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Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra said that this year Battlefield 6 is going to "boot stomp" Call of Duty's guts out.



He defended his pick in a subsequent reply post, saying Call of Duty "has gone downhill for years" since Infinite Warfare in 2016. " It's a mess. Cheating, heavy UI/install, rainbow colors. People are sick of it. Luckily BF will force them to change it."

Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'

It's not necessarily that Battlefield is that much better, according to Mike Ybarra, but that Call of Duty kind of sucks.

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[Punished Miku]

Alternate headline: Disgruntled ex-employee and current CEO of Prize Picks fantasizes about revenge on X while on his lunch break

 

[bighugeguns]

Mike crying and screaming about COD in the shower.

He's not wrong about the out of control cosmetics, it's absurd. If you're not staring at cell shaded shit or animal heads you're fucking blinded by custom tracer rounds.

 

[demigod]

Alternate headline: Disgruntled ex-employee and current CEO of Prize Picks fantasizes about revenge on X while on his lunch break

Here comes the XDF. Are you denying the "rainbow colors" in CoD?

 

[GulfCoastZilla]

I mean it certainly feels that way. And I'm a COD Zombies guys too but I'm still more excited for BF6

 

[Three]

It won't matter to millions of people. To them CoD is CoD so they will be there on name alone. BF will hopefully perform well but it isn't curbstomping CoD.

 

[jm89]

Mhmmm.

I've heard this before.

 

[Kacho]

Based Mike Ybarra shitting on rainbow colors?

Does BF6 have any wokeness, like out of place female combatants everywhere? Everything I've seen looks deliciously 360 era dudebro.

 

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[diffusionx]

he's right tho

COD has become an embarrassingly bad franchise and needs external pressure to get back on track.

 

[Kerotan]

I wonder could battlefield ever come up with a decent zombie mode and truly rival cod long term.

 

[kevboard]

I don't think it will outsell Black Ops 7. it will take some of its market share, but Call of Duty had so many bad and "unpopular" releases, yet is still basically uncontested.

Modern Warfare II for example was atrocious... as was Black Ops 4. yet, it's still on top.

 

[Mr Moose]

Alternate headline: Disgruntled ex-employee and current CEO of Prize Picks fantasizes about revenge on X while on his lunch break

It won't outsell CoD, but what he said about CoD is correct,

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

People are ready for blood.

 

[EDMIX]

Ok but, none of that has to do with sales and reality. People call Madden, Fifa, Call Of Duty and AC series "lazy" yet seem to have zero real explanation on why they move those record units.

I don't think the people who play that IP give a shit tbh. They are moving those units cause they are doing something correct for that fanbase to continue to return.

Mhmmm.

I've heard this before.

I'm saying, its like this yearly, neck beard, OMG THIS IS IT BOYZ, COD WILL FLOP narrative.

I've once seen someone use YouTube downvotes to argue COD would flop and the game went on to move over 20 million units. From what I've seen, hardcore gamer's perspective on this rarely makes sense to actual reality and its like they don't get they don't speak for millions of gamers.

I'm buying BF6 day 1, I think it will be better then COD, however, I do not use that personal bias as some arguing point that COD will flop. The series has moved enough units to show its core install base has something they love about the IP that makes them return and they do it pretty fucking well if they've been able to maintain that top spot.


So...doubt.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

It won't outsell CoD, but what he said about CoD is correct,

It doesn't need to outsell CoD. It just needs to steal like 5% of the player base. And if the CoD community was correct, Warzone was/is on a tightrope.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

it won't do shit to COD because they aren't even the same kind of games; the amount of time you could spend running to where the action is in BF, could be an entire game in any of its MP game modes in COD.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

The better game isn't always more popular

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Imagine MS buying COD for 70 billion and running the biggest gaming IP to the ground. That would be…an achievement.

 

[Durin]

All that matters is that it's just a good game, and EA doesn't somehow find a way to screw it up.

As long as their is another good military shooter option on the tablet, CoD can throw as many dumbass costume vomit on their IP as they want.

 

[Roberts]

Cosmic jesus, that guy is such a boring ass attention seeker. Hasn't said anything interesting in like forever.

 

[EverydayBeast]

COD represents the madden of shooters, if you want a quality shooter you go with Battlefield 6

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

"rainbow colors" the snowflakes are going to scream.

 

[Barakov]

Imagine MS buying COD for 70 billion and running the biggest gaming IP to the ground. That would be…an achievement.

