Published 08/07/2022, 8:30 AM EDT Call Of Duty is unquestionably one of the most loved gaming series in the world.
After all, Activision, the FPS giant, has developed the game and worked relentlessly for its success.
It has always looked out for fan problems and tried to solve them as soon as possible.
However, that hasn’t been the case inside their headquarters, as their employees have walked out for various reasons.
ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Activision has faced one of its terrible years, as they went through multiple mishappenings.
First, it started with minimal lawsuits and then affected their player base, as the franchise reported a lesser number when compared to the past.
ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad Activision aims to walk out of the loophole with the new Call Of Duty release The past few years have not been great for the Call Of Duty franchise as they had to go through some unusual stuff.
It all started with the massive lawsuit against CEO Bobby Kotick.
The lawsuit stated that Kotick, despite knowing about the harassment cases in the franchise, chose to stay silent about them.
He was aware of every mishappening but decided to let it slide for unknown reasons.
This created chaos in the headquarters as the employees lost faith in their code of conduct.
As time passed by, the franchise tried to recover from the CEO scandal.
However, they were unaware of anything coming their way as they immediately got hit by California for unhealthy work culture.
Several government agencies filed lawsuits as they wanted to investigate the misfortunes inside the franchise.
It affected the employee count on a major level as over 100 employees walked out demanding for the CEO to step down.
Amidst this chaos, the Call Of Duty franchise constantly tried to search for a win and get back in the game.
As a result, they partnered with different developers to add new games from their publishing house.
This gave rise to the release of a new title in the Diablo series, Diablo Immortal.
However, their hope of getting back on the top added another barrel, as the company reported a decline in its player base.
How Activision plans to cover up its losses ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad In their recent earnings report, Activision spoke about some numbers.
They revealed how the player base fell from 372 million in March to 361 million in June.
Despite these numbers not making much of a difference, Activision later compared them to last year, proving how much it affected their business.
The Call Of Duty franchise bagged 408 million players in 2021, which continued to decline as time passed.
So, with multiple setbacks, the company saw its downfall in the past year.
However, with the recent acquisition by Microsoft and the release of Modern Warfare II, Activision will aim to get back in the game and do wonders.
ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad WATCH THIS STORY: Top 5 Call of Duty Games of All Time What are your thoughts about this? Do you feel Activision has had a rough year or do you think they have been doing much better? Let us know your opinions in the comments section.
