This is what I feel is the biggest problem. Nothing fundamentally changes in COD games. Campaign ways the time period is the only thing that changes. It's either the same WWII "ZOMG KILL ALL THE NAZIS/JAPANESE IN THE LEVEL" or for more modern times "ZOMG SPEC OPS MISSION". In multiplayer it is EXACTLY the same. Just better graphics, new maps, new weapons, and modified perks. Each game is more of an expansion pack rather than a new game. COD gets new features sometimes, Nazi Zombies was great, until they added all this ridiculous stuff in black ops and they finally managed to get a hold of theater mode, three years behind all the other games. Finally there is the firetruckING LAG. Anyone who has played COD knows that the lag and host migration issues are beyond believable. I've seen lag so bad that it would literally take me from one side of the map to the other without me touching the controller. Not to mention the glitches. Played MW2 recently? There are literally people flying through the maps. That's right, as if noobtubes weren't enough of a problem now we can have flying noobtubes.
For most companies a new game would consist of the following.
-Original storyline
-Major modification in online gameplay.
-New features
-Significant technical improvements over the last game.
Does COD have any of the following? Not really. If anything at the bare minimum. The story line isn't original, it is either WWII or special ops stuff, the multiplayer is nearly identical, sometimes new stuff is tossed in but it's been done already, and every COD game suffers from the same glitches.
Conclusion: Every COD game is the same, and once more and more people catch on, more and more people will stop buying COD games.
2. Sales rely almost entirely on hype.
Ever wonder why COD advertises more than any other game? Because the creators know that unless they give their games a lot of hype, nobody is going to buy them once the issues are noticed. As a result they spend MILLIONS of dollars trying to make their game look more awesome than it really is and even go as far as paying popular game reviewers such as IGN to give their game a good review. And don't say that they don't. This is clearly obvious because games that suffer the same issues as COD get rated poorly, yet COD gets nearly perfect scores. An odd coincidence is it not?
Other games like Battlefield, Halo, Fallout, Gears of War, and so much more don't nearly advertise as much as COD. Why is this you ask? They don't need to advertise as much! Their games are well designed and well made and practically sell themselves. COD on the other hand wouldn't get a single purchase if there wasn't so much hype for the series.
3. COD games get old really fast
Ever wonder why there is a new COD game every year? It's because unless they don't keep giving the kiddies new toys, they will stop playing with them.
Look at MW2 and Black Ops. When it comes out, when people are still filled with hype, they will praise the game, tell you it's great, some will even go as far as saying that it is the best game ever made.
Flash forward to 6 months later, everyone will tell you the game sucks, and only the most hardcore fanboys will tell you other wise.
As a result, to distract people about the failure of the last game Activision needs to call Treyarch or Infinity Ward to create another game quickly.
1. Every COD game is the same
This is what I feel is the biggest problem. Nothing fundamentally changes in COD games. Campaign ways the time period is the only thing that changes. It's either the same WWII "ZOMG KILL ALL THE NAZIS/JAPANESE IN THE LEVEL" or for more modern times "ZOMG SPEC OPS MISSION". In multiplayer it is EXACTLY the same. Just better graphics, new maps, new weapons, and modified perks. Each game is more of an expansion pack rather than a new game. COD gets new features sometimes, Nazi Zombies was great, until they added all this ridiculous stuff in black ops and they finally managed to get a hold of theater mode, three years behind all the other games. Finally there is the firetruckING LAG. Anyone who has played COD knows that the lag and host migration issues are beyond believable. I've seen lag so bad that it would literally take me from one side of the map to the other without me touching the controller. Not to mention the glitches. Played MW2 recently? There are literally people flying through the maps. That's right, as if noobtubes weren't enough of a problem now we can have flying noobtubes.
For most companies a new game would consist of the following.
-Original storyline
-Major modification in online gameplay.
-New features
-Significant technical improvements over the last game.
Does COD have any of the following? Not really. If anything at the bare minimum. The story line isn't original, it is either WWII or special ops stuff, the multiplayer is nearly identical, sometimes new stuff is tossed in but it's been done already, and every COD game suffers from the same glitches.
Conclusion: Every COD game is the same, and once more and more people catch on, more and more people will stop buying COD games.
2. Sales rely almost entirely on hype.
Ever wonder why COD advertises more than any other game? Because the creators know that unless they give their games a lot of hype, nobody is going to buy them once the issues are noticed. As a result they spend MILLIONS of dollars trying to make their game look more awesome than it really is and even go as far as paying popular game reviewers such as IGN to give their game a good review. And don't say that they don't. This is clearly obvious because games that suffer the same issues as COD get rated poorly, yet COD gets nearly perfect scores. An odd coincidence is it not?
Other games like Battlefield, Halo, Fallout, Gears of War, and so much more don't nearly advertise as much as COD. Why is this you ask? They don't need to advertise as much! Their games are well designed and well made and practically sell themselves. COD on the other hand wouldn't get a single purchase if there wasn't so much hype for the series.
3. COD games get old really fast
Ever wonder why there is a new COD game every year? It's because unless they don't keep giving the kiddies new toys, they will stop playing with them.
Look at MW2 and Black Ops. When it comes out, when people are still filled with hype, they will praise the game, tell you it's great, some will even go as far as saying that it is the best game ever made.
Flash forward to 6 months later, everyone will tell you the game sucks, and only the most hardcore fanboys will tell you other wise.
As a result, to distract people about the failure of the last game Activision needs to call Treyarch or Infinity Ward to create another game quickly.