5 Reasons Call Of Duty Could Soon Die

4. Call of Duty: Ghosts Won't Be The Only New FPS

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Call of Duty, despite its significant fanbase, possesses the annual luxury of being the only FPS released in its timeframe. Every November, the newest CoD title is released with virtually nothing in the way of competition (outside of the Battlefield series), allowing it to easily dominate its unique niche.

Now, not so much.

This year, we've already seen a plethora of new titles teased at E3. With launch titles, there's plenty of choices for entertainment, and one would be naive to assume that Call of Duty can rely solely on its popularity to be the best selling game - it literally isn't wise.

For starters, new titles running at 60 fps were shown at E3 and they looked downright beautiful. Battlefield 4, despite technical delay, looked amazing as your soldier navigated their way through a destroyed, flaming, sinking Aircraft Carrier. Further, games such as The Order 1886, Titanfall, and Destiny looked just as good, if not better. Call of Duty will lack its primary advantage of autonomy, as it won't, for once, be the only big title released, but it's even more complicated than that.

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To say I eagerly await November is an understatement.

The above is a screenshot from the upcoming Killzone: Shadow Fall, which is Sony's equivalent of Halo: their prize First-Person Shooter. As both games are expected to be released alongside their consoles, the loyalty of many gamers will be tested. Both Killzone and Halo alone have built up considerable fanbases, with additional attachment due to them being "our console's" game that the other system doesn't have. Additionally, each one, with each additional entry, has always built up more polish. Both Halo and Killzone have gotten graphically better with each iteration. I

In addition, their multi-player modes see plenty of additional tweaks, elements, and evolutions that far outstrip the modest differences between Call of Duty entries. And those are just First-Person shooters - each console is being released with plenty of choices to choose from regarding preferred entertainment, which leads me to my next point:

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