Re: Apex vs Warzone
@Palette24carats Alright I'm gonna break it down and try to answer each point. It's mostly from doing Google searches and/or based upon my own experience as a S0 player.
-I'd like to have the $ numbers for both games cause I feel like Warzone bring in far less money than Apex does.
Apex has already passed the 2 billion mark. Warzone is estimated to make $1.9 Billion a year (with 500 million being in microtransactions during Year 1). Which tbh it does make sense they release more content and more often than Apex. So in that sense they probably do easily make more money. And you've obviously got the cross game content which no doubt helps.
-Cross login: Warzone yes Apex no
who needs cross progression when you can simply login with the same account on different platforms?? No need to ask for a platform change or to have them deal with your change of mind ever!!!
True but this is probably on the way at some point. Considering they said originally it wasn't do able I'd say it's not too bad. We just have to be patient *insert eyeroll here*
-Account verification by phone number: Warzone yes Apex no
2FA could be a lot better like more games and probably prevent smurfing as much but we'll see.
-Ingame inactivity kickout: Warzone yes Apex no
-Lobby inactivity kickout: Warzone no Apex yes
These two are similar so I'll address them together. Apex needs ingame activity kickout because it's ridiculous to have an afk teammate in a "team" game with no backfill. I mean yeah I've had team members come back like 10 minutes into the match but it's still a disadvantage no one needs.
Getting kicked from the lobby is a bit of a weird one so I'd be interested to see the reasoning compared to something similar like COD as you mentioned or even Fortnite.
-Favorite weapons saved in a loadout: Warzone yes Apex no
This would only really be doable if you scrapped like every white attachment. Looting would probably have to be redone unless you did loadout drops like in Warzone which I guess would be a workaround as long as it was balanced.
-Favorite legend-operator saved: Warzone yes Apex no
Apex has a similar function. Nowhere near to the extent Warzone but its not like someone can lock you out from choosing your character as it's only a skin.
-Game search by lowest ping number possible : Warzone yes Apex no
I'll always be one of the first people to cry about Apex servers so no comment on that one xD
-Vote to replay with same random squad: Warzone yes Apex no
Probably need some clarification on this one. Do you mean inviting people to squad up because you can do that?
-Ability to swim in water and hide in water: Warzone yes Apex no
There's not really areas that you can swim in on Apex in all fairness.
-Settings to disable squad chat audio: Warzone yes Apex no
I don't think there's a setting in general but you can do it individually. I don't think they'd make it a setting as they're big advocates of Apex being a team game so communication is key.
-Ability to text chat in the language of your choice: Warzone yes Apex no
huh? I mean you can type in whatever In-game chat? On console it's easier just to plug a keyboard in but yeah. I'm not sure about it being any different in Warzone because I just use a headset.
-Solo, duo, trio , quator mode available: Warzone yes Apex no
I'm sure this is just to keep the playerbase from being divided across game modes and keeping waiting time down, but from the popularity stuff I've seen I'd hazard a guess as there's potentially more people playing Warzone so they can do that more easily, even with having a higher player count per match.
-Loot mode: Warzone yes Apex no
I haven't really played Warzone since the Godzilla vs King Kong event so this mode is lost on me. Apex did have that exploration mode which was a bit weird. Probably the closest we're gonna get to the non fighting modes of Fortnite.
-Ability to play to get weapons and customize them and save it back there to use it to come back, this is in Warzone DMZ
Are you referring to unlocking weapons and attachments?
-Autoreanimations: Warzone yes Apex no
They've had elements on this on LTMs so maybe it'll come in at some point you never know. I think it takes away from the strategy side of getting revives tho. You'd basically end up getting saved by a sweaty teammate and most matches are sweaty enough as it is.
-Automatic respawn in game after 15 seconds: Warzone yes Apex no
In this no similar to the last point?
-Stats points per minute: Warzone yes Apex no
what would be the point of this?
-Detailed stats on each gun; Warzone yes Apex no
This is a new feature this season. Stat tracking and mastery skins. True, it's in its infancy but it has been introduced.
I suppose that they could include the stat tracking that's in the firing range. It's probably the closest to what you want.
-Personal best statistic available: Warzone yes Apex no
There's an element of this? Granted its limited to kills and damage. Maybe something similar to Overwatch is what you're looking for?
