COG writes: While the launch of Call of Duty Black Ops: Cold War has come and gone, we're still playing the same Warzone introduced last year. While we wait for a new battle royale experience in Call of Duty, we put together this Warzone wishlist of what we'd like to see included.
Trevor Walker said: Well, here we are again. Every time I think I’ve said all I have to say about this topic, another studio falls into the same cycle. Monetization in video games seems to be getting more and more out of hand. If you’ve played any AAA title in the last 6 years, you’ve surely seen it. Battle passes, exclusive skins, and sometimes pay to win features have spread throughout the gaming industry like a plague, and we need a cure. Badly. I never thought I’d see the day, but the first game that comes to mind is one that holds a special place in my heart.
You need a cure. Here it is:
1. Don’t buy the game.
2. Don’t just not buy the game, announce it!
Announce on every social media/chat/discourse/streaming … platform available & imaginable that you will not buy the game that is coming out & state the reason that we all know. Then advise others to do the same.
Once you’ve announced it, announce it again for the next game by the same dev that you will not buy their future product either, because of their past dealings with consumers.
3. See 1.
I don't sub to anything digital, games, movies, TV shows, etc. I just take what I want for PC for the unbeatable price of $0.00 🤣 But I sometimes buy the occasional game, but as for the others I mentioned yeah ok, haha paying for a streaming service to watch shows, movies, etc man GTFO lol
I know many people who don’t buy MTs or support gaas. But unfortunately there are just as many people that I know who do and they don’t care about it. Companies won’t stop doing it until the vast majority don’t buy anything. Some GaaS do it better than others but most are looking to make as much MT money as they can get away with and there’s too many who don’t mind it at all
Reviewers can prioritize monetization schemes in their reviews and give companies low scores based on severity.
This is one of the reasons why I've been focusing more on older games from PS3 & X360 all the way back to the NES.
Rarely can a modern big budget game garner my attention, because its just the same stale concept over and over again. Open world, busy work, grinding, where your job is literally to be a trash collector (constantly picking up endless resources off the ground), the entire industry has been copying Ubi-junk, and I'm just not interested.
Add in the fact that games are clearly releasing in beta form (sometimes very early beta form!), then there's randomized gear you have to pick up and upgrade, then all those boring skill trees to fill in, which is the laziest form of fake game progression imaginable.
Then there's the nasty business model of paying an extra $20 just to play an unfinished game 3 days early. Disgusting behavior, and anyone who supports those companies are actively making our industry worse.
The game industry has never been perfect, but its also never been this bad either.
Call of Duty Warzone players will see today's solar eclipse happen in-game, which is kind of a neat thing to do by Activision.
We're afraid that for a few hours today you may actually go touch grass, we can't have that. Activision
Rebirth Island is back in Call of Duty Warzone Season 3, and it has a brand-new easter egg that rewards you with the spicy Redacted blueprint.
Warzone is dying? It's still pulling in insane numbers on Twitch and YouTube which suggests otherwise. Towards the end of every season it loses a bit of traction and as soon as the next starts which will be December 10th, everyone comes back.
This is the same article that will say Fortnite is dead when it still gets 7million concurrent players, a number most games will never achieve. Just because you lose interest in it, it does not mean it's dying.
Wait, Warzone is dying? That's new news as its player count and streaming numbers are incredibly high. There's also a new update coming soon to support the Black Ops Cold War content...
Of course, I think most everyone would like to see a new map but I think they need to think outside of the box and build an in-depth create-a-character. This would help players have more of a connection with who they're playing with and they could monetize the hell out of selling various clothes and equipment for you character. Something definitely needs to change though because the past like 3 seasons worth of Battle Pass has been trash. They got a cash cow, they need to keep it fresh and give us something BIG.
It’s not dying it’s thriving.