Activision Blizzard talked about "call of duty 18: pioneer" in its recently released 2021 annual report, and commented that it did not meet expectations, "mainly due to our own implementation problems". "The World War II background of this game has not resonated with the player community, and we have not shown enough innovation in such a full price game," the annual report said.
We must pay attention to these two problems in our works in 2022. The full price game and call of Duty: Theater in 2022 will be led by the famous Infinity Ward studio of Activision. We are committed to the most enterprising plan in the history of call of duty, with more than 3000 people participating, and will return to modern war settings to produce the most successful call of duty game in history. "
Call of duty is undoubtedly in trouble now, at least much cooler than when call of Duty: Theater was hot in 2020 and early 2021. Recently, it was reported that the loss of players of call of duty was as high as 50 million compared with last year, mainly due to the poor sales of call of duty 18: pioneer and the lack of attraction of call of Duty: Theater, and the over eating and playing of chicken in call of Duty: Theater is also an important reason. However, Activision is obviously more inclined to put the pot on the World War II setting of call of duty 18: pioneer.
Now Activision Blizzard has high hopes for call of duty 19: Modern War 2. It depends on whether this largest gold lettered signboard in COD history can shine again.