According to a financial report from Activision, the Call of Duty brand has lost more than 50 million active players in a year. A historic loss. We explain to you how this could happen and what consequences Activision draws from this development.
release:05.11.2021
Platforms:Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
Is Call of Duty in crisis?
For 20 years the Call of Duty games a dominant force in the video game market. Dizzying sales figures and up to 150 million active players per month were standard for the shooter giant for a while. At least until now.
According to the latest financial report from Activision, CoD’s publisher, the series has over the past 12 months around 50 million players lost.
What happened? First of all, the most recent Call of Duty offshoot, Call of Duty: Vanguard, far behind expectations. In some countries, including the UK, put the shooter the weakest launch in 15 years (Source: Gamerant).
In order to stimulate interest in the alternative world war shooter, there was even a two-week phase in April 2022 where players could play Vanguard’s multiplayer completely free of charge. A first in CoD history and a clear sign of the bad condition of the shooter.
Players want the old Warzone back
However, Vanguard isn’t the only reason for the dwindling interest from players. Call of Duty: Warzone has also developed into a problem child. The free Battle Royale shooter was released in 2020 and took the hearts of CoD fans by storm.
However, through countless updates and the integration of CoD: Black Ops Cold War and Vanguard, the popular game became steadily worsened.
Later, to the displeasure of many players, the popular map Verdansk was exchanged for the new map Caldera, which also came with the release disastrously bugged was. This development has also massively damaged the number of active players.
The future of Call of Duty is already set
However, Activision has already initiated corresponding consequences. There will be no new Call of Duty in 2023. In addition, the end of the year a new war zone published that the dissatisfied players should bring back.
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