That would be pretty on brand for MS.

 

[ecosse_011172]

What does "rainbow colours" mean?

 

[Hero_Select]

It won't. But Battlefield 6 seems to be poised to do better than it ever has, especially if they actually pull off a fun Battle Royale

 

[SILKYSMOOTH30FPS]

I want Bobby Kotick's opinion on the situation

 

[Saber]

It definitivelly become extremelly, abundantly cringe and shiny purple. CoD kinda lost it's focus.

 

[VGA-Games]

Call of Duty is now DEI Trash filled with Pronounces and Pride Flags!!!

 

[Arsic]

0% chance.

This has been the narrative every battlefield and it never happens.

Give it a fucking rest.

 

[neocycle]

People buy BF and quickly realise how unfun it is and go back to COD. Won't be different this time.

 

[neocycle]

It won't. But Battlefield 6 seems to be poised to do better than it ever has, especially if they actually pull off a fun Battle Royale

Which actually isn't really part of BF6. It's a separate game that releases later.

 

[poppabk]

Sadly, the only chance this happens is if they fuck up Battlefront and make it like CoD. And then it will lose to CoD.

 

[Sub_Level]

I agree but the thing is: a CoD 'failure' will still sell more than most games in a given year and will not necessarily mean the series is on a downturn. See: CoD Ghosts and CoD Infinite Warfare.

so even if BF6 kicks cod's ass, its won the battle not the war lol

 

[Pimpbaa]

What does "rainbow colours" mean?

Probably all guest characters they add to CoD (it's like fortnite). Plus all the wacky customization for guns that do all kinds of cartoony shit.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Dude has never liked COD and now has even more reason to hammer MS

 

[darrylgorn]

 

[powder]

 

[UniformDeliverance]

Could battlefield 6 be the better game? Possible. Likely even.

Will it outsell black ops 7? Not a chance in hell.

 

[ZehDon]

The first few months of a new COD seem to be the best. Stuff generally feels on theme, mostly feels like I'm playing my fast paced military shooter. Some of zombie non-sense seeps in, but it's generally tolerable.
After a season or two, though, it goes to shit. Niki Minaj skins, new weapons fuck the balance, and SBMM has done its damage. Instead of a military shooter, I'm playing Fortnite. I gave up on BO6 when the Turtles came on board. Way too distracting for me.

 

[Mattyp]

Lmao just no, totally different games and BOPS7 will vastly outsell BF6 and also produce 100x the income with the rainbow coloured shit.

 

[clarky]

The first few months of a new COD seem to be the best. Stuff generally feels on theme, mostly feels like I'm playing my fast paced military shooter. Some of zombie non-sense seeps in, but it's generally tolerable.
After a season or two, though, it goes to shit. Niki Minaj skins, new weapons fuck the balance, and SBMM has done its damage. Instead of a military shooter, I'm playing Fortnite. I gave up on BO6 when the Turtles came on board. Way too distracting for me.

Looks like they are just going all in straight of the bat with this new one..........pre order skins

 

[ecosse_011172]

Probably all guest characters they add to CoD (it's like fortnite). Plus all the wacky customization for guns that do all kinds of cartoony shit.

Ah ok, thanks.
So colours apart from brown and grey are bad for the badass dudebros here, the colours are there in spades because the games are mostly played by kids who love Fortnite?

 

[ecosse_011172]

Call of Duty is now DEI Trash filled with Pronounces and Pride Flags!!!

I don't think these brainwashed posters know what the words they use mean.
Bless.

 

[ecosse_011172]

People are ready for blood.

No idea why any slightly intelligent adult would watch any of that. You can see it's clickbait nonsense immediately.
Aimed at kids I imagine.

 

[Haint]

This is the guy who, during his tenure as CEO of Blizzard, sold WoW Raid/Dungeon boosts where people paid real money to have the game's best gear funneled to them. This guy is the Grand Wizard of Clowns.

 

[SuperC]

Call of Duty is now DEI Trash filled with Pronounces and Pride Flags!!!

COD never went full woke, It dose have some woke elements in the last 10 years but this is like 90% of Western games, BF will be the same unless we see only men on the map which is not the case

 

[SamuraiEdge]

COD will always sell and BF6 will do great numbers. People like their shooters and has a crazy high audience either way.

 

[The_Mike]

Modern CoD is a joke.

But there are too many people invested in cod for it to fail. It's like having left your ex, but you eventually goes back because you've been used to toxicity.