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Call of Duty Games will be made by outside contractors moving foward says leaker
Snake29
RSI Employee of the Year
Love all the retarded and dumb xbox fanboys hiding behind MS’s market cap. A bunch of slaves they are.
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twilo99
Member
Do they even have the capability? I thought they are just a "support" studio
GHG
Member
Shame it didn't launch like that then eh?
reinking
Gold Member
It doesn't matter if it is good now if people are not playing it. They released it in a state that a majority of people lost confidence in the franchise. Probably where the COD comparisons are coming in. XB appears to be going down the same path with COD and it will most likely result in the same outcome.
Daneel Elijah
Gold Member
It is not about being stupid. But two problems in my mind may explain the problem and why they indeed can fuck up COD.
The first one is easy:
Microsoft is a machine, and is probably bigger than some countries gouvernment. Nadella, Microsoft CEO probably simply don't have the mindset to think about it like we do. Regardless of what the base will say, by the time whatever action got to him, it will pass from so many layers, so many departments, so many people that he will just do what he always do, what microsoft always do. In this case that could be to try to maintain what they have, just trying to do it for cheaper. I don't know. I don't think that they can too. But it is possible, just very improbable.
The second one is weirder. Maybe Microsoft executives are just old people that can't get gaming? It happens sometimes that the CEO don't know a thing about the activity of his company and it can lead to fuck ups.
Rusty Shackelford
Member
Microsoft needs to learn the people are the IP. Just slapping COD on a shitty shooter doesn't make it COD. Look at Halo. It died after Reach.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Too bad nobody cares. Maybe it's good, but not good enough for any sign of a resurgence.
You see, for an online game it's easy to lost relevance and very hard to crawl back. Especially considering that Infinite was not a first, but third blunder in the series.
We'll see how much it it will take to tank CoD, but all recent things considered, I'd temper my optimism.
Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
MS starting to give off EA vibes
Papa_Wisdom
Member
I miss the days of booting up the og Xbox and seeing the Microsoft games studios logo.
And more often than not it was going to be something good
Rally sport challenge
Crimson skies
Quantum redshift
Mech Assault
Amped
PGR
Topspin
I’m aware that some of these were not internally developed but still at the time it was a good sign that it was going to be a quality game.
And more often than not it was going to be something good
Rally sport challenge
Crimson skies
Quantum redshift
Mech Assault
Amped
PGR
Topspin
I’m aware that some of these were not internally developed but still at the time it was a good sign that it was going to be a quality game.
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S0ULZB0URNE
Member
maybe we will get a modern engine finally.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
CoD continues to sell millions, no matter how shit it gets. Including all the titles you mentioned. Not my issue if you keep buying crap.
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WitchHunter
Banned
There is hope COD will shine again... 
WitchHunter
Banned
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The sales will taper off over time, if Marvel movies can become oversaturated dogshit that's flopping after 15+ years you can pretty much apply the same thing to $70 videogames.
Your completely dismissive and condescending attitude about it just makes you sound like a ignorant prick, not actually informed or correct.
Unknown Soldier
Member
Same problem Boeing is having. Boeing would have saved a lot more money by just doing the 737 MAX right the first time instead of what they have been doing
TheAmazingSpiderMan
Member
As the old saying goes, whatever Microsoft touches… turns to shit
FunkMiller
Gold Member
I‘m informed enough to look back on CoD sales figures for many years and come to the accurate conclusion that CoD fans will buy whatever shit is shovelled to them in enough quantities for the developer to keep shovelling shit out for years to come. MW3 is an utter piece of shit that should have been DLC, put out at full price, and look how that got hoovered up by the mindless masses.
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Hey contractors. First thing to work on. Have both Unranked and Rank (SBMM) modes.
S0ULZB0URNE
Member
twilo99
Member
MW3 is a very, very good multiplayer game.
StereoVsn
Member
And that’s totally not their MO over the last 15 years managing Xbox. All the sharpest pencils and so on….
