Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ACTIVISION WILL NO LONGER DO 'BACK TO BACK' MODERN WARFARE OR BLACK OPS RELEASES IN CALL OF DUTY"

Starting point is 00:00:03 It is time to get into one of the most notorious rivalries in gaming history. Shepard, just look at the state of gaming. Like, what is going on? As when you look at the announcement of Call of Duty, finally coming to its senses, basically with Activision confirming that there would be no more back-to-back modern warfare or blackoff releases. But then you'd probably think it to yourself.

Starting point is 00:00:35 how do they come to this conclusion well ladies and gentlemen when i say time and time again that voting for your wallet voting with your wallet is one of the best things you can do as a community safe to say safe to save the nintendo audience as far as the drop the price movement could have easily had this happen as far as nintendo lowering the price of mario car world because really the console wasn't that overpriced but lowering the cost of mario car world due to the due to them banning together and having consumer-friendly practices as far as not buying overpriced mid-games. And yes, I have to say that about the one and only Mario.

Starting point is 00:01:17 As Mario Kart World, we already know, was very underwhelming compared to the previous cart installments. So anyways, the reason why I say that and how I continuously say that the Nintendo dropped the price movement is one of the worst movements of all time is because this could have happened for Nintendo connoisseurs out there. I just want to let y'all know. Now when it comes to voting with your wallet, it's a real thing,

Starting point is 00:01:42 as a lot of people were fed up with Activision's business practices, and especially when you look at the landscape of how people voted with their wallet, you come to realize how Activision came to this conclusion. As Call of Duty, ladies and gentlemen, Blackop 7 specifically, had a phenomenal year in 2025. But guess what?

Starting point is 00:02:03 It wasn't a number of, to call the duty standards you guys see that's the problem because as of right now call duty black ops six is the sixth most play game in the year of 2025 but where is black up seven so safe to say when you look at the high player counts of black op seven as far as it being the fourth most play game on xbox currently it being the third most play game on xbox on on playstation currently and then you look at battlefield as far as being the 10th most play most play game on PlayStation currently and nowhere to be found in the top 10 on Xbox you know that that's understandable but then you look at battlefield being the 15th most play game on steam

Starting point is 00:02:47 currently and uh black ops seven being nowhere to be found safe to say that black ops is still highly successful it's just not up to snuff as far as the black ops it's black ops six counterpart which which literally came last year so when it comes to that um Black Ops 7 underperform exponentially, right? Despite what we just talked about as far as the high player counts on console. As when you look at it in totality, the Black Ops 7 game launched 63% below Black Ops, below Battlefield 6. So when you look at Black Ops 6 in general, it was 50% below.

Starting point is 00:03:34 so to reiterate black op seven was 63% below battlefield 6 and 50% below black op 6 now when you look at the actual numbers as far as black ops specifically you come to realize that it is one of the better selling games at the year but it's not in the top 10 because guess what that would be black op 6 ladies and gentlemen and not only is black up 6 one of the better selling games of the year But when you look at Battlefield in totality, safe to say Battlefield 6 came out on number one as far as estimated reports of the top selling games in the year of 2025.

Starting point is 00:04:20 So now you look at the list, which, you know, it does have Battlefield 6, Pokemon Legends, Z-8, and then you have NBA 2K26, Monster Hunters. That's the top 3 to 4, and then you have Ghosts of Yote in the top 5. But ultimately, when you look at the actual sales of Black Op 6 it did tremendously as what they'd be in the best selling game of 2025 and then of course you're looking at its record-breaking October month where it was the highest in three years even topping

Starting point is 00:04:49 call a duties modern warfare 2's 2022 peak and of course with that being said it basically surpassed black ops 7 in every first month first month metric and hit 10 million copies overall Well, not overall, but as far as in the month. So now, the fatigue is a real thing when it comes to Activision's side, as you would think after putting out Blackop Six that was doing phenomenal, literally the bestselling game of 2024. And then one year later, everybody in their mama seemingly has switched up on Activision. So the point where they're playing Blackop Six even more than Blackop Seven as far as in totality.

Starting point is 00:05:31 So now with Battlefield 6 being number one, Activision, looked at themselves and they basically had an honest reflection on their actions and said to themselves, You guys. We're sorry. They basically said, you guys. We are immensely sorry. As when they came out and confirmed that there would be no back-to-back modern warfare or black ops releases, they basically said that their ultimate goal is to, quote, absolutely deliver unique,

Starting point is 00:06:02 my fault quote deliver an absolutely unique experience each and every year and then of course they literally came out and said this which is crazy because of course if you have investors and things that nature in your company and you come out and say these type of things that can always be used against you because now you technically said what investors never want to hear as when they come out and talk about how black op six and black up seven were too similar investors are thinking to themselves well where all uh where is all my money going and basically Activision is saying we have no idea because even though black up six and black up seven is so similar that nobody could tell the difference they basically say that overall people still

Starting point is 00:06:49 have mixed reviews and say as a disappointing launch to the point where tray arc senior director production Yale Yale Miller came out and expressed concern that black out six and seven were also similar so that was the nail in the coffin I mean you have the director coming out saying they're too similar safe to say it's time to switch some things up as he also gave a direct quote saying we will drive innovation that is meaningful not incremental but then you know what I'm saying like team they're basically saying all the right things but one of the main things we have to do as consumers is continue to put that pressure on them because of course competition

