The majority of games consumers won't care enough about the recent Infinity Ward departures to shun future Call of Duty games.
That's according to superstar games analyst, Michael Pachter, who says that while he anticipates that many gamers will recognize that West and Zampella are off the Modern Warfare franchise, most won't give a monkey's.
"The majority of consumers will either not know or will not care enough to shun future games," he said.
At least seven ex-Infinity Ward employees are said to have joined the EA-backed studio.
Yesterday Activision admitted that more Infinity Ward employees will "probably" leave the studio - and may even join the other bailout designers at West and Zampella's studio.
I agree, I think that most people will buy it for the product/gameplay and the name: COD or Call of Duty, I have a friend who will by any game that is a COD and after being informed about the issues with leaving main members of the IW development team and he said he will still buy their next game or at least see what its like before purchasing but he does want to keep a close eye on Respawn.
Superstar games analyst, Michael Pachter, was quoted today saying; 'Blah blah blah. BLAH BLAH BLAH. Blah blah blah. I'm a games analyst, don't you know. Pay attention to me! Blah blah blah.'
lets look at it this way. Guys like us that consider gaming are primary hobby may shun the next COD for whatever respawn come up with (so long as it's good)
But casual gamers that just likes playing COD will not.
It's sales may be effected but not by much. that is unless it's universally acknowledged to be utter s**te,
hoever i have a feeling that this years new Medal of Honour may give the new COD a serious run for its money anyway.
"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - GEORGE SANTAYANA
2002 - 2015Inc release 'Medal of Honor: Allied Assault' to critical acclaim.
2002 - Major 2015Inc employees leave to form Infinity Ward.
2003 - Infinity Ward releases first 'Call of Duty' to universal acclaim.
2004 - 2015Inc release 'Men of Valour', critics unimpressed, 2015 release no more titles.
2009 - Infinity Ward release "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2", Guiness Book of records recognizes it as the biggest selling entertainment product of all time (2010)
2010 - Major Infinity Ward employees leave to form Respawn Entertainment.....
I guess in time we will see. I would think if they are not released at the same time, it wont but if they are it all depends whether the game are the same thing or maybe they will be totally different. If you get my drift
Does anyone even care about Patcher anymore? There are better game analysts out there that do the smart thing and don't try and get the spotlight by opening their mouths and contradicting themselves much like Patcher.
As an analyst myself he is a disgrace to our profession.
So this guy comes out and says something the world already knows, and he's actually considered a credible analyst? What exactly did he need to analyse to draw the most obvious conclusion in gaming right now?
They might not care about the people themselves, but when you point out to them that they're the people who designed and programmed the CoD4 engine as well as being the ones in charge of the overall game design, then I think they'll pay attention.
I'm interested to see where this puts the Modern Warfare branding. It obviously won't be the same without these guys, but Activision won't be finished milking it yet. But I want to see what new stuff they do now they're at EA.
They were the FPS equivalent of the EA Sports titles. Same game every year, with spruced up graphics, a few new weapons and a new number on the end of the title.
Definitely won't be shedding any tears over the demise of IW.
lets look at it this way. Guys like us that consider gaming are primary hobby may shun the next COD for whatever respawn come up with (so long as it's good)
But casual gamers that just likes playing COD will not.
It's sales may be effected but not by much. that is unless it's universally acknowledged to be utter s**te,
hoever i have a feeling that this years new Medal of Honour may give the new COD a serious run for its money anyway.
Patcher is quite right, hardcore gamers sure as hell didn't make MW2 sell that big. All the me too and casuals did that, the next CoD game will sell pretty well, but as long as marketing is good, Respawns first game should garner notoriety and people will see that. It's all about the games, the techniques will be shown in the gameplay. Also by the original MW guys on the box will definitely be a kicker.
Oh Hail Thee Mr Pachter shine light upon us, in this difficult quandry for we are simple folk, unable to wrap our minds around this complex and diverse array of facts
Well, staring past all the 'Pachter is a k**b' comments (all true, of course), the fact of the matter is that this time, he's right, and Wheresmymonkey was getting at the point.
The primary CoD audience (frat boys et al) certainly doesn't appreciate games in the same way that most of us do. They won't acknowledge that MW2 was a bit of a joke after the original, as long as they can keep 'pwnzring noobs'. There are a lot of people out there, some who I've seen post on this very site, who still think MW2 is the freaking Holy Grail. These kind of people don't give a damn about the quality of a game, they'll buy it purely off the CoD name.
Respawn will take the share of enthusiasts such as ourselves, but they'd need a Microsoft-esque marketing push to claim the core CoD audience.
WRONG i didnt buy into MW2 due to the price,offline game length ect. I still play cod4 online a fair bit but still love to drop into the single player.I might buy MW2 when it hits 20 quid but there's lots of great games out there that i would like and I now think the cod franchise will go the same way as tony hawks,die of repertition and gimmicks.
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