Report: Next Year’s Mainline Call of Duty Delayed Out of 2023
A report from January noted that Activision was internally debating whether or not should stay an annualized series. A more recent report has now stated that the company is indeed moving away from premium yearly releases, as it has internally delayed the 2023 entry in the series (presumably) to 2024.
This new Bloomberg report states that this move was not impacted by the recent and impending Microsoft acquisition, but because of ‘s disappointing performance. It’s worth noting that, according to the NPD, was still the best-selling game in the United States in 2021, despite having only have less than two months on the market. Executives concluded that it failed to meet expectations because games come out too quickly and cannibalize each other, thus leading to the decision to push Treyarch’s 2023 entry.
A new game has come out every since year since 2005’s. The series went on to be one of the top 10 best-selling games of the year in the United States since 2006, meaning it was a fairly significant portion of the revenue seen in traditional video game sales. It’s unclear how big of an impact it will have on 2023’s overall video game sales, but Activision will certainly be feeling ‘s absence, as it is allegedly looking for projects to fill that void. Such projects might come in the form of the recently confirmed sequel and the “massive evolution” for . Instead of pumping a new game, these entries have the potential to see longer and more focused support, essentially taking the spot a new, premium title would have.
The sequel and new are set for 2022, but Bloomberg reports that a new free-to-play online game is also coming next year, too. While it seems like the new free-to-play game could be the same as the new,
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