Can Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Survive October Against Huge Franchises?
This October seems like the year’s most important month. Huge franchises like Assassin’s Creed and Battlefield are getting their new titles this month two, bringing competition to Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, releasing in October 12th. Can the upcoming Black Ops title get out of this month a victor and has as succesful sales as Activision wants?
Can Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 has some solid competition this year. Battlefield V, Red Dead Redemption and more are releasing the same month as it, making the sales distribution even more tricky.
Let’s be true, fans can’t get all their favorite games in one single month. Most likely, everyone will have to choose one or two of these to get in October and move on to the others in the months to come. Given the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 backlash over Activision’s Season Pass strategy, fans will be more sceptic over buying the game prior to its competition. That’s unless Activision decides to take some quick action.
Here’s the list of popular games to be released this October:
- Forza Horizon 4 (PC, Xbox One) – October 2
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – October 5
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) – October 12
- Battlefield V (PS4, Xbox One, PC) – October 19
- Red Dead Redemption II (PS4, Xbox One) – October 26
Rumor has it, that Activision change’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 release date to not fall short to Red Dead Redemption since all CoD titles get released in November. If that’s true then they have fallen in another trap, with FIFA 19 releasing in September 28th and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey on October 5th.
It will be interesting to see how the ultimate battle between Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Battlefield V holds up this year. Both games made their fanbases outraged over certain aspects of them. At the end of the day though, it all comes down to which one delivers the best experience and the best name in their respective communities.