Call of Duty on PS4 is over, and it's the end of an era

The story

Activision has confirmed that the next COD is not in development for PlayStation 4, ending a very long cross-gen period

From the source

It's a simple post, only intended to squash a false rumor. But it's also kind of momentous. On Monday, the official Call of Duty X account said , "Not sure where this one started, but it’s not true. The next Call of Duty is not being developed for PS4."

It had to happen at some point. The biggest annual game franchises, like Call of Duty and the FIFA/EA Sports FC series, often continue to support older console generations for longer than other games and studios. These games have large, casual audiences who don't necessarily jump to upgrade to a new console generation when it becomes available. Eventually, however, they will move on.

But it has seldom, if ever, happened so late in the game. The last Call of Duty to hit PlayStation 4 — last year's Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 — was the 13th game in the series to appear on the platform. It was the sixth in a row to be published on both PS4 and PS5. (The same holds true for Xbox One and Xbox Series X.)

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