Legends never die: Next Call of Duty game will also target PlayStation 4 release, leaker claims

PlayStation 4 just refuses to give up, as yet another Call of Duty game is to be released on the platform, a leaker claims. Sony's best-selling console, alongside Microsoft's Xbox One, keeps chugging along somehow, especially since Activision seems reluctant to abandon the last generation.

This is according to leaker Alaix, who has previously revealed a lot of Call of Duty's unreleased content, such as Vanguard's map pool and Black Ops' skin collaborations. He said that this upcoming Call of Duty game, which he believes is going to be Modern Warfare 4, is "currently being playtested on PS4," meaning that Activision is at least trying to release the title on Sony's last-gen console. Most modern CoD games came out on platforms across the board, including PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and it wouldn't be surprising to see Activision release another one over there, too.

What is concerning to me here is that the Modern Warfare franchise—the rebooted one—has been making some awesome improvements to the graphics and engine of Call of Duty, the advancement of which could be significantly scaled back to accommodate older consoles. I know this is a tired argument by now, but the PS4 came out so long ago that concessions need to be made, significant ones at that, to make any modern game run on it well.

I don't even see how that'll work, essentially, without making the entire game objectively worse for everyone. CDPR realized this and decided to simply move on from last-gen, disallowing PS4 owners from installing the 2.0 update or the Phantom Liberty expansion pack on their version of the game. It was simply too limited to handle any significant advancements that'd essentially render it unplayable on the console if they were to be included.

So, if CoD is ever going to progress as a series (which is starting to look less likely as time goes by), perhaps Activision should finally pull the trigger on last-gen consoles. I am aware this'd probably leave millions of potential customers in some regions of the world out of luck, but CoD is getting enough flak for being "the same" every year that it's really starting to show.

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