There's room for Call of Duty and GTA, says Activision Publishing CEO

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Call of Duty goes up against other potential blockbusters on an annual basis, but once or twice in a console generation, during a Grand Theft Auto release year, the stakes are raised a little higher.

Grand Theft Auto 5 has a fair chance of knocking the FPS series off the top of the annual best-seller lists it so regularly dominates, but Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has told CVG there's room for both Rockstar's game and Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Ghosts to succeed this year.

"Obviously, [GTA] is a hugely successful franchise, and I get asked about our big competitors every year," he said in a newly published interview.

"We're always up against iconic titles, and I know people like to tell a clash-of-the-titans story, but I feel there's lots of evidence that there's room for more than one successful game, and indeed more than one successful blockbuster. And if people only have money for a few games, I like our chances that Call of Duty will be one of them."

Asked if he believes Call of Duty can continue to grow as a franchise, Hirshberg said: "I certainly hope so. The fact that it's a console transition year adds complexity, and if you look historically at what happens during console transitions is there are short-term challenges followed by long-term opportunities.

"We've discussed that pretty openly, but that said I think the franchise has never been stronger. More people are playing Call of Duty now than ever before, and in terms of performance we're producing the best season of digital content we've ever had.

"These things point to key interest and momentum, but there are challenges and confusion in the marketplace with regards to whether people are going for current gen or next gen. I think the creative challenge we have with Call of Duty is to make a game the fans love and at the same time build a new game that's innovative."

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XeDragHDPosted:

The Call of Duty franchise turned to shit when they decided to come out with a new game every year or two instead of letting us play one or two, great, CODs and update those games to make them great and make progress together instead of IW and 3arc competing.

I am sure COD is the only game that has ever done this, correct me if I am wrong, but it's pretty ridiculous how they expect everyone to pay $60 every year for a new COD when we have one that we have prestiged in a few times.

Honestly only reason why I did buy the games when it came out for midnight release was because I was hoping for something different, but it turns out it's the same shit different day.

IVIurdax941Posted:

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BBmodz its definitely going to be pretty close this year, I believe Call of Duty will come out over top of GTA.

I don't believe im getting Ghost but definitely getting the new GTA


CoD will never come out on top of a huge game such as this. CoD is dying.

Yeah cod is dying I got bored of playing black ops 2 because you just play the samething over and over every year

slapshot101Posted:

There are for sure room for both of these games as they are way different genres. I think that considering the launch windows for the games are very different they will have no problem both selling. Most people are going to get both games anyways.

ZigsPosted:

Less than two weeks left, cant wait.

Relentless757Posted:

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Relentless757 Why choose CoD over GTA? GTA has MULTIPLAYER that offers more than CoD Multiplayer. Plus people get CoD for multiplayer. Play the same maps over and over again. GTA Online will let you create missions, maps, and races. You can rob stores with your friends and then kill them and take all the money! Plus it is open world.


Preferences. Not everyone goes for open-world games. I didn't care for GTA 4's multiplayer. Some friends and I just drove around and raced each other, which got stale pretty quickly. Call of Duty is also first-person, which some people prefer. GTA can only offer more if the person playing it prefers the features and mechanics. It's not like GTA is Call of Duty with added features. It's something that isn't even comparable, so preferences will play a big role in what people choose. I'm getting both, but GTA will not be my multiplayer game for sure. I may play it here and there with friends, but Ghosts will have my attention for a while with multiplayer.


Yeah, well my cousin has only played CoD since 2011. The only other games he played besides that was Army of Two, Skate 2, Skate, MLB 2k10, and that's it. I'm surprised he told me that he can't wait for GTA V. I'm probably gonna have to help him out since he has never played an open world game and GTA V is gonna have a lot of shit in it. So, I hope he doesn't get confused and decides to quit the game. My point, this game will change people's preferences.

LairPosted:

nah theres only room for GTA

UrfPosted:

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-InsanelyAwesome- GTA V will out sell CoD Ghosts I am confident of that. But CoD should not be concentrating on GTA V its a completely different style of game, they need to concentrate on staying top of the FPS section and fend off the attack of Battlefield 4.


This is true but in all honesty GTAV will sell the most in my opinion, its most likely the most anticipated game of 2013 and will stay top for a while yet. No doubght in my mind that they will stay top for a long time.


Definitely. I don't remember the last time people were this excited for a game. CoD is the same thing over and over again. At least that's what most people are saying. GTA 5 has so much improvements and new content.


Last time was Skyrim. That game still has a ton of replay-ability just because of the amount of mods for PC.

DawPosted:

Dr-Ponyfile
-InsanelyAwesome- GTA V will out sell CoD Ghosts I am confident of that. But CoD should not be concentrating on GTA V its a completely different style of game, they need to concentrate on staying top of the FPS section and fend off the attack of Battlefield 4.


This is true but in all honesty GTAV will sell the most in my opinion, its most likely the most anticipated game of 2013 and will stay top for a while yet. No doubght in my mind that they will stay top for a long time.


Definitely. I don't remember the last time people were this excited for a game. CoD is the same thing over and over again. At least that's what most people are saying. GTA 5 has so much improvements and new content.

CHPPosted:

there is room. but gta v will kick cods ass

UrfPosted:

BBmodz its definitely going to be pretty close this year, I believe Call of Duty will come out over top of GTA.

I don't believe im getting Ghost but definitely getting the new GTA


CoD will never come out on top of a huge game such as this. CoD is dying.


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