silicon on 28 June 2012
The only SOCOM I ever played was SOCOM 4 with MOVE and in 3D.
It was actually pretty fun. I only played the single player campaign though. I've never played the COD campaigns so I don't know how they compare.
It sounds like the SOCOM games were losing popularity, and everyone was scrambling to come up with a solution to the problem. This type of thing happens a lot and in every industry. It's just part of life.
