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[RickMasters]

De-annualise COD?...maybe that means they can let raven work on new hexen and heretic games afterall!

 

[SHA]

How? By not making contents?, this is silly, ms is not a contentless platform and it doesn't have to be this way.

 

[farmerboy]

To be honest, I kinda think thats the best option for something like COD that has yearly releases. Just one big GAAS that keeps getting stuff added to it.

 

[KaiserBecks]

The general belief is that MWIII is the final yearly release and the game is going to transition to a pure GAAS like Fornite, Apex, Overwatch, etc.

CoD already feels like a GAAS, only difference is that the games are being abandoned after two years and my purchases are worthless by then. I would more than welcome this change.

 

[Danjin44]

“End of era” over COD!?

 

[hinch7]

Well it started with Warzone so making the base CoD games on a live service was the next logical step.

If it does happen going to pass on that. Not only will it have even more annoying DLC's and MTX's in there but also will be riddled with cheaters. Same thing happened with CS Go when that went free to play.

 

[mrmustard]

Microsoft cancels Call of Duty and makes a new ip named Call of Warfare. Xbox + Pc exclusive.

 

[wipeout364]

i can’t imagine they would stop yearly releases or change their current delivery. COD is incredibly lucrative. I bet they have stats that show the group playing Warzone is not the same as the group playing the yearly game.

If I was to guess it might be that they will separate Warzone and COD completely. Right now buying skins in COD or Warzone allows the use in both games. Separating the two would allow much more freedom for the Warzone Team, with ability to create their own events and not be dependent on the multi/zombies teams.

 

[MikeM]

So they basically scrapping single player, about time, still not interested until they change the map layouts like earlier cod games and not like fucking doom or halo arena maps

Did not turn out well for Battlefield 2042. Their turn to make the same mistake I guess. Oh well… i still own a lot of the older ones on console and will still play them.

 

[mhirano]

There is no way they would give up on $70 yearly purchases. And just like FIFA they can add GAAS on top of the full retail sale and also reset it yearly.

 

[Hendrick's]

No way they are dropping the iterative releases and going GaaS only. No chance. They have Warzone for that already and mainline CoD simply makes too much money. I could see them dropping the SP campaign however.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

If COD goes to a GAAS games, that will be devastating. The question is, why? They got Warzone. The games are $70 annual releases and they make billions per year. Maybe they don’t want to keep investing into the high budget development and production values or something? I like the campaigns in COD, but I’ll be skipping the games if it becomes a live service game. If this is legitimate, is this Microsoft’s decision?

 

[splattered]

Maybe mp continues to be yearly but SP become bigger every 2 or 3 year releases instead?

 

[Unknown?]

The scale that A-B has been operating at with this franchise is something that nobody else has even come close to in this industry. I mean, in a world where say Microsoft needed six years to release a new Forza, they've been releasing a new COD which has a budget of at least $150M-$200M every year. Basically every damn studio they own is working on this operation. I also don't necessarily think it is sustainable anymore, Vanguard was shit, MW2 was shit, etc. Meanwhile Warzone is making tons of money and doesn't need that effort.

Which is why they're F'ed if it stops selling.

 

[SmokedMeat]

They’re replacing Soap McTavish and John Price with Snoop Dogg and Cardi B.

 

[Shut0wen]

Did not turn out well for Battlefield 2042. Their turn to make the same mistake I guess. Oh well… i still own a lot of the older ones on console and will still play them.

Dice is a shadow of its former self, everyone that made battlefield good left long ago, as much as i hate cod atleast all 3 studios are capable of making a game thats playable

 

[Bernoulli]

Call of Duty Online paying game

Each season is a paid DLC can't play the new season without paying

and Microtransactions

 

[splattered]

Dice is a shadow of its former self, everyone that made battlefield good left long ago, as much as i hate cod atleast all 3 studios are capable of making a game thats playable

I really hope Battlefield can make a good comeback next game

 

[Piggoro]

I really hope Battlefield can make a good comeback next game

It unlikely but I keep hoping too.

 

[sachos]

It would be cool if they separated their MP CoD games from the SP ones. Like, rebrand the single player campaigns into their own standalone franchise, name it "Call of Duty Stories" or something. I wish to play something like OG Soldier of Fortune but with CoD gunplay/tech.

 

[Holammer]

Sounds good, it'll free up a lot of Activision studios to do other stuff. Create new IP or dust off old ones.
Call to Power III anyone?

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Sounds good, it'll free up a lot of Activision studios to do other stuff. Create new IP or dust off old ones.
Call to Power III anyone?

 

[Tomeru]

I could not be surprised about this decision. I wonder how this will affect Sony, after the whole mess we saw a few months back.

Maybe they know and that is why they signed (or atleast part of why they signed).

 

[Bungie]

No way MS would want to do that. Right?...............

It's what they tried to do with Halo Infinite.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Microsoft cancels Call of Duty and makes a new ip named Call of Warfare. Xbox + Pc exclusive.

I would not be at all surprised if this happens and of course the antitrust authorities of the world are impotent and incompetent.

 

[Shut0wen]

I really hope Battlefield can make a good comeback next game

Can never see it happening, bf5 felt more like a battlefront game and the newest game is just shockingly bad maps with 120 players added to the mix, just doesnt work, insurgency is the new bf for me these days

 

[violence]

Yeah, why bother if it’s going to be a day one gamepass game

 

[mckmas8808]

It's what they tried to do with Halo Infinite.

 

[NickFire]

Do the $70 titles not have any DLC or battle passes?

It has all of the above. Maps are no longer tied to DLC, but microtransactions are both cosmetic and tactical due to weapon blueprints.

 

[Archie501]

David Vonderhaar is probably leaving the company.

You called it.

 

[M.W.]

You called it.

lol how about dem apples

 

[Horseganador]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Looks like David Vondehaar was a multiplayer lead for Treyarch, eh? That's the end of the Era? Treyarch's CODs were alright but I never liked them as much as Infinity Ward's. Treyarch's feel even more arcadey

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

That would be bad enough if COD becomes a GAAS game, but if there is no campaign on top of that, I would definitely be done with the franchise. I do enjoy the campaigns and I don’t play multiplayer.

 

[Heisenberg007]

That would be bad enough if COD becomes a GAAS game, but if there is no campaign on top of that, I would definitely be done with the franchise. I do enjoy the campaigns and I don’t play multiplayer.

Unfortunately, that's where it is eventually heading. Sooner or later, that's the fate of almost all FPS games.