Why Call of Duty isn't dead yet

22 oh sorry 23 games over 20 years and the Call of Duty franchise is still going but how is this even possible just what in the sergeant Price's mustache is their secret you want the gloves off they're off you see I've been playing Call of Duty every year for most of my life which sounds insane to say but it's true there's been good years you want the numbers Mason that's all we've ever wanted and there's been uh not so good years one of the key reasons Call of Duty has been as successful as it is is we focus on fish yeah that was a rough one wasn't it but in a world where our attention can only be held for a few seconds because we're basically goldfish at this point I wanted to go back to the beginning to see what exactly Call of Duty does differently [Music] okay went a little too far on that one although Call of Duty dinosaur Warfare is intriguing let's put a pin in that one perfect but this isn't Call of Duty Our Story begins with Medal of Honor Allied assault from Electronic Arts it's a classic World War II shooter and it's a huge success for everyone all around except for these guys but who the heck are these guys they're the creators Jason West and Vince sampela and they're not satisfied they want to do something more something bigger so they leave EA to start Infinity War that logo just feels nice to look at feels like the game I'm gonna play is completed it's been finished [Music] we live in a weird time but the team needs money peronto so they meet with Activision one of EA's competitors who's like oh you want money to build a competitor game to our competitors lead hit franchise where do I sign okay so now Infinity Ward's rolling in cash and the team starts building their first game completely unaware that it had changed gaming forever quick context at this time the world war shooter space was insanely crowded literally everyone and their dogs are making World War II Shooters okay maybe not literally although that does sound incredibly adorable doesn't it so Call of Duty defies All Odds and comes out the gate a mega hit and Activision starts thinking money and buys a stake in Infinity war boom they're in business Call of Duty's here to stay but now they're gonna make a sequel and the team wants to go big meanwhile Microsoft's over here looking for games to launch on their unannounced Xbox console the Xbox 360. and yes the eyebrow movement was needed so with the power of the 360 Infinity Ward builds the next generation of Call of Duty oh and it's good like really good this is actually my first Call of Duty I still remember renting the game from Blockbuster you guys remember Blockbuster and having my little mind absolutely blown at that new smoke Tech I mean just look at that no one had ever done that before not sure the gameplay was great the multiplayer was magnificent the achievements were awesome alliteration aside that smoke Tech was nice you see Jason Vince and the rest of Infinity Ward were absolutely killing it and Activision was like hello I like money so they buy out Infinity Ward completely and demand more Call of Duty which of course they do but look making games is hard and making money on them is even harder so let's do the math it would take roughly two years of funding to release one game for a chance at success best case scenario I'm asking you to be okay not spending money that I don't have so Activision decides to build Treyarch a second company so that they could release a Call of Duty every single year no one had ever done something like this before I mean you had sports games but like the game's not changing that much right it's the same game every single year it's a different roster it's completely different thing because a new Call of Duty needs a big campaign it needs Cutting Edge giraffics amazing multiplayer and much more now look I may be a Canadian goose man with zero credentials but I gotta tell you it felt impossible at the time like there was no way it could ever happen [Music] oh well of course they did it I never doubted them not once Call of Duty 3 did sort of feel like a copy paste of last year's game with a few last minute changes but this was exactly the opposite of what Infinity Ward stood for and uh it became personal with me 50 000 people used to live here now it's a ghost town Infinity War comes out the gates Swinging with the wildest curveball and people around the world are freaking losing their minds nice dude it's it's incredible Cod 4 literally changes first person shooter games forever like and that's not even an exaggeration the control scheme smooth 60 frames per second gameplay loadouts perks challenges the campaign the mile high club mission and yeah I may have wasted days if not weeks of my life trying to beat that level on the highest difficulty for that achievement and you might be thinking well surely you can't be serious I'm serious and don't call me Shirley but more importantly check this out Modern Warfare was the first game to Dethrone Halo 3 as the most played game on Xbox Live and completely revolutionized the idea of a four to six hour campaign with zero fluff it was like the YouTube version of video games the modern military take was an amazing surprise for literally everyone septreya who might have been out of the loop on this one while world war that is very hard to say one more time while World at War reviews well Treyarch's new game feels incredibly odd releasing after Modern Warfare tensions were rising and as far as Infinity war was concerned they were Call of Duty and uh you know technically they had the receipts to prove it at this time but the team and we're gonna put on the dramatic voice for this was just getting started Infinity Ward was on a freaking roll everything they made turned to Gold Activision CEO Bobby Coda could barely contain himself what else can I help you with you because of the money exactly bigger better in a direct sequel to Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Infinity War doubles down on everything that made Cod 4 special no rush you see Jason and Vince made the rules Call of Duty was their franchise they could do what they want however they want the way they wanted with whomever they wanted to the two started having talks with their old Pals at EA and uh Bobby didn't like that not one bit except this is where things take a dramatic turn that was me doing a dramatic it doesn't matter cut to the club the two founders of Infinity Ward and the makers of the Blockbuster Modern Warfare series were fired earlier this week by their parent company Activision it now appears that former employees Jason West and Vince the zampella are suing Activision for breaching their contracts and neglecting to pay them certain royalties that they were promised and in case you forgot the Modern Warfare franchise has raked in over a billion dollars worldwide we are talking some serious money here with Jason and Vince gone a good chunk of the team also leaves to follow them now while that's incredibly wholesome and we should all strive to have homies like that it uh put a pretty big dent into Activision's main objective it's very clear that's your objective I mean how else is Activision CEO Bobby code exposed to get a role in 2011's hit movie Moneyball you'll find new guys I actually love that movie and I'm not afraid to say I've seen it multiple times and will continue to do so when Chris Pratt hits that ball foreign okay hold on Focus back to the story so