Aielyn said:
MW:Reflex and MW3 were a special case. But CoD3 was made by Treyarch, so Treyarch couldn't possibly have been the secondary studio for that one, as they were the primary studio. And yes, CoD3 on Wii turned out fairly weak... and still sold better than the PS3 version, and not much worse than the 360 version. And my whole point is that Treyarch made their own Wii versions of their games, and ramped UP their support for Wii, rather than ramping it down. They put increasing amounts of effort into their Wii versions, and it showed. And yes, the handheld CoD games are always somewhat different from the console ones. But it was still the Black Ops 2 handheld game, and the whole point is that Treyarch didn't make that version, which was being sold as the handheld BO2. Meanwhile, you say "of course they're going to say nice things"... except, you clearly haven't been paying much attention to the gaming media over the last generation. Studios routinely dismissed Wii versions of games, when they even made one. Many studios were openly hostile to Wii. And even when they weren't, there was a rather strong bias in their phrasing. Let me demonstrate - here's an interview with the makers of Medal of Honor: Heroes 2, for Wii and PSP: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/medal-of-honor-heroes-2-interview Asked about their Zapper support... "We are really excited about our new a new mode for casual gamers in Medal of Honor Heroes 2 for the Wii." That's the most positive they got about the Wii, really. This is a typical attitude when developers do make a Wii version of their game. And note that this was a game that was Wii/PSP, not 360/PS3/Wii. Treyarch haven't just been positive about their games, they've been positive about the Wii itself, in their interviews. There's emphasis on the fact that there are people in their studio that love the Wii. These things are not needed from a PR perspective - gamers just want to know that the game is good. And by the way, "suicide" has been a common approach when it comes to Wii games. Just look at Activision's attitude towards the Wii versions of the CoD games. The Wii was lucky to even get a mention in press releases - indeed, check this out: That's a press release about Modern Warfare 3's first-day sales figures. And what does it say at the end of it? "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is rated "M" (Mature) by the ESRB for Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Intense Violence and Strong Language and is available now for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, and Windows® PC." The only time Wii is even mentioned is at the bottom of the "about Activision" section, where it just mentions that Wii and Nintendo DS are trademarks of Nintendo. Anybody reading that press release would think that there was no Wii version at all. Their five-day sales press release similarly only mentioned Wii as being a trademark of Nintendo, no mention in the release itself. In fact, despite Treyarch working on the Wii version, Treyarch doesn't even get acknowledged as being one of the developers of Modern Warfare 3 - it's completely ignored. Activision pretends that there's no Wii version, essentially. Still think Treyarch's attitude is just PR? |
yup, actions speak much louder than words, where is COD elite for Wii, where is ANY of the DLC for COD games on Wii? Why do the games STILL run so poorly to this day, where is the constant updates for the game that the HD versions receive? Either they dont really care and are doing the bare minimum or the WIi just cant really support those things i just mentioned, its one or the other. And if it is the latter then the hardware itself sucks.
