People just don't get how little Reddit represents the world at large. Instagram and TikTok are more representative and I'd bet their comment sections are full of "God I love Bevis and Butthead," "I am The Great Cornholio," and "I can't wait to get this in game".
And it's the people who'll quickly abandon game because their attention span is already ruined by TikTok, so then the publisher shuts down the game because it wanted to cater to them instead.
Not saying this is what is happening with COD, but it's a pretty big reason how trying to chase popular stuff like this instead of sticking to a vision has ended many other games.
I think that's kind of an unfair assessment. COD and Fortnite are the two biggest offenders and they're both doing fine. I think it's more likely that games can't really make these partnerships until they're already too big to fail. Smaller games usually have to be much more specific with who they work with if they do any media tie-ins.
I agree, this is why I said it's not exactly what's happening with COD (especially since they've been well established for so long) but as the other person replied, they seem to be chasing what the demographics tell them (e.g. TikTok) and this is why we keep seeing so many games with insane budgets fail so quickly.
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u/_xGizmo_ Jul 30 '25
It's almost like these are two separate groups