Hello again GIO. I've been doing some thinking. And I mean alot of it. It's about Call of duty and its status as the most played FPS on Xbox live and Playstation network. I wonder how much time it has left.And how much fight this soldier has left before biting the dust.And this thought comes for many reasons. But before that lets look at the four games that made this FPS a juggernaut.

                                                                       Call of duty 4 : Modern warfare

 In an era when Halo was the F.P.S king,it was inevitable that this game would end up dethroning the Halo juggernaut and claiming the throne for itself. The game offered moments that eclipsed Halos in every way. The starting ship level, the public execution, the nuclear bomb explosion, the sniper sequence at Chernobyl. Modern warfare dropped alot of jaws with these amazing moments. But the real jaw breaker was the multiplayer. Halo 3 dominated with its simple spartan customization, sigmas and updated online acheivements. Call of duty knocked the ball into space with its create a class mode,perks,challenges, prestige mode and more. With this many features, could this game have been anything else than a resounding sucess? Nope.

                                                                       Call of duty: World at war

 In a attempt to tide gamers over until the release of Modern warfare 2, Tryarch released Call of duty World at war. Playing with a friend,its hard to believe tryarch decided to go back to the over saturated WW2 era.But this game squeezed the last bit of life from it. And gave a an addicting mode after completing the campaign : Nazi zombies mode.While the mode was awesome to play with friends, I blame it for the recent zombie craze we're experiencing now.At least the campaign and mulitplayer were fun and did the job. So no complains here.

                                                               Call of duty: Modern warfare 2

Ahhhhhhh....Modern warfare 2. So much to love and so much to hate. The story mode picks up moments after the first Modern warfare and takes the "wow" moments to a whole new level. Who could forget the highly controversial " No Russian" mission? Or the detonation of an EMP over the White House? No one that's who. The multiplayer built on the sucess of the first one by adding different perks,different guns and sigmas for players to choose from.As well as more challenges and rewards. So wheres the hate? The fact that the multiplayer was assaulted by glitchers and hackers. Because Activision decided not to run a beta, we saw glitches like the infinite care package,and infinite ammo glitch make an appearence.Not a great way for us real gamers to spend our time and money. Trying to find a cheater free match. Oh well....

                                                                                 Call of duty: Black ops

 I haven't played this game yet. So I'm not gonna judge it. But from friends(and reviewers) who have played it, I hear its extremly violent and bloody. And contains a (no surprise there) controversial mission which you have to assasinate Fidel Castro. Not to mention the torture sequence. So I won't say a word about this until I play it entirely.

 Call of Duty has been riding high on its succes for many years now. With Modern Warfare 2 selling 5 million copies at launch and Black ops selling more than that. Its no doubt that the series is at the peak of its life span.But I wonder. How long does it have left? How long does it have before another F.P.S comes along and puts a bullet in it's head? Only time will tell.But it's happened before with other game series's.

 Tony hawk was once an untouchable skateboarding series. That is until Skate came along and shot the series out of the sky.And seeing games like Tony Hawk Ride and Tony Hawk shred means that the series is grounded for good.

The same goes for Guitar hero.It was the most played music game on most consoles and started the music game craze. Then Harmonix left it and along came Rock band. And with Activision "milking" the series means that GH will be six feet under in no time(just look at the sales of warriors of rock).

 I'm not saying that Call of duty will die overnight. That can't happen. But it can only go so far before the fans tire out and move on to something else. And I think its already started to happen. I've seen and heard(on this site as well) people who have already gotten sick of Call of Duty and won't play another. And that means that "franchise fatigue" has already started to set in.

 If Call of Duty wants to remain on top its gotta start trying something new. With games like Battlefield building steam through destructable buildings and intense combat,Call of duty has to come up with something in order to keep players coming back.Something more than just leveling up and custom classes.A create a soldier mode with the customization level of APB would fit nicely.Along with being able to etch your Gamertag in your gun.And to add more weapons.But its a hefty request because at the end of the day....as with most FPS games I play. Its still just a gun I'm looking at. I also want to add if the paid subscription goes through, then I could say that the decision will kill the series even faster(maybe it will and maybe it won't). With Battlefield taking the throne.

 While I have no doubt that Call of Duty will continue to sell millions of copies to gamers and wannabe gamers alike,the charade won't last forever. Don't believe me? Look at Tony Hawk and Guitar hero.

 And in this industry, no one stays on top forever......