According to Avalanche Studios’ head honcho, the writing is on the wall for the Call of Duty franchise, following a less than stellar reception to the latest iteration.
Call of Duty: Ghosts has seen a noticeable drop off in review scores compared to the best-selling franchise’s previous outings, and Christofer Sundberg believes that the future of the FPS lies exclusively in the online gaming arena, and only the Battlefield series is equipped to make that transition…
Call Of Duty: A Ghost Of Its Former Self
The creator of the Just Cause franchise believes that the era of single-player cinematic gaming in the shooter genre is coming to a close, as the modern audience looks to the online world for their gaming fix.
“I predict the end of an era with #CoDGhosts and #BF4. I don't believe in the future for CoD and I believe that BF will live on as an MP game,” Sundberg said on Twitter.
"I don't think there is room for both unless they are DRASTICALLY different and publishers find new ways to monetize the players," he went on to say.
Sundberg believes that the two titles could live on as free-to-play experiences if they dropped the F2P name and adapted themselves to be platforms unto themselves, with paid-for updates and content that would be continually available, rather than pumping out yearly editions.
"If they don't call it F2P I think that can be successful. Build it as a platform, make players invest and get them hooked," he said.
Call of Duty's last outing, Black Ops II went on to sell over seven million copies on launch day, so despite Sundberg's protestations it doesn't appear like a series that may be going the way of the dodo any time soon.
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