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Because that was SUCH a good idea with halo infinite…

 

[Spyxos]

This must be fake.

 

[Snake29]

I couldnt care less about their market cap. Im not a shaderholder. I play games and their games are lacking in quality, innovation and ambition.

Love all the retarded and dumb xbox fanboys hiding behind MS’s market cap. A bunch of slaves they are.

 

[twilo99]

Finally, Raven Software gets to make original games again, right? Right?

Do they even have the capability? I thought they are just a "support" studio

 

[GHG]

I see alot of people commenting on the status of Halo without even have played it in it's current state. I would say it is the best multiplayer shooter on consoles by far right now.

Shame it didn't launch like that then eh?

 

[Klayzer]

Honestly, even Microsoft is not that stupid to fuck up COD. It literally prints money. All they have to do is pay the two alternating devs, and cash checks. If Phil, Sara, or Matt misshandles COD, a congressional inquiry should be appointed.

 

[reinking]

How can anyone judge a game they haven't played ?

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]

Honestly, even Microsoft is not that stupid to fuck up COD. It literally prints money. All they have to do is pay the two alternating devs, and cash checks. If Phil, Sara, or Matt misshandles COD, a congressional inquiry should be appointed.

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]

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]

I see alot of people commenting on the status of Halo without even have played it in it's current state. I would say it is the best multiplayer shooter on consoles by far right now.

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]

MS starting to give off EA vibes

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

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.

 

[Barakov]

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Some of TheGhostofHope previous leaks:

1,2, 3, 4, 5

I see this and think : there's no way Microsoft is that stupid. Then I'm remember it's Microsoft and yes, they are that fucking stupid.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

maybe we will get a modern engine finally.

 

[FunkMiller]

This is absolutely not true in the slightest. Ghosts, Infinite Warfare, and Vanguard were all disliked upon release and they had notably lower sales (except maybe Ghosts) and sustained player counts than other games in the series.
If this rumor is true, then Microsoft will effectively kill cod within a few years. As someone who buys cod on a yearly basis seeing so many veterans getting laid off or leaving is already making me extremely skeptical that I'll be playing newer cods in the future.

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.

 

[WitchHunter]

There is hope COD will shine again...

 

[WitchHunter]

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[Nvzman]

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.

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]

They’ve overspent because they’ve tried to cheapen out. It’s a funny cycle of shitty management.

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]

As the old saying goes, whatever Microsoft touches… turns to shit

 

[FunkMiller]

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.

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.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Hey contractors. First thing to work on. Have both Unranked and Rank (SBMM) modes.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

clarky is part of the reasons cod is on the decline.

 

[twilo99]

MW3 is an utter piece of shit

MW3 is a very, very good multiplayer game.

 

[StereoVsn]

They're $1billion at least every year just in terms of sales + they're already monestised to hell like any other GaaS and you have Warzone on top of that.

Just doesn't make sense. Only way this happens is if Microsoft royally fucks it up

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.

 

[Nvzman]

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.

MWIII is infinitely better than shitty ass MWII, again you don't know shit about what you are saying.

 

[woahwoahwoah]

Xbox has the most inept management in the industry. Call of Duty will be a dead franchise in 5 years.

 

[Gamerguy84]

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.

 

[FunkMiller]

MWIII is infinitely better than shitty ass MWII, again you don't know shit about what you are saying.

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]

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.

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]

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

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]

They should’ve made this

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.

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…

 

[TheGodfather07]

Microsoft has been way more consumer friendly than Sony and Nintendo and people still find a way to shit on them.

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]

fuck, now i gotta watch ford v ferrari again

damnit

 

[Daneel Elijah]

fuck, now i gotta watch ford v ferrari again

damnit

 

[FlyyGOD]

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?

Has Sony or Nintendo been more consumer friendly? If so how?

 

[Roni]

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.

 

[Chronicle]

And there it is.

 

[phil_t98]

They’ve overspent because they’ve tried to cheapen out. It’s a funny cycle of shitty management.

But they spent more on the game than they ever have? But the point stands that we haven’t seen budgets reduce

 

[Nvzman]

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.

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]

You can’t force people to buy a “trash” game…

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]

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.

Nah, if you actually like multiplayer games which involve shooting guns against other people, the Call of Duty franchise does that extremely well...