeking33]

My name is snakeking you met me I have played and beat all the call of duty campaign

[inxine]

nice to meet you haha.

[Hardiman]

Of course they are defending it and they'll defend charging full price for less content! I understand the goobs thinking with all the Battle Royale hoopla going on but this is a series that's always had a SP campaign and taking it out to chase the fad of the day seems shortsighted!

[BadElf]

Just add the campaign as a DLC down the road! If the content at launch is enough to be 60 bills, add a campaign at some point, and people complaining today will be able to play their SP!

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I'm definitely passing. Last year was two steps forward and now they decided to jump 10 steps backwards! Idiots.

[PizzaSteve]

I've only played 3 COD games B0, MW2, and MW3. I haven't played or finish any of the campaigns. I could care less about this BO4 but if I were to get it, I wouldn't play the campaign either if it had one because the stories are boring and short. Campaign or not people will still complain about it being short anyway.

[XxSPIDEYxX]

Soo let me get this straight. They remove campaign to save money on production, sell the game at full retail price, and the game will still ship with limited multiplayer maps so they can still charge extra for the season pass?

Sure Overwatch doesn't have a campaign, but that game constantly adds new maps, modes, and characters at no extra cost so it doesn't split the community.

[YEP414]

No but!!!

[blacktiger]

If you don't like it you quit, if you don't quit you defend them

[Profchaos]

Let's just watch what people do with their wallets. Personally I'm out I haven't enjoyed a futuristic cod since aw plus I'm a campaign type player who dabbles in the mp modes

[Tankbusta40]

It will be interesting with red dead and battlefield being released in its window(if it sells like hot cakes or maybe takes a step back) . I like traditional boots on the ground mp without crazy gimmicks etc... Black ops 4 is really going to have to wow me to get my money this year.

[Profchaos]

Yeah exactly there's no way they can out class red dead (the original still has a healthy population of players online) so maybe this was on purpose it probably cost them a lot less to produce the game without paying for longer sessions with mo cap actors and writers and the thousands of hours that staff cost to produce a campaign.

[Tankbusta40]

The campaign was never a reason why I bought COD, but it was always nice to playthrough when I got bored or pissed off at mp.

With that being said, my biggest concern is the smaller teams... 5v5 and this God damn specialist nonsense pick before the game. I want to be able to choose the set up I have when I play... Not be forced to play as something different because the specialist I want has already been chosen.

I have major concerns with battle Royale being able to function because cod has always had poor connection and hit markers...

I will wait till more information comes out... But I don't care for hero shooters and this seems exactly what this cod has become...did CliffyB give these guys some pointers lol

[Jrios355]

It's a shame that there won't be a story campaign, and yes there are those who buy it for the campaign as well, but let's be real here. The majority of people who buy Call of Duty play it for the multiplayer. Why continue investing time and money on a mode that the minority of CoD players use?

I'm no CoD fan, but for over a decade, Call of Duty's strength has always been the multiplayer, and we can't deny this.

I'm not saying that all FPS games should ditch story campaigns, but I am only speaking for Call of Duty when I say that multiplayer has almost always been a huge priority in the franchise.

But who knows? Maybe it's just for this installment. Maybe Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer will continue making story campaigns.

[Profchaos]

Sledgehammer have been the best dev for the franchise imo it's controversial but I absolutely loved ww2 from its campaign to its war mode its a blast to play and probably the only cod I've ever prestiged in. I think they have allot of respect for the end product iw and trey arch well lately it's more a paint by numbers title

[Jayszen]

Spin, spin. spin. This is about minimizing costs, maximising profits. Nothing more than that. Over the years the campaign has been getting slimmer and shorter and because we gamers still bought the game in droves regardless, it has now come to this point where they can effectively get rid of a campaign altogether (and no, ability to play 'solo missions is not the same). Anyone who has played COD 1, 2, MW 1, 2 & 3 will agree that the campaigns in the last few years have been mediocre in comparision. Maybe it is just as well it has now gone. Perhaps some other developer will come up with a new shooter with an awesome campaign. I mean Bethesda does a fine job every year - Wolfenstein, Doom, etc. are all games with loads of replay value.

I can now use my $60 for another game over the holidays.

[Cajun Chicken]

Never liked CoD campaigns from B-Teams like Black Ops or Ghosts anyway, much prefer Infinity Ward, even Infinite Warfare was pretty great. Although Sledgehammer did a great job on Advanced Warfare but i have honestly never played a CoD for it's MP, that's just me. Campaign is king.

[OffRoadKing]

I've found a simple work around for this issue, not buying it, not playing it, issue solved.

[TheOttomatic91]

From what I heard BLOPS 3 campaign was apparently terrible, so it's not that surprising that Treyarch didn't bother making an SP.

I just hope that both Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer keep their SP

[Gwiz]

Remember that Infinite Warfare/Modern Warfare bundle?that was a shady move but compare it to this,one game missing campaign and the other has no multi-player = less work&content for probably the same price.They can defend their decision all they want but it's obvious to me they didn't even dare to add multi player to MW2,afraid that this Remaster would take away potential money from micro transactions.That's the ONLY reason why games want to be online-only and them not adding multi player to the older (and still very popular) MW2.

Activision, you do realize that people can play Destiny and Call of Duty right?we're not blind. Edit:Also a reason why I double dipped God of War 4,Horizon Zero Dawn and trippled Witcher 3.(i could only buy the Sony exclusives physical and digital on same platform) The final edit:They already tested the waters with the Loot box HUB in WWII.
That was already a sign of a major shift.

