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Would be some truth that delaying COD would have done horrific things to ABK's value but under Microsoft it would do fuck all to Microsoft's, Lol.
I think there's only two issues really worth considering.
1. Moving COD to a 2 year release schedule would give competition a chance to grow, a reason why COD is so dominant is because it drowns out the competition, COD fans are conditioned to buy a COD every single year, they have no time for other FPS titles, it's literally nonstop COD. You move COD and competition to COD has a chance to grow.
Can mitigate this by doing expansions for the COD or focusing more on Warzone in the off-year but it'd still be ripe for Battlefield to take some of CODs lunch in the off-year. Likewise though, Xbox owns a lot of FPS franchises now, the same benefit applies to them, launching a new Halo for example in a year without COD would also benefit it.
2. Microsoft Gaming's yearly revenue would be on a bit of a yo-yo of up/down/up/down in the years without COD and unfortunately, investors are annoying fucks who demand constant growth, fortunately (maybe) for Microsoft Gaming, Microsoft investors don't seem to give a shit about it and may never give a shit about it so this may not even be a worry.
Those are Microsoft's problems to sort out though and Microsoft's money. So I say for the benefit of the teams and the IP, move Call of Duty to a 2 year release schedule. Yearly doesn't feel sustainable and I think expanding the teams may work in the short-term but long-term it's just kicking the can further down the road and will become someone else's problem.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 09 November 2023
