Call Of Duty Fans Beg Activision To Scrap Annual Releases

Year after year the Call of Duty fan base is filled with excitement, only to be disappointed a few months into a new release with what it perceives is a lack of content.

With a return to boots-on-the-ground gameplay, the expectations of being cast into a new golden generation of games have been met with sore disappointment.

Now, after four years of live-service titles that have not lived up to what they were built up to be, players are ready for the annual releases to be retired in favour of one overarching Call of Duty game with constant live support.

Call of Duty Players Want Annual Releases Scrapped

For the first year since Call of Duty was released, Activision had planned on giving the franchise a rest, leaving Modern Warfare 2 in rotation for two years. But after releasing only half of the multiplayer game in favour of "drip feeding" content out in seasons, players have had enough.

Modern Warfare 2 Season 2 has tipped players over the edge, and calls for a Call of Duty: Mobile style game is echoing across the community.

An overarching Call of Duty game would work in the same way Fortnite, Apex Legends, and Overwatch does, where the seasonal live service will offer up new content to draw players back in and retain player attention, without the mess of having the same recycled content each year.

"This is what I’ve been saying to my friends for the last two years. If we got a game like this with the base of the gameplay being built on BO2’s gameplay, it would be the best cod in 12 years," one fan added on Twitter.

Call of Duty Community Wants Franchise To Learn From CoD Mobile 

Call of Duty: Mobile already works with this format, where they pack in the best content from CoD's gone by (including characters, maps, modes, and weapons) into one title.

"I don't understand how that's so hard to understand. Give us a solid game with all the maps from years past and then yearly drop 10-15 NEW maps and guns," said another fan.

The main drawback would be that Activision wouldn't be able to fleece your pockets every year though. But some people have now suggested paid DLCs, such as campaigns and big seasonal events to roll out more content.

The Call of Duty: Mobile model has been successful in its market, but whether Activision Blizzard could break away from the annual release schedule remains to be seen - particularly with CoD 2023 expected to be another game from Sledgehammer Games.