COD Modern Warfare Has $600M Opening Weekend
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mattm4
I played the Beta, and was not impressed. It was the same old COD, with better graphics, and the ability to peak around walls/mount objects. But the maps were trash! So un-ballanced!
ImmortalicBrad
I've been against the COD franchise for many years but I have to say, after playing the beta I really enjoyed it.
All I would play in earlier releases was Hardcore Mode (no radar, limited health) instead of needing to unload 2 whole magazines into someone to kill them. With cross platform play it removes the restrictions of not being able to play with your friends simply because they had it on console rather than being a part of the "PC Master Race". To top it off, they include all maps, updates and DLC at no additional cost... which is unheard of in these day and ages. So I am all for it ๐
fantaskarsef
Silva
People are so exited to see a movie...I miss the old original MW days, but those are in the past.
There are indie developers making a better job today at creating compelling games over AAA companies.
ImmortalicBrad
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rm082e
TheDeeGee
Not bad for a pack of milk.
TheDeeGee
Loobyluggs
Loobyluggs
schmidtbag
ffs... this is the kind of crap why we aren't seeing anything original anymore.
MADEVIL
People still drinking the COD Kool-Aid. This series needed to die a long time ago and it just keeps being stagnant and like others have stated it just hurts FPS games because little to no evolution. Other companies see the sales numbers and just want to jump on the bandwagon and many think that COD sets the bar for what a FPS game should be.
I remember the early games being fun, then things went down hill and had one friend who was a giant fanboy of Modern Warfare and was on it all the time.. He kept trying to get me to buy the game and I said no all the time because I didn't fall for the hype. I remember looking at the back of the box and seeing the quote "The Most Intense And Cinematic Experience". That sounded like a movie to me and not a game and at the time I just kept telling him COD = Crap On Disc.
vbetts
Moderator
For everyone saying this is the same COD or recycled, I can surely tell you this is no where near the same or recycled from any previous COD game. This is definitely a step in the right direction coming from BO4 IMO(or if we are going to single out IW and TA games, this is not like any MW game in the past). Progression in this game series is great.
And others saying these games are bad, while you are completely entitled to your opinion and all, but sales numbers don't lie. People enjoy the game if it keeps selling, and IW and TA games come every other year.
thesaiyan
Wow! Such a positive and forward-thinking thread... Weird how nobody thinks of the possible choice that the game might actually be good and instead just assume that everyone is a moron for buying it and/or enjoying it.
Granted, Activision is greedy and all but they knew how to capitalize from what people actually wanted for a while which was a modern shooter and actually did a decent game and that is just good business for them.
Fox2232
Reardan
Loobyluggs
Dragam1337
schmidtbag
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But unlike other companies that take the same approach (like Disney or EA), IW knows what to keep the same and what to make different. They change just enough for COD to feel refreshing [to their fans] but not so different to be off-putting. They make it similar enough so it feels nostalgic and familiar, but not so similar that it feels like they're just trying to bury the past and make an easy money-grab.
Much like Coke, it's better they don't strive to make the best product, because that's not what their fans want.
Although I don't think most of the COD games are bad (well, World at War was crappy but that wasn't made by IW), popular!=good. A lot of people have really blind loyalty, for better and worse. Whether that be a franchise, a brand, a political party, or a methodology, people have a tendency to gravitate toward whatever they're familiar with or whatever echos their preferences. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn't leave much room for improvement or progress either, and it also promotes unhealthy biases. Despite the fact that Pepsi tends to be more favorable in blind taste tests, most people (often vehemently) insist Coke is better. Even back when Coke rebranded themselves with a different (and ostensibly better) recipe, people retaliated, hard. I find that unhealthy, and not because of all the grams of sugar.
IW knows what they're doing. They know what their fanbase wants and how to deliver what they want, and that's why COD is a consistent success. So, what is that?