In all seriousness I can see it with their accounting / CFO pushing. MS uses a ton of contractors on their regular products and they rotate them/fire them all the time.
So I can see them thinking “well if it works for Office…” and fucking up with Xbox even more.
MWIII is infinitely better than shitty ass MWII, again you don't know shit about what you are saying.
woahwoahwoah
Neo Member
Xbox has the most inept management in the industry. Call of Duty will be a dead franchise in 5 years.
Gamerguy84
Member
Oh God it's ruined lol. They don't care their goal was to take sonys top earner away from them.
IDC really I don't remember what I've played last between COD and madden. It's been so many years.
IDC really I don't remember what I've played last between COD and madden. It's been so many years.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Ah yes, the hastily thrown together single player campaign that barely qualifies as such, in a game roundly and universally panned by anybody with a brain, that reviewed absolutely terribly across the board, and yet still sold like gangbusters because hardcore CoD fans have zero taste or self control.
twilo99
Member
The core player base cares about the multiplayer aspect, which is very good.. the campaign has very little to do with how successful CoD is
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Well, quite possibly. The point being, they can continue to produce trash using contractors because millions of copies will still be sold. This is a problem created by the player base, not the corporation in this instance.
twilo99
Member
They should’ve made this
The point is that CoD has never been “trash” so there is chance that it might become trash now, but thus far most of the games have been indeed very good, which is why it has such a following and it sells well. You can’t force people to buy a “trash” game…
The point is that CoD has never been “trash” so there is chance that it might become trash now, but thus far most of the games have been indeed very good, which is why it has such a following and it sells well. You can’t force people to buy a “trash” game…
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TheGodfather07
Member
You know what's the best form of being consumer friendly? Creating high quality games for me to play on a system I paid £450 for. Honestly the worst purchase I have ever made when it comes to gaming. Sony and Nintendo are consumer friendly because they put effort into high quality content that people want. If Microsoft are so consumer friendly, how come nobody gives a shit about their console?
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
Daneel Elijah
Gold Member
FlyyGOD
Member
Has Sony or Nintendo been more consumer friendly? If so how?
Roni
Gold Member
That much money spent on IP, just to wither it away with this idiotic IT industry practice? Sheesh... This is the sort of news that makes me think Xbox as a division might be on the way out. Once they get Game Pass to where they want it, all of these studios are getting axed or sold.
phil_t98
#SonyToo
But they spent more on the game than they ever have? But the point stands that we haven’t seen budgets reduce
You just keep making yourself look foolish.
Yes the single player was mediocre at best, but the staying power of cod is the multiplayer, and nearly everyone who actually PLAYED the game universally agrees the multiplayer is some of the best the series has seen in a long time, and that is where the majority of the content in MWIII lies. There's a lot of good news modes like War, 20 maps in the game at this point (not counting the MWII maps ported over) with a pretty large selection of weapons.
MWII's multiplayer was total garbage by comparison and I felt like I wasted $70 with that game and I'll probably never buy another IW-developed title again if they continue with their absolutely stupid design decisions. Sledgehammer did a much better job actually listening to community feedback and tweaking the gameplay to be more balanced with aggressive and passive play.
Again, you don't know shit, you watched 5 minutes of gameplay and read some reactions/headlines and said "HAHA COD PLAYERS ARE SO STUPID WHO WOULD PAY $70 FOR DLC", meanwhile most of the people actually playing the game are very much enjoying it and agreeing it's a great multiplayer cod for once. Anyone judging cod solely for single player at this point is just being ridiculous, they've never been longer than 6-7 hours and at least this actually had a campaign, unlike black ops 4 lol
FunkMiller
Gold Member
But they seem to do it a lot anyway. Hence why MS can do what they like from now on and get away with it.
twilo99
Member
Nah, if you actually like multiplayer games which involve shooting guns against other people, the Call of Duty franchise does that extremely well...