EPTMW3, why do people buy it ? - Page 4
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Swwww
Switzerland812 Posts
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Mobius_1
United Kingdom2763 Posts
Therefore, everyone gets it, and Bobby Kotick laughs all the way to the bank.  Also CoD vods are consistently up there on Youtube, and lots of kids think they are pro at FPS and can become efamous and pro and make a million dollars by playing a game all day, a bit like half of all the blogs here. | ||
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jjhchsc2
Korea (South)2393 Posts
On December 10 2011 23:00 Kiante wrote: dont get me wrong, i'm not bashing MW3 or SC2 or angry birds. i enjoy some of them when i'm in the mood. often its hard to really bring up the mental energy to play a "harder" game and I just wanna relax. Thats why MW3 is so successful. no mental commitment needed, its fully relaxation instead of a challenge. yeah i agree with his comments about mw3. it seems like a great LAN game thats easy to pickup and play. | ||
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Kanil
United States1713 Posts
I can understand why people buy the game and play it, but I struggle to see why anyone would want to watch it as an esport when the damn thing changes next year... ... unless it doesn't change that much, hm... | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On December 11 2011 15:06 Kanil wrote: What I find most puzzling about the Call of Duty series is that people play these games competitively, despite their incredibly brief lifespan. I can understand why people buy the game and play it, but I struggle to see why anyone would want to watch it as an esport when the damn thing changes next year... ... unless it doesn't change that much, hm... The short lifespan is artificial - the games would last much longer if they were given a chance, but that's not very profitable to Activision as they can spend a couple of bucks making a $10 DLC to sell it for $60. This makes the previous games obsolete. Regardless playing MW2 a lot makes you better at Blackops and playing Blackops a lot makes you better at MW3 in many ways, the game are ridiculously similar, so it's easy for a competitive team to adapt to a new game. I mean, SC2 is being played competitively and we know darn well within a few months now the game won't play the same at all... Hell, I bet the difference between WoL and HotS will be more pronounced than the difference between COD4 and CODMW3 in terms of how the game is played. Activision's COD franchise is even a bigger insult to gamers than EA's yearly re-release of sports games. Blackops players don't have a choice to buy MW3 - if (somehow) you enjoy COD, you have to have the latest one. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On December 11 2011 15:27 DystopiaX wrote: cause some people just really like CoD, and play it for hundreds of hours, and if it's the only game they're going to buy then why not? It's not for everyone but all the "CoD sucks you're dumb for playing it" is getting more annoying than the people who buy and play CoD every year. Well there's a point behind it as far as I'm concerned. The gaming market is getting stale and companies just squeezes out a bunch of terrible games and people buy them, and there are only a few exceptions to that rule. It's unfortunate because if people stopped buying garbage, it would force Activision and EA to actually hire competent devs that are able to come up with good ideas instead of mass-releasing old news. Right now, the number of good games that come out in a year is probably a single digit... It would be nice to get more than that. | ||
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OmniEulogy
Canada6592 Posts
On December 11 2011 09:37 Swwww wrote: People buy it because its targeted perfectly at low IQ console gamers :p lol I wouldn't go that far =p but pretty much >.> I think some people just like those types of games and will let themselves be taken advantage of because their parents pay for everything else............. | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
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FortyOzs
189 Posts
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Aelonius
Netherlands432 Posts
Don't like the game? Sure, but don't shit on people who do. You're a bit close to being rude, because people may have a different preference. Wooptiedoo. Edit: The game has a different scope in which they aim to please their audience. That does not make a game garbage. Perhaps games like BF3 are more realistic and perhaps also better. Sure. However the problem with games like BF3 is that you need to have a good team of friends to really get maximum performance. With games like MW3, this barrier isn't there. It is easier for the gamer to just go out, kill some and have an okay time. If they want to be serious, they will play BF3 anyways. Just let people choose and stop complaining about a game that you don't like because it's not within your view of how you like to play games. You are not the only one alive. | ||
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achristes
Norway653 Posts
