In a revelation that isn't news to anyone, but is interesting to hear from the horse's mouth, Infinity Ward producer Mark Rubin said in an interview with OXM, that he doesn't think there will be any big changes with the next-generation of Call of Duty games. Why? Because the fans of the game aren't hardcore gamers.
"It's kind of a weird, ironic thing to say," Rubin said "They aren't hardcore gamers, or even gamers, but they play Call of Duty every night. And those guys are going to continue to play regardless of platform. So I think not only will we continue to engage with that existing player base, but we'll take next gen and see how far we can go with it."
He didn't go as far as to describe them as casual gamers, but we know what he's talking about. I'm sure we all have friends with Xbox 360s and PS3s and the only real games they buy them for are Call of Duty and FIFA - or for you Americans, your comparable sports title.
Compare that to the average PC gamer, who may play a lot of League of Legends, but chances are they have experience in RTS games, or puzzlers, perhaps a few shooters thrown in the mix. Likewise a lot of console gamers are multi-faceted, but there's definitely a veneer of console casuals that stick to the jock-like titles: sports and the blockbuster shoot'em ups without much of a skill curve.
Ultimately Rubin said, Infinity Ward can't change that much about Call of Duty, or it would end up alienating its players base.
Not too surprising a revelation, but what do you guys make of it?
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Call of Duty : Mw 2 . I only
codgamers not hardcore gamers
Its called having a life.
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Brosss!!!
Yep
Mark wards comments
Read the article
dont talk rubbish
Playing the same game night
Congrats Activision!The first step is to admit
Congrats Activision!The first step is to admit
cod
What Is a Gamer?
Holy **** Stfu lol
Ah the tired old arguement
Ah the tired old arguement
Only noobs play LoL, is DotA
So..CoD players aren't gamers?
ploop
an offshoot?
It's called Rainbow Six. The
i started out playing on an
No.....it doesn't take any
Makes a lot of sense. </lie>
omg
If I went golfing One time,
UMAD
I play just about every game
"hardcoregamer"
The truth
Battlefield like a simulator? You must be joking right?!
Tac-Sim drought..
really battlefield is like
People who are not gamers
I don't think you can call
I don't think you can call
Man I loved the Supper
I agree hugely with this.
500 games?
******
LOL
Wow
Your lack of insight and hypocrital pretension
Your lack of insight and hypocrital pretension
He isn't saying that people
well that didn't broaden things up
Lets settle for a moment
Anonymous is ******* gay DDoS me IRL see waht happpens
I could have told you this,
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