The crash reputation and dismal sales of Call of Duty: Vanguard are there for all to see, and in response to publisher Activision Blizzard blizzard blizzard this effect blames the game's World War II setting and lack of "innovation", interested players to take a look.
After the call of duty IP's recent earnings were about $300 million lower than expected, Activision Blizzard blamed the poor results on the 2021 call of duty: Vanguard word of mouth crash. The stereotypes and scripts that were considered to be World War II and lack of novelty led to poor sales results.
Activision Blizzard wrote in the report: "While Call of Duty remains one of the most successful series of games of all time, Call of Duty: Vanguard in 2021 did not live up to our expectations, and we believe that the game's World War II setting did not resonate with the community, and we did not offer as many innovations as possible in the new game to retain players." ”
Activision's speech caused dissatisfaction among fans, who believed that Activision was stealing the concept and that it was not the World War II setting that led to the decline in sales. The quality of the game and the lack of content in subsequent updates are the top priorities. Many players pointed out that Activision Blizzard's report overlooked many issues, such as not mentioning that the game's campaign was very short and clumsy, the classic zombie mode content was heavily cut, and the seasonal update of the game was delayed.
Despite the collapse of game word-of-mouth, Call of Duty: Vanguard remains one of the best-selling games. In order to regain good word-of-mouth, Activision promised Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to revive the series' reputation and sales with "the most ambitious plan in call of duty history."