I really do not see the point of questioning someones motives to buy a certain game, just because you dislike it. Don't like the game? Sure, but don't shit on people who do. You're a bit close to being rude, because people may have a different preference. Wooptiedoo. What ? Rude ? Shit on people who play CoD ? I never said I don't like CoD, I have 400+ hours of MW2 gametime on steam. The question I asked is; why would people buy a "repackage" of the same game that was released one year ago with almost no new content at all for 50€? (If this was not directed towards me, disregard this post) | ||
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Brett
Australia3820 Posts
I was fully aware that the MP component was basically MW2.1, but that didn't bother me since I really had no intention of playing it (I'll play BF3 if I want to play a multiplayer FPS). | ||
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unichan
United States4223 Posts
On December 12 2011 16:22 achristes wrote: What ? Rude ? Shit on people who play CoD ? I never said I don't like CoD, I have 400+ hours of MW2 gametime on steam. The question I asked is; why would people buy a "repackage" of the same game that was released one year ago with almost no new content at all for 50€? (If this was not directed towards me, disregard this post) probably not (just) you, I can see plenty of people who are being elitist gamer douchebags towards cod players | ||
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/activision-modern-warfare-3-fastest-1-billion-130949515.html + Show Spoiler + Activision: ‘Modern Warfare 3′ is the fastest to $1 billion "It's been a rocky year for video games sales, but don't tell that to Call of Duty. Game publisher Activision Blizzard announced on Monday that Modern Warfare 3, the latest entry in their blockbuster shooter series, topped $1 billion in worldwide sales a record 16 days after its release on November 8th. That beats the previous record holder, James Cameron's 2009 3D film "Avatar", which took 17 days to reach the mark. Read: James Cameron slapped with lawsuit over "Avatar" plot "Call of Duty has become that rare entertainment franchise that transcends its own genre" said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. "Core gamers love it, as our stellar reviews show. But every year, new people are drawn into Call of Duty." Reaching $1 billion in just over two weeks is impressive, but it's not like we didn't see it coming. The game already set new entertainment launch records by earning $400 million in its first 24 hours and $775 million in its first five days. Modern Warfare 3's spectacular start -- a full 7% ahead of last year's smash hit Call of Duty: Black Ops -- helped November game sales exceed analyst expectations, though on the whole, 2011 has been a down year for the industry. Activision is also seeing dollar signs thanks to the company's Call of Duty Elite subscription service, which gives users access to a robust suite of stat tracking, tips and other features. Over 6 million players have registered for the service since launching alongside Modern Warfare 3 in early November, a million of which are paid, premium subscriptions. Activision points out it took Netflix and Xbox Live a solid year to reach one million paid subscribers. Critics are digging the game, too. Over the weekend, Modern Warfare 3 won the 'Best Shooter' category in the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards." | ||
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zoLo
United States5896 Posts
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Humanfails
224 Posts
But wait, Activisions OWNS blizzard too. Didnt blizzard split SC2 into 3 parts? As much as fanboys of CoD OR blizzard's SC won't like to admit, Activision is the boss. Activision calls the shots and fires people at the end of the day. Blizzard is not some autonomous entity. It Must do as told by the bosses, and the bosses get told what will make the most profits by the projectionists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_publisher | ||
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aksfjh
United States4853 Posts
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supernovamaniac
United States3046 Posts
Also needed some easy shooter to play around with. But then again, I can ask the same question for people buying SC2, or from SC2 player's perspective, for people still playing BW. | ||
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CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
On December 16 2011 10:51 Humanfails wrote: I agree. I got burned with call of duty black ops. Wont buy another game. But wait, Activisions OWNS blizzard too. Didnt blizzard split SC2 into 3 parts? As much as fanboys of CoD OR blizzard's SC won't like to admit, Activision is the boss. Activision calls the shots and fires people at the end of the day. Blizzard is not some autonomous entity. It Must do as told by the bosses, and the bosses get told what will make the most profits by the projectionists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_publisher Watch where you point those Wikipedia links! Also stop saying that the game was "split into 3 parts" the only thing that WoL had chopped from it was the Zerg and Protoss campaigns; that's hardly "splitting the game into 3 parts". | ||
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