Activision Asks Itself: Isn't Call of Duty Like Guitar Hero Used to Be?
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I don't see how yearly releases will work out for Activision. I mean I love me some Halo, but they come out with a major release every 3 years. The only oddity being ODST which was an expansion for Halo 3 bastardized into a full game by Microsoft.
Already the CoD fanbase is heavily split over the games. The only thing keeping it afloat is it being the most popular game franchise right now. Any other game series looking to capitalize heavily on multiplayer couldn't balance its whole playerbase between 4 games.
I'd put them pretty safe if they cut back on the releases though. Battlefield 3 could be the best game ever but CoD already has the face of the modern shooter. No game is going to match its popularity by being the same thing but better. The only way they could lose their position is either shooting themselves in the foot by coming out with shit after shit in a short amount of time, or until the natural cycle takes it course and some other game catches on and becomes the "game to play" online.
Already the CoD fanbase is heavily split over the games. The only thing keeping it afloat is it being the most popular game franchise right now. Any other game series looking to capitalize heavily on multiplayer couldn't balance its whole playerbase between 4 games.
I'd put them pretty safe if they cut back on the releases though. Battlefield 3 could be the best game ever but CoD already has the face of the modern shooter. No game is going to match its popularity by being the same thing but better. The only way they could lose their position is either shooting themselves in the foot by coming out with shit after shit in a short amount of time, or until the natural cycle takes it course and some other game catches on and becomes the "game to play" online.
This is pretty fascinating, if only because only about two months ago, an analyst said that CoD couldn't go the way of GH. Of course, it will, make no mistake about it. You can't just keep running the same formula and expect people not to catch on eventually. If the series wants to maintain top billing as long as possible, it's going to need to change and evolve. Every notable series has declined. Doom, GH/Rock Band, Grand Theft Auto, etc. I don't know why anyone could possibly believe that this won't suffer the same fate. And the more iterations they release, the faster it's gonna happen.
And, my disdain for CoD aside, they need to get rid of Treyarch, stat. Those people are the some of the worst tech guys I have ever seen. They can't fix a bug. And the head of Treyarch stated several times that the PC version of the game is as good as the rest, but the truth is, it's a bugged out piece of shit. I loved Modern Warfare, and I would even take Modern Warfare 2. But Blops was real shit. I can't even believe the game is still selling for full price. But, it's good business to keep selling it at that price till people actually stop paying that price for it.
And, my disdain for CoD aside, they need to get rid of Treyarch, stat. Those people are the some of the worst tech guys I have ever seen. They can't fix a bug. And the head of Treyarch stated several times that the PC version of the game is as good as the rest, but the truth is, it's a bugged out piece of shit. I loved Modern Warfare, and I would even take Modern Warfare 2. But Blops was real shit. I can't even believe the game is still selling for full price. But, it's good business to keep selling it at that price till people actually stop paying that price for it.
Give it a couple more years, CoD will be run into the ground, which is sad for a good series. Sure it has had ups and downs, but CoD is fun. They needs to be a 4 year brake so that they can balance the game, actually have a single player, and update the engine. Add in zombies, spec ops, a 10 hour single player, with a real plot, and a balanced multiplayer. It would be great but sadly it wont happen. "Sigh" heres to you CoD. "Raises glass"
Well I'm of Hirshenburg's opinion, but the only way we can see where the franchise goes is waiting. Time will tell.
Personally, I hope we're given something slightly better next time; WaW was probably the best CoD I've played. I didn't particularly like MW2, or BlOps. Though I'm still playing BlOps. Hmmmm. Need to dig out my copy of WaW at some point.
Personally, I hope we're given something slightly better next time; WaW was probably the best CoD I've played. I didn't particularly like MW2, or BlOps. Though I'm still playing BlOps. Hmmmm. Need to dig out my copy of WaW at some point.
Hasn't COD lasted about twice as long as GH while still maintaining excruciatingly high sales to this day?
Just saying.
Just saying.
Dear lord I hope so. then maybe we can move on with some innovation.
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He means sales numbers. The next paragraph explains it very well.L3m0n_L1m3 said:
OT: As big of idiots the owners of Activision can be, at least they seem to want to maintain their bread and butters place in the market, and don't just want to coast like some other games want to do.
I hope Activision doesnt drop cod as soon as sales start to decline. Even if the sales dropped back to those like cod4, there is a hardcore fanbase that will continue to buy it every year.
