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When Will We Get a Next-gen ONLY Call Of Duty?

As we near the release of the Xbox One and PS4 I have been thinking a lot about next gen. I just can't seem to get away from it. From Giantbomb, to Gamespot, IGN to Kotaku and others are all furiously pushing out new stories and articles about Next Gen. It seems the only gaming related thing getting more coverage these days is Call Of Duty: Ghosts. So maybe its not too surprising then, that I found my self thinking about this question:

How long till Call of Duty is ONLY on Next Gen consoles?

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You would be hard pressed to find a series that is as popular and mainstream as Call of Duty. Many seem to hate the games, but even more seem to LOVE the games. As such its a sure bet that Ghosts will do very well when it comes to sales. But how many people will be buying a next gen console and Ghosts this year? What about next year with the next Call of Duty title? The next year? After that?

If you want to know how well the next gen consoles are doing, how confident publishers are in these new machines I think you should watch Call of Duty. Sure many games over the next year or two will see release on next gen, but they will see release on current gen as well. Call of Duty will be no different. I fully expect next year's entry in the CoD series to see release on Xbox 360 and PS3 as well as next gen. But what about 2 years from now...3...4? Will Call of Duty still be as popular then? Maybe..who knows.

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If the series stays at least as popular as it is now, then it becomes a good way to tell how well these new boxes are doing. When will Activision decided to leave current gen behind? Remember that "Call of Duty: World at War" was released in Nov. 2008 for PS2. That 7 months after GTA IV saw release on Xbox 360, PS3. I have feeling that Call of Duty will stay at home on current gen consoles for just as long. But...probably longer.

The amount of Xbox 360 owners alone would justify Activision releasing a current gen version, then throw on PS3, and even WiiU. That is a lot of potential buyers.

I guess its not just Call of Duty. When will get the first Next Gen only Madden. (That didn't happen until Madden 2013) Or the first next gen only Assassin's Creed? Or the first next gen only FIFA (That STILL hasn't happened, FIFA is being released on PS2 this year)

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This may seem like a weird or worthless question, but I think its actually interesting to look back at how fast or slow franchises jump to the next generation consoles. This generation has lasted for a LONG time, and with areas like South America these consoles are becoming popular as the price goes down. Could we see Call of Duty in 2018 still be released for Xbox 360 and PS3? What do you think? Should we start a betting pool?

Also, will FIFA see release on PS2 in 2018. I really hope so. That would be really dumb and cool.

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4 years from now

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I think Fifa 14 is the last fifa game for PS2

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Halomaste19

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@jimmyfenix: I would assume so...but man that was a good run.

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@jz said:

4 years from now

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Next week, probably.

I had no idea FIFA was still hitting PS2. Wow.

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@shagge said:

Next week, probably.

I had no idea FIFA was still hitting PS2. Wow.

id really love to see the sales numbers on that, must be enough if they are still doing it.

Guess its just a change of code, swap some names, color of the ball and print it to the disc and this point must be 2 days work

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I say 3 years from now

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Next year, probably. Even in the case of World at War, the PS2 version, Final Fronts, was an entirely different game, made by an entirely different team. It didn't even have any of the same levels(though one of the levels takes place in Shuri Castle, but it isn't the same mission from WaW proper). This year, or next year at most, will probably be the last straight adaptation of a game on current gen consoles. Heck, if you look at the last generation, the only CoD game that had a direct adaptation was CoD3. Everything else(Finest Hour, Big Red One, Final Fronts) was an entirely different game from their later gen counterparts.

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At least next year, similarly to how Call of Duty 3 finally ignored the previous gen.

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Once the install base of next-gen is at a high enough level to warrant it.

I mean maybe people will upgrade alot faster this time around, maybe slower.

Personally i think we'll stop seeing major cross-gen games within a year / year and a halfish.

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10 years

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I'm going to guess 2.5 years from now. Someone bump this thread when they do it so I can see if I got it right.

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Easy answer. When it stops selling on modern consoles.

I expect the next consoles we'll see stuff for 360 and PS3 a lot longer. I'm still not really sure how it's all gonna play out. It should be interesting.

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As others have said - when it stops being profitable on the current consoles.

Are a significant amount of people still only playing games on a 360 or a PS3? Then they'll continue to release on those consoles. Because MONEY.

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3-4 years.

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Not before 2017.