The Call of Duty 2023 conspiracy theory Modern Warfare 2 war zone 2 and DMZ are in shambles
right now there's been no core fixes or changes for multiplayer same thing goes for Warzone 2 and
DMZ just continues to become more pay to win as the days go on on top of that the Warzone
mobile release date was pushed back from May this year until November 2023. Warzone mobile is going
to launch with verdansk which is regarded by a lot of people as one of the best Call of
Duty Battle Royale Maps which obviously has a lot of hype behind it but it's kind of slowed
down now since the game is being delayed but if both of those things weren't enough the rumors
are also stating that Modern Warfare 2 year 2 DLC is not happening and instead Sledgehammer
Games is going to potentially be developing a sequel game to Modern Warfare 2 which will be
announced in August and released in November this year newer rumors and links are hinting
at it being called Modern Warfare 3. now to be fair I called this three months ago so I'd like
to think that I know what I'm talking about sometimes between the current state of Modern
Warfare 2 the delay of Warzone mobile and the upcoming rumors and leaks for Modern Warfare
3 2023 this has led me to my own personal theory about how Call of Duty 2023 is going
to turn out and I'm gonna be honest with you guys I am terrified about what's gonna happen
to Call of Duty this year and even though I don't like being the bearer of bad news
let's start specifically with repair 2 and Warzone 2. core gameplay changes like increase Sprint
speeds slide speeds ads speeds strafe speeds nerfing the turtling in the game truly nerfing
the KV broadside red dots on the minimap for firing your weapons a rework of the perk system
and adding dead silence as a perk instead of a field upgrade are just a few of the core gameplay
changes the community has been asking for pretty much since launch now not all of those things have
been around since the beginning of the game but the fact of the matter remains this community has
been giving Infinity Ward feedback since before day one there were creators that played the game
early and gave them feedback and criticism of the game before it was even out and they didn't do
anything so that definitely begs the question are we just being ignored are the devs too lazy to fix
core gameplay issues instead of microtransactions or minor issues that literally no one cares about
or is there something else at play here what if I told you that they are purposely tanking this
game in order to sell the next year of Call of Duty especially because we're no longer
getting a year 2 DLC for Modern Warfare 2 and instead they're going to be selling us a brand
new game and this is not the first time we've seen this happen because they literally did
it last year with Vanguard Call of Duty Vanguard was a relatively normal World War II Call of Duty
game at launch and it was fun to play for a while but basically everyone in the Cod Community could
tell especially the zombies community that this game was rushed out and it did not have enough
content and as time went on Vanguard did get more content but it went into a wacky Direction man and
that was most likely done because they needed to tank the reputation of the game to make it
look worse to make it look bad in comparison to what was going to be sold next it appears
that Activision has decided to add something new to the Call of Duty cycle and it's an extremely
disappointing technique All Things Considered Modern Warfare 2 had an incredible launch the
best Call of Duty launch we've seen so far and the whole Community was rallying behind this game and
giving it a great chance with tons of amazing feedback with the intent of making the game
better and more fun to play but it's clear to me now more than ever that they have different plans
and the plans involve colossal piles of money what could possibly be the reason for not improving the
gameplay of model Warfare 2. the fastest selling Call of Duty game in history the highest selling
game of the year and one of the most popular games in the franchise what possible reason could they
have to delay Warzone Mobile by almost half a year when we were expecting to have the ability
to play this game in a matter of days why would they ditch a year two DLC plan for Modern Warfare
2 in favor of a new Call of Duty game the answer is drum roll please one billion dollars Call of
Duty at least the mainline franchise games will always be a yearly release as long as Activision
or any other publicly traded company runs the show this will always be the truth because no
one especially a businessman in their right mind would ever turn down an almost guaranteed one
billion dollars every single year of their life but this is why it's sad instead of getting those
sales by making the best product possible you get those sales by converting trash into gold they're
making themselves out to be the Call of Duty Jesus performing a miracle that will somehow turn Modern
Warfare 2 into a beautiful Masterpiece but not in the form of a year 2 DLC no it has to be a
brand new game it has to be Modern Warfare 3 which again is exactly what I predicted what better way
to sell the next Call of Duty game than by taking all of our valuable feedback and criticisms for
Modern Warfare 2 and then just wait to do all of that for next year's game it's the perfect plan
from their perspective leave Modern Warfare 2 in the dust and make us pay another 70 plus dollar
dollars for all of the changes and improvements we've been baking for over the last half a year
or so and on top of that as well you won't be able to access Warzone mobile before Modern Warfare 3
comes out so it can't steal the Thunder of the next Mainline CoD game now purely for the sake
of Playing devil's advocate they could actually sell Modern Warfare 3 and give us the exact same
stagnant slow gameplay that we've experienced in Modern Warfare 2 in Warzone 2. but this could
possibly make Modern Warfare 3 a much harder sell initially now we as players don't have access to
the specific data but they as the creators of the game have to believe that skill based matchmaking
are really engagement optimized matchmaking paired with the slow spoon-fed aim assist heavy gameplay
is retaining the larger casual player base of the Cod Community and keeping them on this game
and this is super unfortunate for all of us with functioning brains that can clearly see
right through the [ __ ] of how a skill based matchmaking manipulates the matchmaking systems
if you're any good at Call of Duty it gets really difficult to get heavily invested into multiplayer
nowadays because of the lack of variety in the matches you play in the simple fact that doing
good and getting better at the game punishes you with little to no reward in return is sad minus
range play they actually did a good job with that but I'm specifically talking about the typical
6v6 multiplayer experience in the game and here's the thing man even if you are the best Cod player
in the world with plenty of skill great aim and amazing map knowledge because of these terrible
systems put in place people end up calling you a hacker reverse booster or VPN user to farm bot
