the way call of duty fumbled war zone should be studied

[Bathing Ape]

Once again how is what’s currently going on with call of duty Microsoft’s fault? You posted that because people asssumed? Microsoft has been letting activision as well as Bethesda run how they always operated. I understand it’s easy to point the finger but this is all on activision

 

[Diunx]

Its GAAS garbage, they gonna exploit as many morons as the can and move on

 

[Him]

Good. WZ needs to die so they can focus on MP.

 

[Rice N Beans]

When random Redditors know what time it is:

 

[Bathing Ape]

When random Redditors know what time it is:

It’s obvious you haven’t played it because what’s wrong with it?

 

[Rice N Beans]

It’s obvious you haven’t played it because what’s wrong with it?

There's places to put that sofa. Do you want SP, MP, or franchise wise?

 

[Regular_P]

Please explain how this is Microsoft fault lol

I detailed the issues and you want to act obtuse. Microsoft is the parent company, correct? This is happening on their watch and getting worse.

 

[Bathing Ape]

I detailed the issues and you want to act obtuse. Microsoft is the parent company, correct? This is happening on their watch and getting worse.

Once again Microsoft lets these companies run on their own they always have.. this is nothing new

 

[Black Hans]

It got worse once M$ bought it.

 

[Bathing Ape]

It got worse once M$ bought it.

Stop it, yall can be console stans if you want but let’s not act like warzone and call of duty wasn’t already on a steady decline. I hate when yall come on here and try to rewrite history.

 

[Fatboi1]

I don't play Warzone. I think I only played it maybe a handful of times over the past few years. I prefer regular multiplayer.

 

[B86]

That Battle Royale shyt is stressful and I just don't find it to be fun. I think it was hyped up so everybody got on it but now the hype has died down.

 

[KBtheKey]

It's a fact that the game has gotten even worse since Microsoft took over. The servers and lack of stability have never been worse. Hit reg, audio, input, everything is absolutely abysmal.

Warzone should be its own thing. Activision themselves said that was their reasoning for scrapping Warzone 1 and forcing everyone onto Warzone 2. But the game has gone through dramatic changes for now the third straight iteration of Warzone 2. Everything about the game has fundamentally changed for three straight years.

Counter-Strike has been the same game for over 20 years. Apex, PUBG and Fortnite have been the same core games for longer than Warzone. If someone last played one of those games a couple years ago, they're going back to the same fundamental experiences. With Warzone, it's not even the same as six months ago.

MS agreed to buy Activision in January of 2022, which was near the height of Warzone's popularity. COD is an institution like Madden and 2K, so the games are always going to sell heavy but they have definitely lost millions of players since the acquisition. That's why they're using PR bullshyt like "highest retention rate" and "most hours played per person" instead of actual sales.

What's happened is kinda like Philly signing Paul George. But while Philly can't lead PG to the Fountain of Youth, Microsoft COULD upgrade their servers and bring back Warzone 1, which everyone loved. They COULD create a functioning anti-cheat. They COULD create meaningful content and additions to Warzone. There's so many bugs it's not even funny.

We used to get consistent updates to the map with new points of interest, changing POIs and cool events like Nakatomi Tower in Verdsansk with Die Hard. With the Black Ops 6 integration, they REMOVED the POIs they added over the year to Urzikstan and reset it back to how it was day one, when it was already a trash map. Completely unacceptable and inexcusable; just reeks of incompetence.

Since Warzone released in 2020, we've had the following maps: Verdansk, Rebirth Island, Caldera, Fortune's Keep, Al Mazrah, Ashika Island, Urzikstan and Area 99. The only fukking things available today are Urzikstan, Rebirth and Area 99.

Apex has 11 or 12 maps; PUBG has five or six; Warzone has three.

It's clear they despise their player base and have no respect for their audience.

Fortnite started falling off with all the extra ass shut they would add in that nobody asked for, but the great thing about them is they listen to the player base. They added zero build, actively nerfed and buffed weapons depending on how they performed, brought back og fortnite for the people that didn't get to experience it as well as the people that don't want to play with nikkas with superpowers, and then they have hundreds of different modes to play.

And of course it's worth mentioning that the store items are all cosmetic and provide no gameplay advantage. And they put nike shoes in that bytch.

Apex legends same thing on a smaller scale

All Activision does is tell the devs to take as much away from the enjoyment as possible, and replace that with incentives to spend money.

I'm wondering if pubg is still active tho kuz I'm kinda interested but I don't want to download it just to get on and see that it's impossible to find a match