H From Steps
Member
Wouldn’t it make sense to just combined all the cod studios and let them work on it?
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Call of Duty Games will be made by outside contractors moving foward says leaker
Bernoulli
M2 slut
Only possible if you switch to 1 GAAS COD game amd all the teams work on the seasons like Fortnite
H From Steps
Member
I think that would be the best solution for cod at this point.
kiphalfton
Member
IP is still there, they just don't want to pay infinity ward, treyarch, etc.
Maybe they can hire grove street games. Seems like they're pretty cheap
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
No chance. That's a garunteed massive loss of revenue
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Weren't Naughty Dog using contracted QA and the layoffs were them ending the contracts early?
Bernoulli
M2 slut
Not if you make each season $30
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
I mean, they already do that ontop of annual COD games lol
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H From Steps
Member
Sorry not familiar with the revenue cod makes or play the game lol but I guess you wouldn’t be selling it for $70 a pop anymore if they did just that.
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diffusionx
Gold Member
Makes sense to hire contractors for QA. But for maintaining a massive franchise over a long period of time, especially one with bespoke (DF alert!) Technology? Madness.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
They're $1billion at least every year just in terms of sales + they're already monestised to hell like any other GaaS and you have Warzone on top of that.
Just doesn't make sense. Only way this happens is if Microsoft royally fucks it up
H From Steps
Member
I see welp knowing them they just might lol
TropicanaTwista
Member
I understand this is a rumor but I can't help but laugh. MS is literally the only gaming company I feel like could destroy the CoD IP. If this is true, they got a good start for that. I just can't imagine thinking that they would want to follow the route that basically killed their most popular franchise. But then again, this is MS we are talking about here. Nothing has flourished or gotten better under the Xbox umbrella. It's actually pretty impressive how they manage to screw up everything.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
This.
They can get away with this shit because idiots will keep buying whatever they shovel out.
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
NoLootBoxDev
Member
For those who say "This is a lie or not true" you know deep inside companies do shit like this all the time, they do not care other than:
Also, for those who believe it 100%, my advice is as always:
Also, for those who believe it 100%, my advice is as always:
CLW
Member
Because Phil thinks you can slap COD on a pile of MS shit and it will sell billions of game pass subs
Unknown Soldier
Member
Their original reason for buying ABK was to take CoD Xbox exclusive. Then government regulators took a look and were like "LOL no" and then MS appeased by signing 10 year contracts with Sony and Nintendo.
Unfortunately, this completely invalidated the whole reason they were buying ABK in the first place. So now they spent $70 billion on something they have to publish on platforms they wanted to withhold it from. So I guess now they are going to pinch pennies instead because they don't give a shit about it anymore.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
I thought it would take MS 5 years to screw up the CoD golden goose. Guess I was too optimistic
twilo99
Member
I was thinking about that but I think what's special about CoD is that they all feel quite different, so although its essentially the same game, if you are into it they actually do come out different depending on the baker, so... perhaps if they combine all into one we would loose that aspect.
twilo99
Member
on the bright side a very large number of people will stop complaining about it...
Kokoloko85
Member
COD makes more money than 90% of games. It didnt need to make changes this kind of way. But MS will be MS.
I dont even know how MS makes so much money. Probably something Epstein Island related all these years lol. Bill Gates would know.
Anyway, after the Black Ops remakes and these kind of decisions, COD is gonna go downhill alot
I dont even know how MS makes so much money. Probably something Epstein Island related all these years lol. Bill Gates would know.
Anyway, after the Black Ops remakes and these kind of decisions, COD is gonna go downhill alot
chromatic9
Member
Feed all previous COD games into AI and see what it comes up with.
Moriarty1889
Member
You’re correct indeed. My brother is one of those MS apologists that sees no wrong in anything they do. He is even trying to defend this shite situation as it’s happening. Some people are truly blind, dumb or delusional enough to defend everything MS does at this point. Others with an open mind have seen this since they went on a buying spree. Everything MS touches turns to absolute shit. Their track record is proof of that and there is no defending that unless your delusional like so many other green sheep.
Crayon
Member
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Sounds like we’ll have our first made for Game Pass CoD.
Stooky
Member
ND always has QA in house. From the start of a project. Some devs bring QA later. Sony corporate has QA also. NDs QA dept grows and shrinks depending on the project.
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HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Maybe this was the plan all along. Destroy CoD and ax a chunk of Sony's revenue!
Yoboman
Member
Exactly
They are close to $80 billion in the hole from acquisitions. Starfield bombed and had no effect on hardware or subs and they got cornered into making COD stay multiplat
Their only solution now is to penny pinch their way out of this massive hole. That will include cost cutting on COD and also the rest of their studios while taking most stuff third party to recoup investments
If Phil can't actually show a material impact of all this money spent then the whole business unit is in deep shit
Unknown Soldier
Member
MS is a very vindictive and paranoid company. I wouldn't put it past them. They did say they wanted to "spend Sony out of business" and CoD was shown by Sony to be fully 30% of their annual 3rd party revenue. Maybe MS would be willing to kill CoD just to deny Sony that revenue.Maybe this was the plan all along. Destroy CoD and ax a chunk of Sony's revenue!
RyanEvans21
Member
Cost Cutting by trillion dollar company 
Kdad
Member
Gamepass will be nothing but 4D Chess games cause that's what MS is playing.
PSYGN
Member
In theory.
Kdad
Member
Truly rich folk/companies don't get there by wasting money...Cost Cutting by trillion dollar company
RyanEvans21
Member
We're talking about microsoft though.
Signing ninja (20 to 30 millions) then closed mixer.
Bernardougf
Gold Member
Oh noh MS choosing the cheaper less quality option for another franchise ? Nooo.. say it aint so...
Is so cute that the "I want to pay 5 dollars for my subscription of AAA day 1 games" beggars still thinks they deserve a quality product from MS.
You get wat you pay for ... suckers.. not MS fault you took the bait.
Is so cute that the "I want to pay 5 dollars for my subscription of AAA day 1 games" beggars still thinks they deserve a quality product from MS.
You get wat you pay for ... suckers.. not MS fault you took the bait.
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twilo99
Member
GaF logic has a really hard time with that one!
It puts the hive mind in a deeply perplexed state which triggers this massive cognitive dissonance, clearly observed in this very thread, and its all extremely entertaining to observe.
I will tell you a little secret that will explain everything.. they make money by sheer incompetence and dumb luck. Everyone that works there has absolutely no idea what's going on... so it makes perfect sense that they make money, yes? Just try to think about it and you will see how simple it all is..
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TransTrender
Gold Member
They get there by exploiting idiots, like H-1Bveesas and olds paying for O365 nonsense. Also MS ecosystem shills in general.
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