Activision Exec: Call of Duty is This Generation's Star Wars

[The Procrastinated End]

Wow...that's something that just should never be said.

 

[skywalkerlion]

Activision are funny bastards, I love their little jokes.

What this fellow said.

What's next, Activision? "CoD is bigger then Battlefield"? "CoD sells better then the Bible"?

What a bunch of BS.

 

[Billion Backs]

Over-rated series? Yep, he got it right.

 

[Dfskelleton]

This is one of the reasons why I don't want MW2, and never play MW1. Despite it's small issues, I like Halo better. The developers never say anything offensive, there isn't the possibility of paid subscriptions for multiplayer, no Noob Tubes, Forge mode, better soundtrack, dare I say better single player, and despite how many other characters he's ripped off (look at my avatar) a generally cool and likeable protagonist.
Call of Duty has some of these things, but Halo has them better in my oppinion.
If you decide you want a cool modern war game, get a Splinter Cell game. I heard Chaos Theory is really nice.
CoD is okay, but Activision has made sure that everyone has reason to hate it.

Quit your whining, we've all heard these arguments before.
And you can't compare Call of Duty and Halo, so don't.


I personally think it is pretty close to this generation's Star Wars.
I like it better.

It seems you have confused me giving an oppinion to me whining. If you like CoD better, good for you, but don't smack down on anyone who thinks otherwise.

You're whacking CoD because Activision made it.
That's like hating a song because it's sung by the Black Eyed Peas, who say "offensive" stuff.
And if you enjoy Halo, good for you. Have fun

Actually, it can be perfectly reasonable to dislike something because the guys who made it said something I find ridiculous or offensive. For example, If Stephen King said something like "I think Hitler was right." then I wouldn't like his books as much. Of course, nobody who values their reputation (except Yahtzee, but somehow he gets away with it) would say Hitler was right.
But one thing I can't stand, people who are really full of themselves. Activision saying that their games are the best annoys me a lot, and to some extent makes me enjoy their games less. Plus, I don't really like CoD very much anyway. It was good, but not as stellar as everyone says. Come to think of it, same with Halo. How about I hardly ever play either game until I slightly care. I've got Nazis to particulately dissasemble and Terrorists who need a good neck snapping.

 

[Luke Cartner]

Umm really not.
CoD 4 is about revolutionary as I dount know the legions of other FPS's pretty much like it.
I dont think gaming has a true analogue to star wars yet... maybe when developers stop poring money into graphics and get back to good story telling, intelligent AI and innovative game play elements we will.. but CoD 4 is just another war FPS..

 

[Killerbunny001]

I think what Mr. Exec person was trying to say (these soulless bastards have a hard time making sense outside the office) is that it does / they hope to bring as much money in as Star Wars OR it is/will be as recognizable a brand as Star Wars.

 

[Go Fighting In The War Room]

Hahahahahahahahaahahahahahaha....

No... Activision... just no...

WoW would make more sense. Even Starcraft, seeing as SC2 is going to be one of the most bought/pirated PC games ever.

But CoD? No. Never. Never make a comparison like that.

Can I put Mass Effect for an alternative? People would get that.

Mass Effect 1965: After a Protheran data disk landed on Earth in 1898, the science of Mass Effect has took the world by storm, causing the world to fight WW1 over Imperialism on planets and WW2 being substituted by The First Contact War. With the First Contact War of 1939 still fresh in Earth's mind and now a recent death of a Salarian spectre causing the council to side with the Soviets instead of NASA, an elite squad of NASA agents are now trying to solve the murder before the Soviets become Earth's representative. But will their search uncover a sinister plot planned by some of the Council itself?

I'd pay for this spinoff.

Plus here is the scientist on your squad:

Spoiler

I'll take thirty.

 

[Raven's Nest]

Halo already got that comparison. As did Mass Effect, and a few other games.

Its not like Star Wars in terms of success. Call of Duty didn't exactly revolutionize anything, except maybe WW2 battles.

It'll probably never get the same success but I really believe Mass Effect has the potential to be as important to sci-fi as Star Wars and Star Trek...

It's certainly the best effort we've seen for a while anyway...


Oh and activision are cute aren't they.

 

[KrazyKain]

as a self proclaimed star wars nerd I find this VERY offensive

 

[Outamyhead]

Bollocks is all I have to say in regard to EA's comment, I haven't bought a CoD game since CoD 2.

 

[fuhier]

I honestly think CoD is a piece of shit. But thats just my thoughts

 

[TeeBs]

Its more like this generations Star Trek
Even number = Good
Odd numbers = Bad
Forget the titles MW = 4 WaW = 5 MW2 = 6 and Black Ops = 7
The only difference is Star Trek is imaginative.