Name of Responsibility: Vanguard was on the prime of the gross sales charts and but apparently, it’s nonetheless not sufficient for Activision, which held its annual traders report lately and addressed the sport’s obvious lackluster gross sales.
They weren’t coy about reminding people who it’s nonetheless top-dog by way of leisure franchises. They then went on responsible the sport’s World Warfare II setting as a chief purpose for the underperforming gross sales because the studio believes the setting “didn’t resonate with a few of our neighborhood.” Whereas this would possibly sound — to you — loopy, it isn’t as exhausting to consider as you would possibly assume.
Final 12 months, GamesIndustry acquired buddy-buddy with PAX and EGX to get the low-down on why individuals didn’t shelve out the dough to get Name of Responsibility: Vanguard. Whereas most cited not having the time so as to add yet one more recreation into their ever-expanding backlog, 24 p.c additionally cited the setting as being a core challenge. Some didn’t just like the setting whereas others merely didn’t take care of Activision’s earlier WWII-based shooters.
Activision additionally talked about that they lacked innovation that was current in earlier entries within the 2021 WWII-centered entry. Right here’s hoping that Fashionable Warfare 2 fares higher than Vanguard and that its extra trendy setting will “resonate” with extra of the neighborhood.
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