I have noticed thru different searches the amount of COD: World at War problems that people have. Some valid, others funny. The greatest one is everyone saying that World at War is NOT COD 5. Makes me Chuckle. Lets take a look shall we. Oh before I start. Everyone I seem to run into says that Treyarch sucks and that Infinity Ward is so much better. Ok Lets begin.
 
2001- Infinity Ward develops: Call Of Duty. It won over 80 "Game of the Year" awards
2004- Treyarch develops Call Of Duty: United Offensive. As an expansion it introduced a ranking system for multiplayer. 
2004- Spark Unlimited develops: Call Of Duty Finest Hour.
2005- Infinity Ward is back with: Call Of Duty 2 for XBOX 360 and PC
2005- Same time Treyarch develops: Call Of Duty 2:Big Red One for XBOX 
2006- Treyarch develops: Call Of Duty 3. In my opinion not a great game. But Treyarch was pressed for time on the release.
2007- Infinity Ward develops COD: Modern Warfare. Needless to say we all know how well the game was recieved by us gamers. Great game. But took a different turn from the WWII atmosphere.
2008- Treyarch developed COD: World at War. Back to WWII.
2009- Infinity Ward is back with Modern Warfare 2. 
 
Ok lets look at that info. Inifinity ward comes up with and idea, Treyarch expands from the original with a sequel. They seem to be working together. There is kind of an order isn't there? Why do the haters have to rip on Treyarch? I give props to Infinity Ward for taking a chance away from the WWII genre. Plus I give props to Treyarch for making the WWII atmosphere come alive and expanding on that genre to make it better. By looking at this list you can't call either of them bad or 1 is better than another. If anything Spark Unlimited is the bad developer. They developed 1 game for Call Of Duty which sucked! Oh and if your not sure who they are. They developed there second game not too long ago. I am sure you remember Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. Horrible Game.
 
Now as for calling World at War COD 5. I am Yes and No. According to the release dates of the games (not the expansions) I would have to say YES. But looking at it from a logical standpoint. NO. In my opinion COD 4 Modern Warfare has the wrong title. It should just have been called: Call Of Duty Modern Warfare. Since it has nothing to do with the WWII era. Call Of Duty World at War should have been called COD 4 World at War going by past history of the Call Of Duty lineup. Notice how Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 does not say Call Of Duty 6 Modern Wardare 2? Despite what all the tags to the game are on YouTube and other posts. Look at the box art. But according to the numerical system already appointed to the games from the gaming cummunity. It stands as number 6 in the series. Keep in mind before verbally bashing me. That all this is not to anger anyone. It's simply to point out that people have their own opinions. I am just in the middle laughing at the arguements. Besides the release dates on all the games and expansions this is all just my opinion and my logic on the situation. Again sorry if I made anyone mad. 
 
Oh and If anyone wants to Play some Call Of Duty: World at War hit me up! My gamertag is
Wake2Wake208

 

I can't stand people calling it CoD5. It is just wrong.

its both

I guess its accurate to call WaW Call of Duty 5 and MW2 Call of Duty 6 or whatever. But I think they are in the process of giving Call of Duty and Modern Warfare completely seperate identities as they both movie forward from here.

If it's not in the title it's not coming in, kinda like GTA.

" I can't stand people calling it CoD5. It is just wrong. "  

" its both "

It's not Cod 5.

it says World at war on the box so thats what I call it

It will be COD5 when the box says so.

It's whatever you want it to be.  People who argue about an issue as trivial as this are idiots.

People hate on Treyarch because Infinity Ward makes better games, and Treyarch's games are just bad.

if it was cod5 the title would be COD5

" People hate on Treyarch because Infinity Ward makes better games, and Treyarch's games are just bad. "

" @natetodamax said:

" People hate on Treyarch because Infinity Ward makes better games, and Treyarch's games are just bad. "

How can you say that?   Without Treyarch, Call Of Duty would not have all those awesome multiplayer modes or a good advancement system. If you read thhe info above. Treyarch was the first 1 out of the 2 that created a ranking system to keep us playing. I think that both developers are extremely good at what they do. Both have to be good developers anyway. They are owed by Activision Blizzard. "

It is cod5. 

" It doesn't matter what you say.  No Treyarch game has ever been bad, yet people are going to hate them for the sake of hating them.  Bunch of bandwagoners.  Treyarch didn't make their precious Call of Duty 4 that they so salivate over for hours so they get all butthurt and try to go on a vendetta against the devs.  
 
 Protip:  ignore them "

It's not Call of Duty 5. TonicBH's example of GTA hit the nail right on the head. Vice City isn't GTA4. My personal opinion also shuns World at War, because I really don't like it at all. If Treyarch never did a Call of Duty title again, i'd be more than happy.

ahh but remember what Infinity Ward said. They mentioned that they were going to drop the "Call Of Duty" brand on Modern Warfare 2. There is still debate that they may or may not place it in the title. But for the fun of it lets say that they dont place "Call Of Duty" in the title. What then? You can't call it COD6 or COD for that matter either. 
 
Oh and just to state for the record. If you bought Minority Report, your dumb. If you buy any game made alongside a movie release..... YOUR DUMB! They all are terrible. So for you buying it, renting it, borrowing it. YOUR DUMB.

"...your dumb...YOUR DUMB!...YOUR DUMB."

Who gives a shit.

" Who gives a shit. "

" It will be COD5 when the box says so. "

" @Scooper said:

" Who gives a shit. "

i must say for reading this. it must have interested you a little so "

I totally agree. Some people are stupid and they annoy me

CoD: UO and Big red One was developed by gray matter, which later merged with treyarch. 
 
Treyarchs first CoD game was 3, which was a console exclusive, so i didnt really play it.

As stated before,the box says Call of Duty:World at War so that's what it's called.I own 6 Call of Duty games right now,so it can't be CoD5 (Finest Hour,Big Red One,CoD2,CoD3,CoD4:Modern Warfare,CoD:World at War).Plus,if you ask Infinity Ward , Modern Warfare was CoD3 (ever notice the little "IW3" at the title screen).So with so many opinions on it you have to go with what's on the box (which is what you should do anyway).

Cod WAW is not COD5, but I know one thing is for sure, I don't give two shits what people think it is, the last Cod game I enjoyed was Cod 2.

yes, i hate when people call it cod5. it doesn't say 5 on it, and there have been like 12 different cod games all together. i call it cod: waw or call of duty : waw.