[Vectrexer]

I'll pass FU Treyarch..

[gigoran]

Never liked call of duty, but always got them for my dad because he liked the single player campaigns. Looks like I won’t be buying them anymore. At least battlefield still has stories for Dad to play

[GenMasterB]

To be perfectly blunt.
No Single Player, No Purchase. No Exceptions.

[cyclindk]

... Is the game going to be 20 dollar cheaper??

[GrimDragon]

Reminds me of the elder scrolls horse armor. It's an obvious test to see if people will still buy it. Best thing you can do is not buy this game. Let the poor sales make a statement.

They saved a lot of money not including an SP mode. But will still sell it for 65. Expecting profits off the call of duty name alone. Let your wallet speak.

The industry is slowly trying to get away from story modes in games. Here is the first stone thrown. We must voice our discontent or this will become the norm. No game that's only multiplayer should be full price.

It's up to each of us to put a stop to this practice. Remember the horse armor.

[agent4532]

Why do people keep buying Call of Duty games. This franchise is past death and is already a shell of its former self.

[DivineAssault]

They can defend it all they want.. Theyre still going to lose the respect of their grassroots fans.. Im sure the game will still sell an insane amount but thats the problem here.. This new generation of gamers are far too accepting of BS like this they pay $60 upfront for.. These days you have fans defending and making more excuse than the publishers for their shortcomings.. Its pure laziness & greed.. I know my little sale wont make a difference to companies that do this, but I still refuse to support this behavior.. Its not just this game and its campaign either.. Virtually all publishers crack down on devs to create it and its a sad sight to see. We all let it get out of hand by saying "oh i dont play the campaign anyway.. Oh i just wont buy any of the MT.. Yeah well maybe not but theres tons of kids that have their parents cards in the system and go all out.. Thats why MT are put into everything & they omit things like the campaign to create fruitful MP modes to showcase all the digital goods you can buy.. Companies like EA,Ubisoft, Activision, SquareEnix. Although some of these guys make fantastic games with non intrusive MT, its still there so they can squeeze a few buck off anyone possible.. A decade ago wouldve been the right time to make a stand.. Oh well.. All i can do is avoid games with a disrespectful little 10hr or less campaign.. Other than that theres nothing because everything has digital distribution & its not going anywhere.. Lets just hope that extreme cases like Street Fighter 5, Star Wars BF2, Metal Gear Survive, Sea of Thieves, etc dont happen often.. It looks like some such as Capcom are redeeming themselves with content filled games like Monster Hunter World.. GaaS can rot in the pits of Nifilhiem.

[addictedtochaos]

Hopefully Halo never goes this route.

[Tzuno]

They will soon find out how stupid this idea was.

[gigoran]

Oh well

More money to buy a better game this year

[SR388]

Thank god this trash ain't coming to Switch

[Platformgamer]

please guys, don't buy COD if you care about videogames.
every year my heart hurts seeing a COD selling million of copies... it hurts a lot, because i love videogames.
STOP buying COD please! #erasecodfromgamingindustry

[cellfluid]

This game need to fail hard.. How in the hell it's Goin to have a battle royal mode and they get dead tired after a 2 second sprint lolol

[King_Lothric]

They should reduce the cost of the game too.

[Kerplunk80]

Who's ready for a ton of loot boxes?

[Excalibur]

I haven't bought the last 3 or 4 Call of Dookie games but when I did buy them it was for the SP portion as I barley ever played MP, guess I'm completely done with them now.

[T2X]

Actually, this doesn't look bad imo. I'll miss a campaign though. But I'll give it a shot.

[Blaze929]

I definitely will not be purchasing this title. They shouldve learned from Battlefront

[Markio64]

It will be easy to ignore this game with all the great single player games arriving this year. Not to mention that you can play Fortnite for free. It will have to be something really special to avoid a panning by the critics

[Sokol]

Strange decision.. I actually liked the Single Player portion of the games in all of Call of Duty.
The worst part is the developer still wants full price for the game..
I honestly believe we shouldn't support such practice as it will only add more problems in the future games and not just Call of Duty titles where all you will have is full priced online games with no single player content..

I agree that some games dont need the SP portion however charging the full price is absurd and reduicilous..
I am not buying the game until the price is half lowered. When you take out the single player game and charge full price you dont deserve the full payment either.

[C-H-E-F]

they better have a solid online, i mean by bug/lag free you have 3 years to develop a small scale online only game. This ish better remind me of PS2 era when devs couldn't patch the game so it had to be 90% perfect at launch.

[ApexWolf22]

Perhaps this is why MW2 is campaign only? I think more people would've gravitated towards MW2's MP vs. whatever this game will pan out to be. Leaving it DOA like Infinite Warfare, which most bought for MW1 anyways. I actually liked IW's MP but have yet to complete the campaign as I opted to play MW's instead lol.

[DillyDilly]

I will only buy this in one of the 50 % off sales as no way would I buy it at full price

[lodossrage]

This is another crossroads moment for us as gamers.

-When MS started pay to play online, people caved and now all the major companies do it.
-When companies started selling incomplete games and making the excluded parts dlc, people caved and now it's the norm.

Now you have a company getting rid of single player to focus solely on games as a service. If we as gamers are smart, we'll stand up and NOT buy this game.

People need to realize WE dictate the course of gaming, not these companies. WE are the customer(s), not them. If we don't buy into a bad practice, it won't become the norm..