[GI.biz] Black Ops 6 is make-or-break for the Game Pass strategy

[Kamikaze Revy]

COD is fukking nice. Outside of MW2 and Vanguard, I still don't see the "COD is wack smh" angle people be saying. Unless all you play is Warzone or Zombies and something in there sucks, the MP is always top notch compared to other titles. I don't get how COD is wack.

Man shut up

 

[Fatboi1]

Man shut up

Lol come on breh, it's not perfect but to say COD is ass?? Lol nahhhh. I don't agree with the "thing is most popular therefore it is not good because it's unchallenged!" argument. COD is easily a 8.5~9/10 MP game as it's chock full of content and feels fun. Especially BLOPS 6 from what I've played in the beta.

Nobody who likes MP can tell me MW '19, Cold War, MW3 and now BLOPS 6 are ass.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Why can't I?
It's you and I speaking. Put the general public to the side.
I don't automatically equate sales numbers with quality or the health of something, so when I say something is a sinking ship, I don't just jump to the sales numbers.
I look at it the way I look at music. The best rapper isn't the highest selling rapper.
COD as a video game has been spiraling for years. Other devs can absolutely compete, but I can make the argument that them trying to emulate COD to some degree or another is what has had them fall short each time. The competitive FPS genre, especially on consoles, feels stagnant as hell. Shoot, as I think of it now, the best FPS on consoles right now is probably Doom, but that didn't have a strong multiplayer component to it.
I'm seldom the one on this board bragging about sales metrics, frames per second, resolution, etc. (Numbers overall). Maybe you'll find a sarcastic joke here and there but I'm always on the side of the quality and experience of a game first and foremost.

“Sinking ship” implies the game is in danger of not existing anymore.

It’s fine to have criticisms as a fan. But it’s not a “sinking ship”

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

Lol come on breh, it's not perfect but to say COD is ass?? Lol nahhhh. I don't agree with the "thing is most popular therefore it is not good because it's unchallenged!" argument. COD is easily a 8.5~9/10 MP game as it's chock full of content and feels fun. Especially BLOPS 6 from what I've played in the beta.

Nobody who likes MP can tell me MW '19, Cold War, MW3 and now BLOPS 6 are ass.

The hell you know about games anyway

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

“Sinking ship” implies the game is in danger of not existing anymore.

It’s fine to have criticisms as a fan. But it’s not a “sinking ship”

ok

 

[The Mad Titan]

Closing your eyes and smiling is all Sony and sony stans can do at this point.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

smiling is all Sony and sony stans can do at this point.

 

[Fatboi1]

Closing your eyes and smiling is all Sony and sony stans can do at this point.

When you getting fed like we are it's all we can do.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Already said, them getting the lion's share of the revenue now can't be discounted even if the subs don't move.

The issue is their own hardware continuing to struggle. If all of your games are going to be on the competitor's platform because you need that revenue to pay for the publisher purchases, then why get the Xbox hardware. Or keep making it going forward.

They'd be better off just going full multiplatform at this point. Nutella already wants it to be that way. Goal should be getting a form of Gamepass out on Sony/Nintendo platforms and being full game publisher period IMO.

Hardware is not the end goal, and year after year we are seeing why more and more as people access their favorite things over a variety of different hardware, but that doesn't mean people should just stop making hardware different hardware.

Like Samsung Sony LG and handful of others all make tv's just because one doesn't sell as many tv's now doesn't mean they should stop completely. I remember when LG were legit budget TV's and wouldn't even be brought up in TV conversations.

Xbox hardware isn't going anywhere it makes them to much money on a consistent basis because of the install of gamepass users that are strictly console players. It's also a ground zero target for the Devs so they know what to build around and work with. It also allows for them to sale their games and others from their own store front. It's a just a ton of revenue, even if they never are the #1 selling hardware.



Having an almost complete gated community only works for a very select few. There is a reason Sony is expanding, they can't rely on what they have now, especially with the type of games the audience now expects them to make.


COD is a win/win for MS
It might not do what they wish like move a bunch of folks over to gamepass and keep them subbed, but it's going to sale and they are going to make all the bread from every platform its on. Same with Indiana

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Hardware is not the end goal, and year after year we are seeing why more and more as people access their favorite things over a variety of different hardware, but that doesn't mean people should just stop making hardware different hardware.

This sounds like its straight off the desk of phil spencer

 

[The Mad Titan]

When you getting fed like we are it's all we can do.

Pay 70 for the luxuries we eating for "free"




I might Download COD start it and then uninstall it to show you have privileged we have it

 

[The Mad Titan]

This sounds like its straight off the desk of a Multi billion dollar CEO

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

A true maga response