modern warfare had peaked fan expectations again Call of Duty was now technically on fire behind the scenes and never gonna financially recover from this nobody had faith in treyarchs games and uh yeah it looked like Call of Duty was about to die oh hold on what do you wanting what the numbers Mason that's all we've ever wanted Black Ops releases has a fantastic campaign and an iconic Zombies mode and Treyarch figures out everything's gonna be all right so long as they just believe in their own style who knew the story of Call of Duty was so wholesome but it gets better because this is where things start to speed up editor lay in some Christopher nolan-esque music with clocks ticking in the background to build the tension okay so Modern Warfare 3 is a year away and old Bobby here is starting to get a little stressed you know because uh money yeah exactly is that all these guys think about relax anyways so bobby gets this revolutionary idea what if we just hire another another team like a B team for the B Team like a C team boom Sledgehammer Games is built and they help Infinity Ward finish Modern Warfare 3 and yeah it's a it's a little rush sure but look it's still Modern Warfare at the end of the day I mean heck this game doesn't even have a tutorial it it just goes 500 meters North we'll like it from here let's now Bobby's got three teams pumping out Call of Duty and he cranks that dial that was already set to 11 to 11 000 and holds his breath and yes I write my own stuff Black Ops 2 brings the hype guess who brought a jet to a gunfight ghost kills it off completely fish move out of the way when you get close to them Advanced Warfare confuses it and that's where I come in Black Ops 3 steals someone else's but perfect zombie mode in the process they will return soon infinite Warfare kills it again you got eyes on this affirmative World War II forgets everyone already moved on from World War II 20 years ago Black Ops 4 barely even releases seriously there's there's like no content in this game it's insane that it came out and they still had the balls to charge full price for it it's actually impressive oh and they also release a mobile Call of Duty that is surprisingly good it's actually not bad but now it's actually happening hey it's happening everybody stay calm Call of Duty is dying nothing is hitting like it used to the hype has left the building and players are going to other trending games after 15 years the franchise had an incredible run with more games than most companies Can Dream to make but now it looked like it was time to put Call of Duty to rest and finally press F to pay respects and we all knew this clip was going to be in here so I'm just going to roll it okay we're just gonna except that's not what happened is it so surprisingly after a huge restructure and three horrible back-to-back Call of Duty games Infinity Ward comes back with a reboot of Modern Warfare over six going dark it's more realistic it's snappier oh and it's good it's really good but remember players were already loving these other games specifically because of the Battle Royale mode that was blowing up we're so bad see in a br the objective is simple there's a hundred people that are dropped into some circle and only one survives sure Modern Warfare does incredibly well but these VR games are murdering but then during what felt like both the longest and shortest years of Our Lives Infinity War drops their own Battle Royale included with Modern Warfare Modern Warfare was already brimming with content but Warzone pushed the game to the edge and made the download size bigger than most people's entire hard drive God why is it that big look I don't know what was in the water Infinity Ward during development of modern warfare but like it completely worked Warzone was freaking everywhere and if you played it during the dark times all right then you know how important games like these were to our sanity oh yeah baby go ahead oh my God no one does it better oh baby which is both amazing and frightly depressing so Call of Duty is back baby and it's printing money Bobby can finally Breathe Again so treyar comes back with another Black Ops I I don't know it's all right it looks fine it's fine Sledgehammer tries another guy stop making World War II a thing no nobody cares so while we wait for the lengthy legal document that's about to be prepared in the comments section Infinity Ward comes back swinging with Modern Warfare 2 has a new war zone and the strangest Hulu style UI I ever did see uh seriously what what happened there who thought that was good look simple confusing simple confusing let's just keep it simple okay so now it's 2023 and Bobby's got a few disturbing implications under his belt you what yeah it's not looking great for Bobby and rather than deal with them he throws one of the greatest curveballs of all time and sells the entire company 100 billion dollars wow Jason West retires from gaming Vince creates hit after hit like Titanfall Star Wars Jedi and Apex Legends for EA under new company hilariously called respawn entertainment I like what you did there Vince it's very on the nose I like it nice nice nice and Call of Duty is still going because on November 10th Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 arrives it's still going strong putting out the same thing every year in a new setting Modern Warfare 3 this year is the complete package we're shipping 16 multiplayer maps all from the original Modern Warfare 2 but that's actually what's super fascinating that's because when you think about it Call of Duty really isn't a game it's a pattern or a formula and believe it or not that's fundamental to a franchise you go into McDonald's you expect a certain thing and now here are enjoying a meal like gentleman here's your Big Mac here's your large fry here's your Junior chickens that you may or may not be addicted to I love McDonald's especially these Junior chickens they're like cracked meat not that I've ever tried crack before now it seems like I've inferred that I have tried crack I have not tried and here's your Coke that tastes like the greatest thing of all time what do they do with it is it like watered down or I don't know what they do but it's delicious try to describe any game as Call of Duty and people will totally get what it is it means it's a first person shooter with Snappy controls 60 frames per second ads and once these guys figured that out well they could simply Plug and Play their identity into the formula every other year so if you didn't like this year's game you knew that next year there would be a brand new title that you might like in fact as odd as it sounds having multiple highly competitive development teams releasing a new game every single year probably kept Call of Duty alive much longer than anyone could have ever imagined but look the real magic comes from how much these teams respect the social aspect of their multiplayer says he will give 150 dollars cash app if if you leave us alone okay deal yeah all right that never gets old does it proximity chat is the best [Music] every game should have it yet every other AAA multiplayer game is becoming less fun every single year and I believe I found the answer so watch this video to see the effect on Gaming's war on terror all right I think that's it

Channel: Zenkai Goose

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Length: 17min 48sec (1068 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 26 2023