Call of Duty has the most addictive and populated online community in gaming. It, along with Halo, revolutionized the way we play shooters, and how we look at the multiplayer component of games today. And while it’s good that developers have acknowledged the importance of online interaction, Gearbox Software’s Randy Pitchford doesn’t feel it is important to copy Call of Duty in an effort to be successful. Because according to him, what if the Call of Duty formula becomes boring? What will we do? What if the COD guys screw it up?
“It’s clear that there are many in the business trying to get a piece of what Call of Duty has accomplished, and are trying to break down why it works, as if there was some kind of formula behind it all,” Pitchford said in the latest issue of EGM, speaking in the magazine’s “Multiplayer Madness” feature.
“I don’t think that’s going to be a very successful strategy to attempt to convince Call of Duty players that they should all suddenly shift to another game.
I think, eventually, we’ll become bored with the Call of Duty formula and that the best strategy would be to become the new, exciting thing that’s in a good position for momentum to be built around,” he continued.
According to Pitchford it’s bad to try and emulate Call of Duty for many reasons, one of them is the fact the folks making those games might actually “screw it up”.
Another possibility is that the Call of Duty folks might screw it up,” he continued, adding, “but I don’t think it’s wise to count on that or expect that.”
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is the latest game from the lauded franchise, hitting stores November 8th for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
exactly.
your not going to coax someone away from something by offering the same thing!
you have to offer something better, or something different.
thats the problem with developers today, they have it stuck in their head that we play nothing but COD, so if they release COD, there games will sell in the 10s of millions too!
yea…….. good luck with that!
Good thoughts by Pitchford.
People seem completely happy with receiving new map packs (not spending the money on them) so why don’t they just, instead of making a whole new game, keep releasing new stuff for the current one? I am sure MW1 would have a shit ton of people playing it still with 40 maps and added weapons. HA.
Indeed. The people are satisfied!