Activision Blizzard Says Call of Duty: Vanguard Did Not Meet Their Expectations - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 May 2022 / 2,901 Views
Activision Blizzard in its 2021 annual report revealed Call of Duty: Vanguard did not meet their expectations. This is not a surprise as it was previously reported Activision Blizzard as a whole lost over 50 million players in its previous fiscal year. Activision alone lost a third of its player count dropping from 150 million to 100 million.
Activision says the reason the game did not meet their expectation is due to their own execution as the World War II setting did not resonate with some of the community and they did not deliver enough innovation.
"While Call of Duty remains one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time, our 2021 premium release didn’t meet our expectations, we believe primarily due to our own execution," reads the report from Activision Blizzard. "The game’s World War II setting didn’t resonate with some of our community and we didn’t deliver as much innovation in the premium game as we would have liked.
"We are certainly addressing both of these issues with the 2022 launch. Development on the 2022 premium and Warzone experiences is being led by Activision’s renowned Infinity Ward studio. We are working on the most ambitious plan in Call of Duty history, with over 3,000 people now working on the franchise and a return to the Modern Warfare setting that delivered our most successful Call of Duty title ever."
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-"Activision Blizzard in its 2021 annual report revealed Call of Duty: Vanguard did not meet their expectations."-
Did it meet anyone's expectations?
-THE REAL QUESTION NINJA APPROVED-
This is why you don't put your eggs in one basket. There's a reason why when you're investing in something, the term, diversify, is always thrown around.
To think that a single bad release led to a loss of a third of your player count. That's insane. But, let's also not pretend like Modern Warfare II isn't about to break every single CoD record in the books lol
And because they gutted any studio that wasn't working on this or a Blizzard thing, COD damage is going to be felt like a bomb. This is why most studios have multiple teams doing multiple franchises. That way if, say, something went wrong with the Zelda game Mario or Animal Crossing can (ideally) pick up the slack.
At least they're taking responsibility for it. I still get a kick out of EA blaming Battlefield's poor performance on Halo being a good game.
It ain't premium when it's copy paste haha keep dreaming activision
Seems like how their games don't meet my expectations as well, much less their corporate behavior.
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