Former Blizzard president predicts Battlefield 6 is going to 'boot stomp' Black Ops 7 because Call of Duty has become 'lazy'
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Chittagong
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After they succeeded in shipping a recycled multiplayer and zombies mode and calling the combo "Black Ops 4" I don't think anything will convince them to change their ways.
I do hope for a massive Battlefield return however, I used to love the series.
I do hope for a massive Battlefield return however, I used to love the series.
ecosse_011172
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Looks quite funny to me.
Also, inevitable when all GaaS games are played by kids who love micro transactions.
Peroroncino
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it became too woke for my taste
Fair enough but that's what he meant by rainbow colours basically. Battlefield normally takes itself a little more seriously.
ecosse_011172
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Now I get it, isn't it just DLC to ignore though or am I misunderstanding?
You can not buy it but you can't stop others from buying and using these so you will see them regardless.
ecosse_011172
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Aha, gotcha.
The artful mincer
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Outselling Call of Duty Globally isn't that unusual.
Hogwarts and Black Myth Wukong already did. Elden Ring would have outsold Vanguard had it released in the same year. Battlefield 6 could easily outsell it this year.
Call of Duty's popularity peak was 2009 to 2012 it was even more popular GTA. (popularity peak not revenue or profit) it's been in a very slow decline ever since. Modern Warfare 2019 and warzone gave them a shot in the arm but I think the trend is irreversible.
Trouble is the only sub franchises with any traction are Modern warfare and Black ops. They are now stuck rushing them out every year which doesn't allow time for people to miss them.
Only thing that could reverse it is creating a new sub franchise. Maybe World war 1 or Western could work.
Hogwarts and Black Myth Wukong already did. Elden Ring would have outsold Vanguard had it released in the same year. Battlefield 6 could easily outsell it this year.
Call of Duty's popularity peak was 2009 to 2012 it was even more popular GTA. (popularity peak not revenue or profit) it's been in a very slow decline ever since. Modern Warfare 2019 and warzone gave them a shot in the arm but I think the trend is irreversible.
Trouble is the only sub franchises with any traction are Modern warfare and Black ops. They are now stuck rushing them out every year which doesn't allow time for people to miss them.
Only thing that could reverse it is creating a new sub franchise. Maybe World war 1 or Western could work.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
HeisenbergFX4
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ChorizoPicozo
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To actually make money.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Battlefield always feels far too big to be fun, both it and COD can give you games where you played your best game ever and your team loses, but in battlefield, far, far, far moreso.
BRB, running for a helicopter to immediately crash.
BRB, running for a helicopter to immediately crash.
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Hollywood Hitman
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I agree, but I also feel they're just totally different types of shooters so it's like why even worry. Battlefield is forever the better shooter if I had to pick one, but cod is also fun in a totally different way
Stuart360
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Its also worth remembering that 2042 also had huge beta results, and had a ton of hype behind it , and that downright flopped by Battlefield standards, even when comparing to 1 and V.
Still i feel this is Battlefields best chance to beat COD but in the long run i very much doubt it will, sales wise anyway.
Still i feel this is Battlefields best chance to beat COD but in the long run i very much doubt it will, sales wise anyway.
HeisenbergFX4
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Stuart360
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Oh i know 6 is bigger but those were good results for a beta back then with 2042. Some actual fully released AAA games would love to get 100k CC, nevermind a beta.2042 had good beta numbers but BF6 is much larger
My point was the game still sold badly, regardless of the beta numbers.
6 is obviouly going to blow away 2042's sales, but beta results dont always tell the whole story.
Reizo Ryuu
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COD was doing this before anyone else though, it's really after fortnite that people started paying attention to it and now say COD wants to be like fortnite when it's the other way around; COD had wacky weird skins all the way back in 2014, fornite just saw they were making money with this and jumped on.
Also it's not really targeted to "kids", since the game isn't rated that way and the latest events and collabs in BO6 were: 80s terminator, gritty(more like the original comic) TMNT, smoking weed, Jay and silent bob, beavis and butthead; aside from tmnt, "kids" don't know any of those.
Bumblebeetuna
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CoD has been lazy for well over a decade now. It won't matter. Battlefield requires a lot more tactics and thought than CoD, so CoD will be way more popular, regardless of quality.
Danny22
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You know who I feel is is the smartest person here? Bobby Kotick.
He sold a first person multiplayer shooter at 20 million plus per year (which franchise apart from sports title can do that) to American dudebros when online was new for most. The moment he saw Battle Royale, live service, f2p and Fortnite start to go way above than a premium title like COD can do, he got his golden parachute and sold it Microsoft.
I kinda feel bad for Microsoft, they spent a mammoth amount getting the Acti-blizzard and now their star products main competitor is coming back strongly and I see them running COD into the ground in a decade somehow.
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