Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

[PowerB]

So, Activision have released three teaser videos for their upcoming game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Since I am a fan of the Modern Warfares, this will defiantly be on my wishlist.

Warning: Spoiler Alert
Funnily enough though, many aspects of the game have been 'leaked', like the multiplayer maps and the game's ending. I believe these 'leaks' were provided by Infinity Ward to lure people away from Battlefield 3.
Even though my moneys on BF3, I'm still excited about the release of MW3.

[Baconboy]

How is Call of Duty 3?
I'm thinking about getting it for $17.99
Is that a reasonable price?

[Red Devil]

that's it??? cheesy concept art and some whipped-up voiceovers??? boy, they must have *freaked* when they saw the trailers for BF3

the release of BF3 with the Frostbite 2 engine is/will be one of the landmark moments in gaming history.

[Zax]

that's it??? cheesy concept art and some whipped-up voiceovers??? boy, they must have *freaked* when they saw the trailers for BF3

the release of BF3 with the Frostbite 2 engine is/will be one of the landmark moments in gaming history.

And sadly, name appeal will be its undoing when COD: The Next One is released.

[PowerB]

How is Call of Duty 3?
I'm thinking about getting it for $17.99
Is that a reasonable price?

This will be Call of Duty 8. Not 3, Only Modern Warfare 3.

[Ded10c]

Cash cow not milked enough yet, I see.

[Baconboy]

I know this is MW3!
I mean is Call of Duty 3 any good? THE 3RD GAME?
And how is COD: Finest Hour?

[Iron Maiden]

Ugh....................................not another one.

[Baconboy]

Say what?

[Ded10c]

More CoD. Activision seem incapable of letting things die these days.

[GSH]

Videogame publishers are a business, not a charity. If something sells well, they'll make an expansion pack/sequel. Repeat until sales fall off a cliff. (See: Guitar Hero franchise.). Movie studios, music publishers are the same way. They're motivated by green -- greenbacks, that is.

-- GSH

[Ded10c]

Of course, it would be foolish to expect anything less.

[GSH]

Well, the last 2, maybe 3 years running, Call of Duty's been the #1 retail videogame, setting records and selling higher each year. (World of Warcraft is the most profitable, I bet, but CoD has the retail sales title.) If management didn't try and make a sequel to that, and ride the wave while it lasted, they'd be fired by shareholders and replaced with management that would. Smart publishers diversify, so that they have something else when the wave falls off. But, they don't take their eye off the prize.

I know a lot of people say they want more original games, not sequels, etc. But, economics has the concept of 'revealed preferences' -- basically, what do people actually pull out their wallets for. Not what they say they'll do, but what do they actually do. And, in entertainment -- movies, music, videogames -- then sequels or close cousins win out over the truly original. That's the revealed preference, and what sends a signal to make more content like that. Here's my theory as to why -- most people prefer polished products. BZ2 (to bring it back to these boards) is a sad evidence of that -- BZ2's many bugs at release showed a lack of polish that hurt it in the already small subsection of the market that liked FPS+RTS titles. But, sequels and close cousins (clones) of sequels are the easiest things to polish, because the it's only a case of trying to polish the wheel, not reinvent the wheel and then polish it. (While running out of time and/or money.) Blizzard's games are NOT highly original in the least. But, they're polished to a sheen. That's why I think they sell. And, that's why more sequels will continue to happen, because they've got a track record of selling.

-- GSH

[Baconboy]

Just played COD: Finest Hour.
Not bad. I'll play it more often.

[Psychedelic Rhino]

the release of BF3 with the Frostbite 2 engine is/will be one of the landmark moments in gaming history.

It just seems to get more and more polished with every gameplay trailer.

I loved Bad Company 2. I'd put it in my top all time dozen.