I'm calling it now: Infinite Warfare will still sell like crazy.
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Define "like crazy." Will it sell Modern Warfare 2 numbers? Or will it sell Resident Evil 6 numbers? Where it sells millions and millions of copies, but is still a disappointment?
Well they're naive to think that this backlash will do anything but put the tiniest of dents in the sales that this thing will obtain. It wouldn't surprise me if at least 95% of their player base either does not know/care about this backlash, or they actually look at these practices as a positive thing.Arnoxthe1 said:
To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if this game does better than previous CoDs. Most people who lost interest in this franchise would have gotten off the train a long time ago (MW2 was the last game I bought), but some of them are actually coming back due the significantly different setting of the game.
Well of course it will sell. Despite the rage, tons of people like scifi based stuff. I've never played a single Modern Warfare game, or call of duty game at all, but I can tell you, that the trailer for Infinite Warfare, with the high orbit combat sequences with space fleets and shit, THAT looked interesting to me. For the FIRST time in what, almost 2 decades of them making these games, I was genuinely considering buying one. So yeah, not everyone gives a shit about the modern military shooter that has been cookie cutter cloned for years, and plenty of people would find Infinite much more interesting of a game concept.Arnoxthe1 said:
Well... Were those the same people?Arnoxthe1 said:
OT: Yeah, i think so. IIRC E3 reactions, people were mostly expressing dissapointment that cool gameplay they saw was from another CoD game.
Not the OP buuut ...distortedreality said:
Last guardian will either bomb or be very mediocre.
On topic. No shit, COD is still a giant and even though 90% of the internet shits on it (for no fucking reason), half the people who play it don't really live on the internet. They are kids who have COD and FIFA/Madden every year and little to nothing else. They are dads who still like gaming but have no real to play, so they can dip in and out 'cos a match can last as little as 10-15 minutes all the way to like 30 minutes for something like S&D
Even a lot of more full time gamers play it 'cos it's not an awful series, solid fast game play, good variation in weapons and a lot of customisation options, decent graphics etc. Only things wrong with it are the community and the better player you are, the more the game rewards you ... "oh, your good at getting an 11 kill streak? Here is this machine of death to help you kill the others, that you've been dominating, even more easily for a little bit".
My guess is that sales will be "disappointing", despite the fact that they'll probably still rake in a substantial profit. Shackling the game to the Modern Warfare remaster will leave a sour taste in a lot of people's mouths, and that might dissuade people from buying it.
I think the real question is how many millions of copies will it sell. 10 million? 15 million? 20 million?
I get the backlash, especially since you have to buy it to get another game people want, but that doesn't mean everyone feels the same. And some will buy it to get that game.
These calls for boycott are not organized. They are individuals. You want a boycott to work, you have to be organized. That's why these boycotts never work. Only a few individuals are actually calling for it. Everyone else doesn't care.
I get the backlash, especially since you have to buy it to get another game people want, but that doesn't mean everyone feels the same. And some will buy it to get that game.
These calls for boycott are not organized. They are individuals. You want a boycott to work, you have to be organized. That's why these boycotts never work. Only a few individuals are actually calling for it. Everyone else doesn't care.
Probably. Hell, I'm pretty interested in it because the single player seems interesting. I wont be buying it, Battlefield 1, or Titanfall new, though. I'm only interested in these games for the potential of their single player content. If reviews say they are bad, then I wont waste my money.
This eloquently sums up my attitude to this. Call of duty sells like crazy every time. The bold prediction would be for it to crumble suddenly. Why would it do that? Because people on the internet got angry at it? People on the internet haven't liked cod all that much since around mw3 and it's still sold enormous amounts of units.Zhukov said:
Also seconding omega 616 in that cod was never that bad and probably still isn't unless it has changed enormously since I last played it. I heard that ghosts was subpar in terms of graphics and had a particularly bad story but besides that none of the cods sounded like anyone should be all that disappointed. The story isn't great and it hardly has the deepest gameplay out there but it's easy, functional and fun with a low bar for entrance.
It might actually do the opposite.SlumlordThanatos said:
I have very fond memories of the CoD4 competitive scene, and if they can recapture that magic, the competitive gamers may grab it just to get back into CoD4.
I don't really have the time for competitive gaming these days, but I'd definitely consider buying the game just to get my hands on CoD4 if the MP hits the standard of the original.
Including those who claimed they were going to boycott it. I recall seeing screen captures from Steam that showed that members of the Modern Warfare 2 boycott group had all bought Modern Warfare 2.Bobular said:
The thing is, a lot of people who weren't interested in COD thunk that IW looks interesting so we might see some old fans drop off and some new ones replace them.
In other news, water is wet. No one will be surprised by this. I do what I usually do, buy something that isn't COD or close to it.
Beats me. Something about the space thing? Yeah, the Bowie cover isn't great by any means but I'm not sure how that justifies the hate it gets.Fox12 said:
I'm interested, but will buy or not buy depending on the reviews when it drops in a month.
Im that dad now. I get online maybe 3 times a week if its quiet.omega 616 said:
Ive steered my progeny towards overwatch, mainly to avoid all of the bile in prematch lobbies. Hes too young for that.
The class system put me off infinity warfare... COD 4 though, that is tempting. A few people I used to play cod4 with are talking about regrouping after all these years. That could drag me back.
Because bitches act like bitches. Oh, and the whole COD 4 remaster only working when a consumer installs IW is sore sticking point as well. But the huge hatred was there way before that particular announcement from Actvision. Infinite Warfare will still sell like hotcakes either because people have no backbone, or the complaints are a super loud vocal minority. And things is most of knew a COD game when take place entirely in space; it was just a matter of when than if.Fox12 said: