Yeah, no. The minimum isn't an i5 6600k.
That's like saying the minimum GPU is a GTX 1070.
They can claim that, but people are playing with far, far less at CPU just fine.
It is especially when you could get a digital copy on PS4 for $22.49 at one point, and the regular price is $29.99. Which also means the next discount will probably have it around $10-16.
Can it? Or was it only possibly possible if they had 4gb. Perhaps they tried and couldn't get it working good enough.
Ram isn't power, it's memory. More ram doesn't make a system more powerful.
That's a good question. It might be smaller like 50 or 75. It may depend on platform. Maybe 75 for consoles and 100 for PC.
Hopefully at least 100 for all platforms.
Not necessarily. ONLY if the other CoD developers do it.
You can say next year's multiplayer will be obsolete because a new one comes, but Blackout won't be obsolete (more or less) until the next CoD version of it comes out.
That indeed might not be next year in 2019, maybe not even in 2020. 2021 is when Treyarch has their next Call of Duty comes out.
Fortnite didn't start out as a Battle Royale.
Ever heard of the Save the World mode? That was the game when it launched. They tacked on Battle Royale later.
Battle Royale is a fun mode that does fit Call of Duty. It has a huge chance to fit in nicely. Just like Dice. Both have great shooting mechanics. Battlefield already had the huge and vertical battlefield.
But CoD seems to think it can create a huge world 1500x the size of Nuketown and do it.
We also don't know the exact player count. It could be a more modest 50-75, or could be a full fledged 100. It may depend on the platform. PC or consol...
It's not going to be the same exact engine. It'll be a different mode, tailored to do it. There's going to be vehicles like helicopters, all sorts of crazy weapons, etc. They even show people jumping off a huge tower (like a siege of shanghai) in the middle of the map. I'm guessing that's how it starts?
Dice is likely going to do it too.
It's not about wiping the floor. All these can coexist and make tons of money.
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That's the point Blakhoode
Single player lootboxes and the like created boycotts that can destroy a franchise
Create a battle royale mode and sell cosmetics or season passes or loot boxes or whatever and profit by the hundreds of millions/billions.
Also notice that most people buy CoD for the multiplayer and the battle royale mode aligns with your core audience.
It sucks that there are many people left out in the cold becau...
@DillyDilly
You're right, but they aren't spending the money they don't have, they are spending their parents money.
That's why Fortnite is raking in hundreds of million a month.
It's why Activision/Blizzard have made 3.6 billion in mt's in 2016, and 4 billion in 2017.
It also, by the way, is the majority of their revenue.
Yep. Anyone remember myspace?
I still remember when Facebook was for 'college students' only and you had to have a college email to sign up. They were 'above' myspace. They'd never change. Now they are firmly 10 levels of hell below myspace.
It really is funny people don't stop and realize how much something they think is 'new' is really just a copy of something from before, rebranded, with a little twist here or ther...
Do you think you are actually creating a coherent point? You do realize that almost every game is copied from those that preceded it. Originality and creativity are very small in video games. Most of the biggest sellers and best loved games had very little of that.
Most were sequels as well.
Battle Royale is one of the newest genres. Technically a sub-genre. But there are literally MORE CALL OF DUTY GAMES then battle royale games.
It has a shot. Fortnite is a fun game, and it will easily survive Blackout, but it's shooting mechanics leave much to be desired.
With Fortnite, they rake in hundreds of millions a month. With Single player games, they get boycotted.
Thus single player is a medium where they can't extract more money out of. If they try, it can screw up their game and potentially franchise.
With a battle royale mode, they can create a lootbox or battlepass or cosmetic whatever system that brings in hundreds of millions of dollars while at the same time aligning the overall product to how the ...
Call of Duty became the beast it was, not because of single player, but because of multiplayer.
Everyone knows this deep down on some level. I first bought Call of Duty for the single player... that storming of the beaches of Normandy. Fun time.
But the game became something else. It became a multiplayer phenomenon. That's what sent sales stratospheric. That's their bread and butter and they know it.
Many people are for y...
Well have you seen any footage of the single player mode people aren't getting?
It cuts both ways. Many people don't care for the single player. A good portion do.
Many people are hyped about a battle royale mode.
No one should be setting anything in stone because they don't know much.
It could be good or bad. But most people have already finalized their opinions. (but mostly that's one sided... as...
Battle Royale games are about surviving.
If you last until there's 10 people left with 0 kills you are better then someone who lasts until 75 people with 3 kills.
It probably isn't one. Many people say they slog through campaigns. Many people don't play it. Many people want the perfect one, but if it was just another one they'd slam it just like they are no campaign.
It's an added value for some, lesser value for some. Casuals and young people love battle royale games. They can jump in and out easily.
This could really help keep CoD relevant. It sells millions upon millions, and no doubt woul...
The engine might not be tuned the same way as base multiplayer. It'll be a separate section like zombies is.
Might have a lower level of visuals. Probably won't have killstreaks.
It's hard to say. It also may have different player counts based on the platform. Maybe it's 40-50 for consoles and 75-100 for PC.
@Foxtrot, while I don't like out of place things, I am realistic.
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If the price of free map packs and no season pass = cosmetics, some/most of which is out of place, so be it.
Also people really have to realize that $60 in 2018 is like $30 back in 2005.
In 2000-2001, one ounce of gold sold gave you the money to buy ~4-5 $50 AAA games. In 2018, based on the spot price right now, it would buy you between 21 and 22 $60 AAA games.