If Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Is ‘Dying’, Why Are We Still Playing The Game?

Call of Duty made a huge comeback this year with the release of Black Ops 6, especially for the Zombies community. However, bugs, servers, and cheaters are making people say that Call of Duty is, in fact, “dying” under every single post from CoD social media posts, whether it is X, YouTube, Instagram, or anywhere else. But if you say Black Ops 6 specifically is dying, then why are we still playing this game?

We’ve said this before and it’s worth mentioning a thousand times, with a company that has more than 10 studios working on CoD, the only thing that can kill Call of Duty is Call of Duty. That said, no other shooter has been capable of delivering Campaign, Multiplayer, and a Co-Op mode in a fashion that Call of Duty does every year, and that’s why it’s still standing high on the ranks. Here are a few reasons why Black Ops 6 is still the second-most-played game on Xbox and PS.

Addictive Gameplay With Too Much Content and Rewards

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is launched with a skinny playlist in Multiplayer, but the rewards are way too much to handle in a few weeks. We’ve got 10 prestige ranks to grind for, the prestige master, camo rewards, Dark Ops challenges, and a ton of achievements to unlock.

So when people invest their time into these and grind to unlock, suddenly Black Ops 6 becomes an everyday routine for the players. Not to mention, the game itself, with its new gameplay mechanics, is way too addictive to ignore after playing it for a couple of hours. The sound effects, medals, killstreaks, Omnimovement, and most importantly this year, round-based Zombies are some of the best gameplay features of Black Ops 6.

Different Game Modes

Speaking of which, Call of Duty isn’t just a playlist of Multiplayer maps or a Campaign to finish and close the game after. You play a couple of MP matches, have fun dropping into Warzone, and then realize that it’s time to kill zombies. All in a single package that’s available on Game Pass. Makes sense to see full lobbies 24/7 in the game now, right?

Last time I checked, a game called XDefiant was supposed to kill Call of Duty in its place by bringing OG CoD players back. But you see, OG CoD players did cry by watching Ghost and Roach die in the Campaign, played and mastered the Co-Op mode, and then had some fun grinding in the MW2 Multiplayer after. It’s a package, not a single game mode, that makes Call of Duty.

Lack of Competitors

A good rival always pushes you to your limits, thus helping you make some progress. This is what Call of Duty and a game like Battlefield had a time ago, and now it’s gone. Currently, it’s Call of Duty and Fortnite, and the latter makes more engagement for its crossovers and the fact that all players can play and enjoy it regardless of age. That’s outside of Call of Duty‘s competitors’ territory.

Social media Is Making Rare Bugs And Cheaters An Everyday Stress

You go on Reddit, X, or YouTube, and you’ll definitely find people posting videos of cheaters, bugs, and issues within the game with the caption “Call of Duty is dying.” Now, even if we consider these all legit, is this really what you experience every day when you are playing the game? I play almost 7-9 hours a day of Black Ops 6 and Warzone with my friends andI haven’t faced less than half of these issues to say that Call of Duty is a dying game.

Some bugs are undeniably bad in the game, and I’m not trying to cover anything here for the developers. Yes, the solo Zombies is not working properly in many regions. The loadout gets bugged and replaces your gun after you come backfrom a match to the lobby. And there are more bugs that need fixing, but they’re not breaking the game after all. But you tell me that the hit-reg in every single Warzone match doesn’t work? I mean, like, come on. In reality, cheaters are not swarming the lobbies, and hit-reg server issues are not happening on every single match you play.

Now, don’t get me wrong here: Activision, Treyarch, Raven Software, or whoever is in charge of these games has to fix the problems. What I’m saying is that these bugs are not killing anything. People are still enjoying the game, and the new content is definitely welcome with every update. It’s just that it’d be so damn awesome if Activision invested more in polishing their games rather than forcing the developers to update the store with more bundles and crossovers that have nothing to do with CoD.