Call of Duty is Not Sustainable

[@ReplayMode]

Sorry this one took me an extra few days, it's a topic I've talked about on stream a bunch, but wanted to get it into official video form! What do yall think? Is COD just too much at this point?

[@theladthatknowsstuff9901]

Call of Duty is the only AAA franchise I've seen that has so much feature creep it puts indie devs with their first kickstarter to shame.

[@darthgonk5648]

Remember those hand emotes and weapon blueprint missions back in 2019 it’s been 5 years

[@bradboland3825]

Seriously, the analogy of COD to a swiss army knife (or a multitool) is a fantastic comparison.

[@dylanbyrne9866]

Loved DMZ, sad to see it get forgotten about

[@ERZO]

You couldn't have said any better. Amazing video! It's honestly so weird you aren't getting more views. That exactly the conversation i had recently with both my mate and some ppl on social media. We need more quality rather than quantity bc there's too many modes to sustain and create content for which just hurts the game in the long run. I'd rather have more love in Zombies and 6v6 MP than to see 1 War or Ground War map getting added every 2 seasons. I'd rather see them put quality time into 1 mode than that quality being split in 10 modes.

[@Kyanpepper25]

12:20 Whats funny to me is that fact i was genuienly considering making a video a lot like this! Talking about how CoD constantly chasing new modes and bloating there games before dumping them and starting some new random mode or something Honestly great video man!

[@notcolbol]

How do your videos and especially this one not get more views?! the editing is so good.

[@Mattsuki]

With how in depth you went on this topic, I am surprised more of the bigger cod channels aren't talking about this... like yeah people talk about cod being spread too thin, heck I do all the time too, but it should get WAY MORE attention. Do I think this is a bigger issue than sbmm/mtx/aim assist debates? Sure 👍 cod needs to either build games aimed towards a new type of audience, going all in, or build them for an already existing one. Building cods for everyone just does not please everyone. Excellent video Austin! ❤

[@theladthatknowsstuff9901]

If I had to trim it down, it would be -Campaign -Core 6v6 -Ground War -Gunfight -Party Modes -Survival or Zombies (No Co-Op missions, takes too much time with too little RoI) -BR -Resurgence So we have the obvious MP, WZ, and PvE, along with Ground War and Gunfight. Since Ground War reuses BR maps, and is fairly popular, keep that up, great. But for Gunfight, go all in. Multiple Gunfight maps a Season. Bring back the 4 Champion Hill maps as Gunfight maps, bring back MW19 and BOCW maps, port over the rest of the MW2 Gunfight maps, and to round it out, bring back BOCW's style of Gunfight Tournaments. Use the Tournaments and their rewards to get people to take that first step into Gunfight, and go from there. Since you can't chose your loadout for most modes, you can't grind challenges, so give Gunfight its own challenges, and not like a new set of Weekly challenges, things like Tournaments, and a leaderboard, and secret Easter Eggs to keep people playing. Gunfight, I truly believe, was a campfire, and while people left to go find more firewood to turn it into the bonfire they wanted it to be, it dwindled down to just a few embers from being neglected, and not having a constant stream of maps (Or wood in this analogy), but instead of trying to rebuild the flame, they're keeping it as is, assuming wood isn't working, so now they're off trying to start a new bonfire with leaves, and pine straw, and while yes, those can work, they will never reach the same heights as the wood would've, if they just kept at it. Can you tell I like Gunfight? Edit: I'm back, I got passionate about this and can't let this already way too long comment go. There are 42 total Gunfight maps throughout the series, including the 4 Champion Hill maps, and 3 CoD Mobile exclusive ones. Not including remakes or 6v6 maps in Gunfight, there is: -17 in MW19 -3 in CoD Mobile -8 in BOCW -4 in Vanguard -8 in MWII -1 in MWIII But there was also 3 Gunfight-ified 6v6 maps for the Gulag during BOCW's life cycle, being Standoff, Hijacked, and Rush, and Rebirth had its own Gulag. During Vanguard's life cycle, Warzone had 2 more Gulag layouts, and Warzone 2.0 has 3 Gulag layouts that aren't Gunfight maps (The launch 2v2 Gulag, Vondel Cellars, and the current Urzikstan silo Gulag) So in total, there are 49 UNIQUE Gunfight/Gulag maps they could use, but just don't, for some reason. We've only ever seen 1 Gunfight map remake with King, but that was in THE LAST SEASON OF MWII, and was not brought over to MWIII. I hope someone sees why I'm so passionate about Gunfight, because its a beautiful idea I haven't seen anywhere else, and it is simultaneously a perfect causal mode, and a perfect competitive mode, but nobody cares anymore, because Activision made nobody care...

[@Jay-fu2ev]

THANK YOU. I can live with all the immersion breaking cosmetics. But this is the conversation me and my buddies had recently. We decided we arent going to buy another cod until they slow down and start honing in on what makes CoD, well..CoD.