Starting point is 00:07:31 is phenomenal because you get these type of statements right but now when you look at the competition in the in the grand scheme of things we still have to keep them accountable as far as that next call of duty installment being a higher level of quality instead of just a re-scaned of the past or the previous year right so now when activation talks about their future roadmap and how they're going to innovate they basically say that they are building the next error of call of duty so they say that there's meaningful innovation which I believe black up six with the Omni movement is one of the more meaningful innovations that they've had in quite some time but of course they need to do more of that right

Starting point is 00:08:12 Activision also says that they are going to push the genre forward right and they have strong confidence in the depth and talent of their development teams of course they didn't give any specific details when it comes to the continued annual releases this is what Activision had to say Activision will not end annualization, basically saying a new call of duty every year continues, but not modern warfare or black ops back to back. So safe to say, when you look at the landscape of things, Activision definitely sees where they went wrong, but they still are not going to stop putting out a game every year because they basically look at the overhead and they say to themselves, hold on now,

Starting point is 00:08:55 we have to make certain type of revenue every single year and that is via putting out a game but let's promise them innovation because of course we just received the biggest obstacle as far as in the year of 2025 but not only battlefield six but arc raiders doing phenomenal and then quiet is kept ready or not is still the third most play game on xbox so now when you look at it and in the landscape of competition some could say call of duty has received more competition than has ever had in this previous years so and that goes along with black up six selling tremendously i mean seven million plus copies in his first three days right best selling game of 2025 and then of course when you look at that as far as what collar duty usually does as far as having the best

Starting point is 00:09:46 selling game safe to say um the only time they was ever beaten by game was Hogwarts legacy and then what happened we got the Omni movement and Black Optic so I do believe this is a great evolution as far as Activision looking at themselves saying that okay we didn't come out on top this year what could we do for next year because Quiet is kept as far as the competition call of duty has continuously been putting BTA on the entire video game industry because when you look at their revenue as far as Activision specifically they generate two billion plus annual right because they've dominated

Starting point is 00:10:23 u.s. sales since 2006 and that's insane and then you also look at the way that they lost money it's not only due to the downfall black up seven but they even had it with their phenomenal reception of black op six

Starting point is 00:10:42 because once again the game has reportedly cannibalize itself as far as them giving such a consumer friendly product that they ended up reportedly losing around 300 million plus dollars which is why when you look at the game pass and you look at the raising the prices um basically i'm on the the side of consumers always but let's

Starting point is 00:11:11 just say i could see how xbox came to that decision i just don't agree with it you guys see that's the problem i mean if microsoft denying walmart and target is pulling xbox products that they have like a way bigger fish to fry so when it comes to black ops losing it around 300 million dollars and them trying to sweep it under the rug you know they're dealing with way bigger problems than that and then of course when you come to EA as far as saudi right Saudi um investors and jarekishner buying EA for 55 billion safe to say when you look at the landscape there's a lot of money being thrown around because these companies are beyond profitable I mean you don't need me to tell that tell you that but

Starting point is 00:11:54 obviously I don't know if you've heard the exact numbers like I'm laying it out because of course once again Activision generates one billion right like with a B so you look at at not one billion my fault um Activision as a as a company generates two two billion annually right and those are estimated reports and of course when you look at the game pass losing it 300 million some would say that's a loss but they make a lot of money so then you look at EA specifically right and how much of a how much revenue that's that specific company makes as safe to say is also a lot but compared to cod franchise it's not even close as the cod franchise dominates as far as lifetime sales but of course when it comes to specific games battlefield six is one no black out a battle yeah i don't know why i

Starting point is 00:12:49 mixed it out battlefield six is one of its uh magnum opus as far as selling points right but in totality activation have been putting on bta for on the music or on the gaming industry for quite some time so getting back into the original point so now that you're looking at the industry shifting as far as activision actually looking at itself and say hold on now what could we do better instead of blaming the consumer safe to say i think they're actually going to give us one of the better innovative games as far as in the call of duty franchise but we still have to hold them to that promise right because when you look at historically infinity ward and tray arc alternated yearly so now what the new approach that means they're going to have to bring somebody as far as a whole new development i don't know if it's going to be a

Starting point is 00:13:38 whole new development team but they're basically got to switch it up from the infinity ward and tray arc hot potato right because now god forbid the next caller do sells horrendously. Maybe, just maybe, we'll get a new IP from Activision, which is a non-modern warfare or a non-Black Ops title, which I believe is the best case scenario if you really look at what they're trying to say.

Starting point is 00:14:04 So hopefully they keep innovating. I'm not going to give them the benefit of the doubt until I actually see it because now, when you look at it, safe to say, BlackOps 6, no, I mean, Battlefield 6 has laid out an unprecedented run as far as sales and topping the charts in the year of 2025. So now with Activision looking at itself saying, what can we do better? With all the resources in the world, I can't wait to see how it plays out.

Starting point is 00:14:34 So with that being said, click my link to you in my bio. Let me know on one of my social medias. What do you think about the notorious rivalry as far as call of duty versus battlefield? And at the end of the day, do you believe the next call of duty installment? would be one of the best ever in franchise history.

Analytic Dreamz: Notorious Mass Effect - "ACTIVISION WILL NO LONGER DO 'BACK TO BACK' MODERN WARFARE OR BLACK OPS RELEASES IN CALL OF DUTY"

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