Can 'Call of Duty' Overcome Fatigue and Missteps in a Saturated Market?

It is no secret that Call of Duty (COD), particularly its Warzone battle royale (BR), is struggling to maintain a robust player base after the series flooded the market with substandard titles, ignored lingering glitches, and leaned hard into crossovers with Fortnite-style skins that many gamers feel make a mockery of the storied franchise.

While it still averages roughly 140,000-plus concurrent players across all platforms, with extrapolated estimates suggesting Steam accounts for approximately 28 percent of the game’s total base...