lobbies because they cannot possibly comprehend the idea of someone actually just being skilled
at Call of Duty most likely because they are the ones being protected by skill based matchmaking
instead of playing a variety of skill levels in their multiplayer matches but In fairness we as
a community have to stop pointing fingers at each other and instead point the fingers at the people
who created the skill based matchmaking system in the first place which is Activision they are the
ones who file this patent this patent has language that specifically tries to match people who buy
skins against people who don't buy skins with the intent of encouraging them to want to buy skins
even though we obviously can't access the private data on how skill Blaze matchmaking works and how
their algorithm works for matchmaking this right here is public information you can access it and
you can see it for what it is and you can come to your own conclusions about how you think skill
based matchmaking or really engagement optimized matchmaking works in the newer Call of Duty
games sure older Call of Duty games had skill based matchmaking but the patents that has led
these games more in the direction of Engagement optimized matchmaking was not filed until around
the time of Black Ops 3. so basically every game before then did not have skill based matchmaking
that was nearly as strong or manipulative but even though it might seem like Activision has
some kind of evil master plan there is just one tiny little mistake that they might have made
they are leaving this grand plan in the hands of Sledgehammer Games now while I do currently regard
Vanguard as the worst Call of Duty game ever made I actually have some good things to say
about advanced warfare and Call of Duty World War II but even then historically Sledgehammer
Games Cod titles do not over perform in terms of sales and to be perfectly Fair whether you think
Sledgehammer makes good or bad Call of Duty games is not really relevant to Activision because they
only care about money so really if Sledgehammer Games is taking the charge at developing Modern
Warfare 3 Activision just wants to see that game generate money it doesn't necessarily matter if
it's a good or bad game so yeah if this really does end up being a sequel to Modern Warfare 2
like the leaks and rumors are hinting at then I would assume that an Infinity Ward
could possibly have a heavy hand in shaping how this game turns out because they've been having
more success than Sledgehammer Games in recent years Infinity Ward has traditionally always
been tasked with creating modern warfare games as well though interestingly enough Sledgehammer
Games actually assisted with the developments of the original Modern Warfare 3 campaign so maybe
it's all coming full circle here but at the same time the dev teams have gained and lost a lot of
people over the years so that might not have as much of an impact as we're thinking if we really
think about it Modern Warfare 2019 was the start of the new era of Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War
was made by track and it didn't exactly follow in the footsteps of 2019 but then we had Call
of Duty Vanguard and that game ran on the exact same engine as Modern Warfare 2019 and actually
shared a lot of similarities to mount work for 2019 so there might be some kind of possibility
that there is a Synergy between Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games that we just don't know about
either way if we take into account the rumors of Call of Duty 2023 being a direct sequel to
Modern Warfare 2 which is most definitely going to be Modern Warfare 3 then I think it's safe
to assume that Infinity Ward will be offering some kind of Helping Hands to Sledgehammer Games
with this year's Call of Duty and possibly even Treyarch as well with the zombies mode the leaks
and the rumors have hinted that this game is going to have outbreak 2.0 which honestly is terrifying
news because Treyarch needs to put all of their time and attention into Call of Duty 2024 and make
that game the best game that it can possibly be and this is just gonna be a big distraction for
them and this could lead them to just rushing the Zombies mode out just like they did with Vanguard
so if you're a Call of Duty zombies player I would be very cautiously optimistic I know you
haven't had any new zombies to play with this last year of Modern Warfare 2 but still if it
turned out to be garbage do not accept that we as a community deserve better but with all of that
being said what is important to keep in mind is that regardless of whether Cod 2023 is a good or
bad game there is a 100 guarantee see that there will be another yearly Call of Duty game after
that and the year after that and the year after that no matter what happens the Cod cycle will
just continue over and over again we initially had hoped that things would be different and that
Modern Warfare 2 was going to have a two-year life cycle with a brand new year 2 DLC coming
out later this year but that dream is dead and if a game like Modern Warfare 2 which had the best
launch in COD history can't even do that then it's just never going to happen so before you buy Call
of Duty 2023 and the battle passes that it will inevitably have and the hundreds and hundreds of
skins that they will definitely be pumping out really think hard about whether it is worth your
time and money to invest in this game now if you like it and you're happy with it then go
for it but after this last year of seeing no core gameplay changes over monetizing the battle pass
making DMZ pay to win and pumping out thousands of dollars worth of skins into the store I know
that I'm more hesitant than ever before as a Call of Duty YouTuber it's basically a guarantee that
I will buy the new Call of Duty game every year because this is my livelihood the same way that
they guarantee they're gonna make a new game every single single year because that's their livelihood
but that doesn't mean I'm going to idly Stand By and not call these things out when I see them
happen this also unfortunately means that I'm not going to get as heavily invested in a new Call of
Duty game when I know it's going to be phased out in less than a year's time and it doesn't
matter if we're talking about a time investment or a financial investment overall it's just not
worth it at the end of the day people wants to get invested into good games and until they can prove
that making the best Cod games possible is their end goal they've lost me for Activision which is
a publicly traded company money is their end goal that is really their only Vision at the
end of the day but for the entire Community us as players people who love Call of Duty that
is not what we care about and every single year that they continue this pattern it just becomes
more and more apparent that our visions do not align now look I will always be a massive fan
of the franchise and passionate about wanting to see the games get better and improve over time
but sadly enough it just does not seem like that is also their Vision their main focus is clearly
dollar signs and until that changes I can't see that bright of a future for Call of Duty foreign
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