In a current annual review, those responsible at Activision Blizzard once again looked back at the shooter “Call of Duty: Vanguard”, which could not meet internal expectations. It goes on to say that lessons have been learned from the disappointing performance of the title.
Shortly after the official release last November, it became apparent that the sales of “Call of Duty: Vanguard” were declining compared to the offshoots of previous years.
In a freshly published annual review, those responsible at Activision Blizzard looked back on the year 2021 and talked about “Call of Duty: Vanguard”, among other things. After it was recently said that the “Call of Duty” series lost around 50 million active players last year, Activision Blizzard now officially admitted that the “Call of Duty: Vanguard” developed by Slegdehammer Games could not meet internal expectations.
Publisher admits mistakes
A development that the Californian publisher attributes to a not inconsiderable part to his own wrong decisions. As a possible mistake, Activision Blizzard named the decision to use the Second World War as the setting. A setting that was apparently only positively received to a limited extent by the community. According to those responsible, another factor that could have led to the disappointing sales figures for “Call of Duty: Vanguard” is the “lack of innovations and innovations”.
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Errors from which Activision Blizzard and the developer studios responsible for the “Call of Duty” series Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch and Infinity Ward are said to have learned the appropriate lessons. Thus, players may already be able to look forward to various innovations in “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2”, which is currently being developed at Infinity Ward and will be released in 2022.
“We are at work on the most ambitious plan in Call of Duty history, with over 3,000 people now working on the franchise and a return to the Modern Warfare setting that produced our most successful Call of Duty title of all time.” it further on this.
Source: Activision Blizzard
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