Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare sold more copies than any other game last year, and yet sales were still on the decline from the year before. How is that possible, and why is there such disdain for the COD series?
In 2023, developed by Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch 2 was released, which was basically a big, glorified update of the original game that launched in 2016. Now, it’s simply reverted to being called just Overwatch, which is probably for the best.
The second iteration of Overwatch was released on the original Nintendo Switch, and while it’s still an enjoyable game with cross-play/progression functions, it’s still lacking in terms of performance and visuals, compared to its PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S counterparts. Well, it was.
As of today, the second iteration of Overwatch is natively available on the Nintendo Switch 2, just in time for Season 2: Summit.
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Overwatch will have increased resolution both in handheld and docked modes, enhanced textures and lighting, up to 60 frames-per second, improved audio and more.
Blizzard is readying a patch to address the issue that the game is still running in Switch 1 build and just 30 fps.
you'd think they'd test it before pushing it live, lol.
that being said, clearly it's not running as intended.
They know it for sure. Maybe they didn't finish optimizing the game by the targeted release date. That's why they released the Switch 1 30fps version first. XD
Nexon has entered a publishing agreement with Blizzard for Overwatch in Korea, with the companies working to deliver services 'tailored' for the region.
The four-part Blizzard Showcase will reveal “what comes next” for each series…
Well if u compare it to other shooters nowdays for example titanfall 2. COD iw feels clunky, with poor map design, and horrible respawn position. It also has p2p servers. Depending on if your host or who is host, it always feels like u either have a leg up or down based on connection to host. With all the millions its made over the years its embarrassing to not have dedicated servers by now. The engine feels old. No destruction in there environments. I could go on. Basically tho, what was amazing with cod 4. Ten years later, kinda lame.
Because the weapon balancing in MP is down right terrible, the setting is not what fans wanted, (I don't mind it) the game is a blatant rehash of Black Ops 3 and it doesn't come close to the quality of that game, and the maps are not very fun to play on honestly. The campaign is solid though. I haven't and will not play zombies because that mode and zombies in general have been done to death...
COD is not the only cool kid on the block anymore. There are many other MP games that have sometimes a better formula and attract the players. Not only that, games are being developed and released at a much faster pace than ever, so peoples' interest are always fleeting to the next or newest game coming out. CODs formula has been seen and done over and over again.
Maybe people are getting bored of the series and are moving on.