Activision aren't concerned which Call of Duty you play as long as you play

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If it seems Call of Duty players are giving newer installments in the series the cold shoulder, it's because they are. According to NPD rankings, a five-year-old game, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, ended up outselling Infinite Warfare this past April due to its newly-minted status as a backwards compatible Xbox One shooter.

Activision isn't that concerned, however, which game players are flocking to, as longas they're playing a Call of Duty game. According to Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg when speaking to GamesIndustry, the company's policy "has been" that as long as people are playing a Call of Duty game, "we're happy."

Hirshberg explained further: “Call of Duty is less of a persistent platform as it is a persistent ethos. It is a game that makes you feel a certain way, and has certain expectations around core mechanics, tone and manner. I feel there are multiple presentations of that, and we have shown the ability to keep people engaged, sometimes for many years past the initial launch."

So it's likely we'll continue to see new content coming for older entries in the Call of Duty universe as players flock to games released over the span of the last few years rather than mobbing the latest and greatest.

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Source: https://www.pcgamesn.com/call-of-duty-infinite-warfare/activision-call-of-duty-player-numbers

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TOXICPosted:

When world war 2 comes out will be the only cod i play for sure, and maybe still play the good old cod4.

XboxPosted:

Because the old cods is where it's at.

Please give us a mw2 remaster that way we don't have all them damn modders.

k3rryPosted:

Still think they just need to remaster MW2, or make entirely new maps, with trickshotting because that community is huge and if you got a CoD that got the FaZe clan back on CoD they'd make shit loads of money. I mean what's wrong with making more money if you're one of the biggest game devs in the world.

DecyPosted:

Anything Outselling Infinite Warfare wouldn't surprise me the game is complete garbage.

EchoPosted:

If they continued to give what people wanted they would have made alot more money and happy playerbase. BOII was my favourite after MW2 and no wonder it outsold IW

BarclayPosted:

*Activision arent concerned which supply drops you buy as long as you pay

Rodgers96Posted:

Baum What a bad article. Don't you check grammar and spelling before posting it?


"longas" lol, I thought the same when reading this

BaumPosted:

What a bad article. Don't you check grammar and spelling before posting it?

SeamPosted:

If they didnt turn the franchise to shit, would have been better

SakonPosted:

CoD will never be as popular as it was 5+ years ago, So much of the fan base has moved onto other games.