CoD Warzone remains a big success, but that isn’t necessarily a good thing, as it could come at the expense of the regular competitive multiplayer mode. At least that’s what the professional player Scump from OpTic says. In a podcast, he provided reasons why Warzone has essentially killed the regular multiplayer of Call of Duty.
Who is Scump? Seth “Scump” Abner from Team OpTic is a top player in Call of Duty and has won 2 gold medals in Major League Gaming as well as a world champion title in the Call of Duty League. So, the man knows his stuff about Call of Duty, but he has also had trouble with the developers for streaming without permission.
This is what the discussion is about: In a podcast by OpTic, which included other professionals, a thesis from another CoD professional was brought up. James “Clayster” Eubanks from Team New York Sublimers recently stated that Warzone could be killing the regular competitive CoD multiplayer. But Scump goes a step further.
Pro says Warzone has already killed the multiplayer
What does Scump say? In the OpTic podcast, Scump speaks up after his teammate H3CZ brings up the topic of Warzone vs. multiplayer. Scump is clear on the question of whether Warzone could kill the multiplayer, as the professional says:
I want to put it as gently as possible: It [Warzone] has already done that!
He then continued on the subject and mentioned the significantly different viewer counts as one criterion:
It’s not as if that isn’t obvious to everyone. Just look at Twitch. Cold War has an average of around 6,000 viewers. Warzone has had at least 100,000 all the time.
What are the reasons? In the further discussion among the professionals, the reasons behind Warzone’s success are discussed:
- Many well-known influencers, such as Nickmercs, play it and thus bring a large number of followers into the game
- Viral marketing from friends telling their friends about it increases player numbers
- Moreover, Twitter and Twitch are full of clips from Warzone; you can’t escape the game
- Every gaming experience in Warzone is fundamentally different as well. Those who play 4 hours of multiplayer have the same four maps; those who play four hours of Warzone have much more variety and rewarding experiences.
However, the multiplayer mode is still not completely done for. After all, as one of the podcast colleagues points out, there is still some tournament happening every other day in competitive CoD multiplayer with huge prize pools.
Nonetheless, Scump stands by his word and hopes that the developers also give enough attention to the regular multiplayer mode and do not invest the lion’s share of development resources into Warzone.
By the way, Warzone vs. CoD multiplayer has already been a hot topic in our MeinMMO podcast.
