No, these employees need to stay working for kotick because these gaming “journalists” think it’s better for the gaming industry.
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If Microsoft does fix the environment and others, Phil will have the right to flex 24/7.
It’s an example as to why a lot of people are not seeing the forest through the trees and only care about their plastic box and pretend they are concerned about industry consolidation.
The fact of the matter is that Activision Blizzard was a dumbster fire of a company not only in terms of the way they treated their employees but also creatively, so much so that Activision became a COD publisher and Blizzard was a pale shadow of their former self creatively.
At least with this purchase there is cause for optimism that things may improve with a new leadership at the helm.
I gotta ask because it’s been killing me since yesterday.
Soon Microsoft will own Call of Duty, the world’s most popular FPS. Taking out of the equation if CoD remains an annual release, we can fully expect to see CoD at future Xbox E3’s/Showcase Events.
However, this runs the risk, as you would say, of oversaturating or overshadowing other marque FPS already in development.
You’ve been on record stating that Microsoft will not show off other RPGs at the same events and will not release multiple games of the same genre in the same year.
Regardless of CoD staying annual or moving to a once every X years release style, eventually a CoD title is going to go against a Doom/Quake/Halo/Wolfenstien game of releasing two marquee FPS games in the same year regardless of what quarter they are.
What is your take on this situation?
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MS are becoming more and more about services, instead of regular sequels. COD will follow the same path as say Infinite, it will be one game released with regular updates.
Not for CoD it wont. Maybe Warzone sure but regular CoD wont become that.
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We never release any other fps besides CoD.
I look at this as basically MS are against annualized or regular sequels really. It saturates the IP. Look at what they have done with Halo Infinite, SOT, Forza, everything is becoming a platform.
My fondest gaming memories are of modern warfare 1 on 360 played every day for probably 4 years with the same crew and it was so much fun. Then kids came along haha
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It will, Phil wont release regular sequels to COD. Its against his MO
That didn’t answer my question though.
You’ve stated that Microsoft wouldn’t show off Avowed or Fable in a year with Starfield, do you believe the same would hold true of a Quake or Halo Infinite Campaign DLC in a year where a Treyarch or Infinity Ward CoD is due for release, regardless of the annualization of CoD?
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Because Halo became a platform??? That is literally not Phil’s MO and he doesnt dictate the games people make lol.
Ima be honest not gonna spend 3 years debating the Annualization of cod lol.
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I believe they will be one RPG, with one FPS per year yes. Cod and Halo will never be in the same year
It will literally be impossible to not have CoD content and Halo overlap. Xbox has a service to feed yall need to leave behind that overshadow mentality lol.
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Once MS are in full control of everything
Bookmarked.
Will love to see how this shakes out.
Book marked your post for the first random June Sunday in 2024.
Missed you bud @ProgStopper
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Once MS are in control. Well i mean this year and next its Cod anyway. However thats pre buyout
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