-Ingame menu for competitive tournaments, rankings for competitive ingame, teams: Warzone yes Apex no
What exactly are you after here?
-I'd like to have the $ numbers for both games cause I feel like Warzone bring in far less money than Apex does.
Apex has already passed the 2 billion mark. Warzone is estimated to make $1.9 Billion a year (with 500 million being in microtransactions during Year 1). Which tbh it does make sense they release more content and more often than Apex. So in that sense they probably do easily make more money. And you've obviously got the cross game content which no doubt helps.
-Cross login: Warzone yes Apex no
who needs cross progression when you can simply login with the same account on different platforms?? No need to ask for a platform change or to have them deal with your change of mind ever!!!
True but this is probably on the way at some point. Considering they said originally it wasn't do able I'd say it's not too bad. We just have to be patient *insert eyeroll here*
-Account verification by phone number: Warzone yes Apex no
2FA could be a lot better like more games and probably prevent smurfing as much but we'll see.
-Ingame inactivity kickout: Warzone yes Apex no
-Lobby inactivity kickout: Warzone no Apex yes
These two are similar so I'll address them together. Apex needs ingame activity kickout because it's ridiculous to have an afk teammate in a "team" game with no backfill. I mean yeah I've had team members come back like 10 minutes into the match but it's still a disadvantage no one needs.
Getting kicked from the lobby is a bit of a weird one so I'd be interested to see the reasoning compared to something similar like COD as you mentioned or even Fortnite.
-Favorite weapons saved in a loadout: Warzone yes Apex no
This would only really be doable if you scrapped like every white attachment. Looting would probably have to be redone unless you did loadout drops like in Warzone which I guess would be a workaround as long as it was balanced.
-Favorite legend-operator saved: Warzone yes Apex no
Apex has a similar function. Nowhere near to the extent Warzone but its not like someone can lock you out from choosing your character as it's only a skin.
-Game search by lowest ping number possible : Warzone yes Apex no
I'll always be one of the first people to cry about Apex servers so no comment on that one xD
-Vote to replay with same random squad: Warzone yes Apex no
Probably need some clarification on this one. Do you mean inviting people to squad up because you can do that?
-Ability to swim in water and hide in water: Warzone yes Apex no
There's not really areas that you can swim in on Apex in all fairness.
-Settings to disable squad chat audio: Warzone yes Apex no
I don't think there's a setting in general but you can do it individually. I don't think they'd make it a setting as they're big advocates of Apex being a team game so communication is key.
-Ability to text chat in the language of your choice: Warzone yes Apex no
huh? I mean you can type in whatever In-game chat? On console it's easier just to plug a keyboard in but yeah. I'm not sure about it being any different in Warzone because I just use a headset.
-Solo, duo, trio , quator mode available: Warzone yes Apex no
I'm sure this is just to keep the playerbase from being divided across game modes and keeping waiting time down, but from the popularity stuff I've seen I'd hazard a guess as there's potentially more people playing Warzone so they can do that more easily, even with having a higher player count per match.
-Loot mode: Warzone yes Apex no
I haven't really played Warzone since the Godzilla vs King Kong event so this mode is lost on me. Apex did have that exploration mode which was a bit weird. Probably the closest we're gonna get to the non fighting modes of Fortnite.
-Ability to play to get weapons and customize them and save it back there to use it to come back, this is in Warzone DMZ
Are you referring to unlocking weapons and attachments?
-Autoreanimations: Warzone yes Apex no
They've had elements on this on LTMs so maybe it'll come in at some point you never know. I think it takes away from the strategy side of getting revives tho. You'd basically end up getting saved by a sweaty teammate and most matches are sweaty enough as it is.
-Automatic respawn in game after 15 seconds: Warzone yes Apex no
In this no similar to the last point?
-Stats points per minute: Warzone yes Apex no
what would be the point of this?
-Detailed stats on each gun; Warzone yes Apex no
This is a new feature this season. Stat tracking and mastery skins. True, it's in its infancy but it has been introduced.
I suppose that they could include the stat tracking that's in the firing range. It's probably the closest to what you want.
-Personal best statistic available: Warzone yes Apex no
There's an element of this? Granted its limited to kills and damage. Maybe something similar to Overwatch is what you're looking for?
-Ingame menu for competitive tournaments, rankings for competitive ingame, teams: Warzone yes Apex no
What exactly are you after here?
