I'm 34. That's the issue. We are old enough to remember when a sequel offered new graphics, new surprises and didn't happen EVERY YEAR. It was a treat to play "Part 2" of something. I remember hearing about Super Mario 3 was coming.........and you could be a raccoon and fly! OMG MARIO CAN FLY NOW?!
There is not to many "OMG MARIO CAN FLY NOW?!" moments in video games anymore.
Yes, but let's not forget that our generation is the one who are making these games, and we do remember how is a good game really plays like. I think that the generation we are talking about here (our descendants) is a very special one and they are truly remarkable, nothing the world had before. I'm not the "old times were better" type of person, and I believe that humanity is advancing and developing, and these younger girls and boys are very smart and very unique in every way, so I'm really puzzled about how come they like COD?
Games are getting dumber and easier year by year in a perplexing speed. It's getting harder and harder to find a hard and challenging good game to get some flawless entertainment at nights or a game what you could play to have some fun with your friends.
How come that the majority of gamers doesn't want something better than COD? There must be a huge demand if the publisher can still produce bigger and bigger sales numbers in every new year: but why is that demand exists and why is it still growing?
People generally want better things on the long run, and while marketing and media might alter demands and taste a lot, you can't produce growth year after year from selling something which people don't like or want, it won't work.
So I'm puzzled what's in the COD series which produces these numbers? I can only think of some psychological issues, like
- - the players are allowed to kill others without the need of taking responsibility and they love that feeling,
- - they are so superficial and shallow, that they only care about the visuals and the violence,
- - or they are not interested in putting any effort getting good in something so they are subconsciously choosing games with the lowest possible skill ceiling,
but guesses like these would lead me to believe that we are talking about a stupid generation here, which I'm not willing to accept.