[@macaronilover4492]

1:26 Hurt is by Nine inch nails not Johnny cash

[@KCortum34]

Man I loved the customizable killstreaks in AW. You could make a regular UAV into an advanced UAV with wall hacks. Such a cool concept that I wish was still around

[@gun_toucher_LLC]

felt like this would be the funniest place to be sincere on youtube to say that im laughin at how mad i am about a "call of duty unsustainable" recently irl. but its alright. hope everythings tight

[@xxPhoenixX-sg9tr]

It’s a dead game that’s been recycled trash. And now they can’t handle their own servers by crashing and can’t fix for 12 hours. They suck

[@bazooka420]

I‘m getting so burnt out on CoD and I think this video nails why. Even 6v6 feels shallow after all these years, because they can’t seem to find the energy or time to actually innovate besides a few gimmicks that will be scrapped in a year.

[@Mattsuki]

Prestiging never left! Each cod is the new prestige 😂 good one!

[@Dartlin]

Great points in this vid

[@Mookie12911]

I almost never dive into the new mode cod brings out every year. Because I know it’s not gonna be around a year from then and don’t even want to bother wasting my time potentially getting hooked on it. Cuz I’ll end up disappointed every time

[@paulwilson1193]

We are all in the call of duty blender.

[@venomrider8052]

Game types: get explained DMZ: *still existing* so y'all forgot about me?

[@PigSticker-wm2tq]

Yo wtf with this mans thermostat and switch?

[@nightshadepuree4073]

lovely stuff as usual

[@TheGreatJon]

Blind fire & destructable cover was cool - they just needed to run with it a bit, and make destruction more of a mechanic, and blind fire was good if standing still/crouching behind cover wasn't actually the worst tactic in CoD.

[@gorderokos]

I can attest to the overwhelming feeling of superiority.

[@GrannyT23]

I’m a CoD noob, I’ve only ever watched the campaigns and I’m a little confused bc I thought multiplayer and Warzone was the same, what’s the difference between the two?

[@ReplayMode]

Warzone is free to play, while MP is locked behind the full game (along with campaign, zombies, etc) MP is usually 2 teams of 6 with respawns or round based 1-life modes, on smaller maps. Head-to-head. WZ is squads of up to 4, with 10-25 different squads on a huge open map where the goal is to outlast the others. There's also armor, mid-air spawns and no traditional respawn.

[@tehspy1337]

Most of the employees lost were testers. I don't know if anyone has actually played this game, but they didn't lose anything of value from the change

[@knolsey]

really sad that literally everyone has forgotten the best mode cod has ever had, in DMZ. the biggest mistake activision has ever made is not replacing BR with DMZ. no one cares about big map, you cannot find a game with a ping under 90 at any time of the day from Washington DC, yet i can get a DMZ game in 40 seconds with 30 ping and a full lobby instantly. Tarkov and DMZ are nothing alike, that is like comparing mw3 to counterstrike.

[@WolfVdME]

Maybe the should disconnect the separate parts of it to their own games releases. PUBG is a Battle Royal, its not of any other MP, Extraction shooter, Zombie Survival stuff. So make DMZ into its own property as an extraction shooter. CoD as a MP/Campaign. Warzone as its own separate BR game. Then see what sticks to the wall, and develop it and drop the rest. Charge amounts you think each are worth from like $30-$70.

[@joshwhatf]

You missed the insane amount of cheaters ruining fps on all games... Not just Cod

[@blueberry20250]

variety is not really an issue?

[@theladthatknowsstuff9901]

It is though. There's not an unlimited number of devs, or dev time, so every time they add a new feature that needs upkeep, it takes away from other modes. If there were enough devs to upkeep these modes, it would be fine, but Gunfight has only gotten 2 new maps this game (One of which was made for 6v6), Zombies has the bare minimum, Ground War, despite just being Warzone cutouts, has had nothing since launch, Cutthroat hasn't been updated to support the post-launch maps, and so on.

[@blueberry20250]

@@theladthatknowsstuff9901 i guess its true, there has to be an update to zombies and if they were to update DMZ that would be charming. though they could horsepower through that if they were to reduce the release cycle maybe or have mw3 not just be a full price DLC

[@JAZPER]

W take by you i been saying this for years they’re putting too many eggs in too many baskets

[@CnKole]

12:56 feeling? I AM better. lmao

[@Xiinith]

1. the devs and fans need to realize the wz hype/success was mostly because of covid. (everyone is chasing that feeling) 2. devs are trying too hard to appeal to everyone. focus on MP + BR + ZOOMBIES and cod can be great once again (also have rotating limited time game modes like apex) 3. devs need to stick with one BR and build upon it like fornite and APEX. 4. (this is just my personal belief) but the cod community is so full of cry babies... they cant stick with anything 5. Fortnite has all kinds of fun skins and map personality, Apex has Legend personality and map personality. CODs warzone is FUCKING BLAND. 6. The Devs need to decide is COD an Arcade shooter? or a tactical shooter like BF or more so Tarkov. 7. the BIGGEST issue is the cod community needs to stop with "skill issue" as a defense towards legit critiques of a mess of a game. they themselves are helping keeping cod in a bad state. I've said since 2010.. "the only thing that can kill cod.. is cod itself"

[@drunkvax]

First person Fortnite