Lower Call of Duty: Ghosts sales 'not a sign of series fatigue'
Speaking among the pages of this month’s GameInformer, Activision’s head of publishing was asked if the Call of Duty brand was in danger of perishing under gamer fatigue.
He replied, “No,” and added, “We’ve been pretty transparent all year that we think, because of the challenges of the console transition year, that that was likely in the short-term. I think it would be a mistake to conflate the challenges of the console transition year with any indications about the health of the franchise.”
The magazine then asked Hirsberg if annualising the brand has perhaps caused diminishing returns to this pointm and it was suggested that this is a popular view among critics. He replied, “Well no, obviously not – and obviously I don’t agree with the critics there. I know that Call of Duty’s a polarising franchise with some of the critics, and it’s clear to me that not all the critics like our strategy of making a game every year, but thankfully our fans do.
“It’s also clear to me that the critical response doesn’t always mirror the fans’ appreciation of a game. We actually do read the critics’ comments and take them into consideration during our creative process, but we just can’t measure ourselves by that yardstick alone.
“Our most important audience is our fans, so we try to stay laser-focused on making games that they love. If you look at the fact that [Ghosts is] the most pre-ordered game of the year, it’s the most pre-ordered next-gen game of the year, it’s already the number one most played on Xbox Live, and that we’re seeing longer average playtimes than ever before, we’re confident that we’re doing well by the criteria that matter most.”
Is the Call of Duty brand dwindling? How much longer can it keep up this pace? Let us know below.
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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/12/04/call-of-duty-ghosts-critical-response-doesnt-mirror-fan-appreciation-says-activision/
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RacistPosted:
KAQCommanderPig The game is alright but there is some things that IW needs to touch up on.
At the moment I think call of duty ghost's isn't doing very well ... battlefield is becoming bigger and better than cod
Cod still has more active players daily though, right?
RacistPosted:
Is cods popularity going down? Well, yes. black ops 2 was supported like no other game. Competitive was pushed hard by treyarch. IW do not support the competitive community and removed features that were huge such as league play.
1492Posted:
cod is definitely dying they need to fix a lot of the issues and listen to the community more, and it will be a great game imo
AllSkinsNoSkillPosted:
How could it not be because of series fatigue?Cod is dying and they need to fix it.
AlzarahPosted:
i beleive that the call of duty series are dying down as a whole franchise and they dont want to admit it and are struggling to keep the series going.
MortarPosted:
I do like the game, but the maps, dear god how they are bad. It is a shame that the majority of the maps are huge, Stonehaven and Overlord are, in my opinion horrible to play. I think that it is good that a new Call of Duty game is released annually as means the players don't get too bored. A year provides enough time for a player to reach the maximum prestige, get most, if not all weapon camouflages and complete the campaign ect.
RantPosted:
Sempiternal I'm not the biggest fan - No ground war... I haven't got it yet but I've played it a few times around a friends house, the game does feel nice. But it will never match up to the feeling of Cod4 and W@W just because of nostalgia.
Wow, no ground war? How could they take that out?!
_MarkPosted:
LotLavishWigwam I really don't like this game one bit
It seems like most don't because of how quickly you die in this game.
It is harder to be good.
You die very fast in this game compared to other cods
I loved the cod series until mw3 came out. Now the cod series is dying down the way I see it.
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