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Infinity Ward: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Criticism has Strengthened Our Resolve

Infinity Ward: Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Criticism has Strengthened Our Resolve - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 24 August 2016 / 16,884 Views

When Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare was first announced it faced a lot of criticism. The reveal trailer on YouTube has over 3 million dislikes, compared to 516,000 likes.

Developer Infinity Ward has taken the criticism from fans and is using it as motivation.

 

"We're happy the response has been positive, but we have to stick to our lathe and focus on making this game the best it can possibly be," said narrative lead Taylor Kurosaki about how much more positive fans are about what was shown during Gamescom. "Infinity Ward has wanted to make this game for such a long time.

"[The criticism] strengthened our resolve. We just had to get back to it and complete our mission. Reyes has a mission to complete, we do too. It's amazing how analogous some of these things are - the burden of leadership is something a lot of people at the studio feel."

Kurosaki added that the more details are released about the game the more positive the response is from fans.

"What we've been seeing is, the more assets we put out, the more the response has got more positive," Kurosaki added. "I'm glad the trend is the way it is."

Thanks Eurogamer.


A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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33 Comments
CosmicSex (on 25 August 2016)

Good. To hell with haters. When we say the COD trailer at E3 everyone's mouth was on the floor. Its embarrassing, as a member of the gaming community, to see focused hate group-thought especially when it is painfully obvious that this game looks amazing.

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IkePoR CosmicSex (on 25 August 2016)

Yes, damn all those people with opinions other than my own! I mean, it's impossible to dislike a thing that I like!

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CosmicSex CosmicSex (on 25 August 2016)

I'm sure you realize the difference between group thought and an actual opinion.

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RodrigoCard (on 24 August 2016)

Fun fact: This is the first one that interested me since COD4. Never liked the World War setting.

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hunter_alien (on 24 August 2016)

Meh... the game will still sell shit tons. Remember when several people were expecting BF3/4 to outsell that year's CoD. It did not happen. It wont happen this year. The dislikes come from the vocal internet users who probably wouldn't even buy CoD to begin with. I wont, but at least I can admit that I have seen far worse game trailers this year...

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IkePoR (on 24 August 2016)

"We're happy the response has been positive" ... what world are you living in where 3 million dislikes is positive?

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WiiU-Dude IkePoR (on 24 August 2016)

Read it properly. The whole second half was about the GROWING positive feedback since Gamescom. He went on to say the more assets revealed the more positive responses they have received. Sheesh.

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Kai Master (on 24 August 2016)

I meant 1/100th not 1/20th.

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AlfredoTurkey (on 24 August 2016)

They need to revert back to actual combat and not this futuristic BS. I think that's what people are sick of.

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WiiU-Dude AlfredoTurkey (on 25 August 2016)

As has been explained, this direction was set in motion 3 years ago. They have three separate teams creating their individual iterations. I do believe there will be a change of direction. I think it's a no brainer that like Battlefield going with WW1 so too will COD revisit World at War or some other time, but a return to the past.

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WiiU-Dude AlfredoTurkey (on 25 August 2016)

As has been explained, this direction was set in motion 3 years ago. They have three separate teams creating their individual iterations. I do believe there will be a change of direction. I think it's a no brainer that like Battlefield going with WW1 so too will COD revisit World at War or some other time, but a return to the past.

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hunter_alien (on 24 August 2016)

Meh... the game will still sell shit tons. Remember when several people were expecting BF3/4 to outsell that year's CoD. It did not happen. It wont happen this year. The dislikes come from the vocal internet users who probably wouldn't even buy CoD to begin with. I wont, but at least I can admit that I have seen far worse game trailers this year...

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StriderKiwi hunter_alien (on 24 August 2016)

Granted, that's because Battlefield 3 came when CoD was still very popular (it's sales in the last few years evidence people leaving the series), and Battlefield 4 launched in a buggy state with tons of server issues.

This time, Battlefield 1 is hands down the most hyped winter FPS of 2016, while Infinite Warfare, is one of the least hyped. Unless EA f's up Battlefield 1, there's a good chance it'll surpase Infinite Warfare. I say this as a person who typically buys CoD every year, who will be getting Battlefield 1 instead.

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StriderKiwi hunter_alien (on 24 August 2016)

Granted, that's because Battlefield 3 came when CoD was still very popular (it's sales in the last few years evidence people leaving the series), and Battlefield 4 launched in a buggy state with tons of server issues.

This time, Battlefield 1 is hands down the most hyped winter FPS of 2016, while Infinite Warfare, is one of the least hyped. Unless EA f's up Battlefield 1, there's a good chance it'll surpase Infinite Warfare. I say this as a person who typically buys CoD every year, who will be getting Battlefield 1 instead.

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StriderKiwi hunter_alien (on 24 August 2016)

Ironic. The person I responded to did his post twice by accident, and somehow that happened to my response!

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EyeAmTJ (on 27 August 2016)

Game series been trash since BO1&2, only sheep buy this game still…Battlefield been the better game for years but of course it doesn't get the hype train like COD does

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Nem (on 24 August 2016)

If they are so commited to the game, why are they ransoming the MW remake behind it?

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Nem Nem (on 25 August 2016)

Err... infinity ward are a part of Activision. They are not independent.

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Nem Nem (on 25 August 2016)

What makes you think i'm adressing only infinity ward? I'm making no distinction between the two because it's all Activision.

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Nem Nem (on 25 August 2016)

But, infinite ward is Activision. Would it be better if they were just called Activision developer? You are separating Activision publisher from Activision developer. The message on my post is for the whole of Activision. Not necessarely the devs, but the whole process that led to the decision.
I don't know if the bosses of this team had a say on it or not. Whoever in that company made the decision to withold MW behind pre-orders didn't have faith in this new CoD, despite what this dev might say. Thats all i'm saying.

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KLAMarine (on 24 August 2016)

What a world we live in. This franchise is highly disliked and yet it continues to sell millions upon millions of copies.

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Kai Master KLAMarine (on 24 August 2016)

Because only haters vote: the mean stream gamers, who are the vast majority, don't read on the Internet and don"t care. Haters and bad comments are only 1 % of gamers.

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Kai Master KLAMarine (on 24 August 2016)

Just read that stat: this article only has 1,787 Views, and that's VGC! YouTube voters are only 1/20th of viewers, 99% who saw the trailer will buy the game.

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Natsu KLAMarine (on 25 August 2016)

Well like Kai said, the people hating on the internet think they are the majority but they are really the minority.

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