After years of pushing both Infinity Ward and Treyarch to pump out yearly Call of Duty sequels, has the series finally began to lose some of its juggernaut momentum? Apparently so according to a recent Gamasutra article. Despite having a stronger initial debut than previous entry Black Ops, Modern Warfare 3′s sales are currently falling behind by about 4.2% those of Treyarch’s title.
Which is, of course, fantastic. At this point the best thing for this series would be for its sales to drop far enough that Activision actually takes the time to allow both Infinity Ward and Treyarch to foster some true creativity and perhaps a more interesting setting than burning major cities and generic cold war installation #4. Maybe they can even stop using Quake III’s engine and do something new visually as well. Either way, they need to do something different in the near future if they don’t want CoD to turn into a Guitar Hero style debacle.
I believe the problem with Call of Duty at this point sales wise comes not from gamers, they already know that CoD is stale and boring, but from the ever present bro factor.
As long as CoD is popular or has that socially acceptable vibe to it then bros will still flock to it long after gamers have left it for dead.
Your comment reminds me of Dude Bro Massacre 3, the best horror movie ever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKMXGozst0
Oh I laughed and laughed and laughed.
It’s nowhere near dead but it is winding down.
I hope it is winding down tbh. I have nothing against CoD per se, but I just feel that the heavy reliance on milking one franchise has stifled creativity at Activision. Hopefully they realise they can’t continue this trend otherwise we’ll end up with another Guitar Hero situation. Don’t see it happening though.