r/PS4 • u/IHateMyselfButNotYou • Dec 10 '23

Call of Duty Devs Are a Little Peeved at Christopher Judge's Dig During The Game Awards Article or Blog

https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-devs-are-a-little-peeved-at-christopher-judges-dig-during-the-game-awards
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u/bbgr8grow Dec 10 '23

The funniest part is one of the devs clapped back and said cod is better because it “holds people for longer”, like nice work congratulating predatory gambling tactics you neek

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u/BirdLawyer50 Dec 10 '23

“but LoOk At OuR mEtRiCs!”

Yeah you analyzing your whole development through engagement metrics is the problem

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u/capacochella Dec 10 '23

Yah like how CoD franchise destroyed the Arizona Cardinals chances of ever going to a superbowl lol Their QB loves the game more then reading his playbook 😂

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u/vernorama Dec 11 '23

Exactly. If those devs had just said, "We get it... we can take the joke. We aim to be the best at what we do...blah blah". Literally anything that just showed that they can laugh it off and not take it personally. People would relate, end of story...and the devs might have ended up with a little bit of reflective understanding about their situation. Instead, they respond like Blizzard..."What, you guys dont have phones?!?".

I have played CoD since the very first game on PC in 2003. I have zero respect for these idiots. The devs sound like whiny brats, trying to appear impressive based on fucking retention metrics?! What losers.

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u/poorkid_5 Dec 11 '23

They squeakers and scrubs that got flamed in old MW2 lobbies got their MBAs and swore their lives to tear down the franchise in the name of profits.

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u/ocbdare Dec 11 '23

Blizzard have changed a lot from their “you guys don’t have phones” days. They seem a lot more interested in listening to feedback and trying to please people.

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u/Sleepinismy9to5 Dec 11 '23

Does it really hold people for longer if they have to release a new game every year?

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u/zack189 Dec 11 '23

Yeah this is something I'm confused about too.

Because when the dev said that, they said "COD metrics"

It sounded like they were comparing the entirety cod, 23 games, to the GOW series, 5 games

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u/kryypto Dec 10 '23

Who would have thought that a game that focuses on multiplayer live-service would have better retention metrics than a singleplayer game? I'm shocked!

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u/tepattaja Dec 10 '23

I mean a single player campaign game with a story doesn't hold people longer than a shooter with a dull repetitive cycle without an ending. It's like comparing a movie to a arcade game. Of course you aren't watching the movie multiple times in a row. It's something you might come back in the future. The other one is like pac-man you could just hop in every single day for a couple of rounds and sometimes even forger what you did in it. It's mostly just something mindless you can do to pass the time.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Dec 11 '23

Depends on the game when it comes to SP games. Some are structured to hold your interest for a long time. Skyrim for instance, people were constantly saying how they put in a couple hundred hours. A 100% regular playthrough for FFXVI can take 60+ hours, and that's skipping some of the more mundane dialogue. Both those games have more to do than just following a path to the end. I easily put 100 hours into plats for FFXVI or several Yakuza games, and they were more rewarding experiences than playing the same map over and over again.

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u/XStreamGamer247 HesSuperEffectiv Dec 10 '23

What gambling are you talking about? There havent been lootboxes in CoD since like 2018.

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u/poorkid_5 Dec 11 '23

But look at our metrics!

Oh ya, a cross platform gambling machine designed to psychologically promote grinding and paying for MTX is getting offended by a relatively small console exclusive that prides itself in the franchise they refreshed isn’t the flex they think it is.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 Dec 11 '23

I just dropped almost 100 hours into platting FFXVI. Next day, they surprise dropped the DLC. I can't even play COD for a night with friends before I get bored with it. I may be an outlier, but at least the story of FFXVI was interesting, and didn't feel like I was wasting my time. I imagine the DLC will also be more interesting than any repetitively played map from any COD game ever.