By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
oniyide on 26 July 2013
Edit Thread
Mr Khan said:
oniyide said:
Mr Khan said:
 

Somebody other than Activision or Nintendo has to be providing Activision with financial incentive to pretend the Wii/Wii U versions of the game don't exist. My guess is that it is Microsoft, due to the bargain about exclusive content, and just that Activision would not agree to ignore/downplay PlayStation versions because they sell just as well as the Xbox ones.

again you are being paranoid, its not like the PS3 version of the series has always done gangbusters, as Wii fans love to point out it did worst than the Wii version of COD3 at the start, so that leads me to believe that sales have nothing to do with it. 

Matter of fact sales do have to do with it, but it makes NO sense for MS to spend extra money to downplay a version of a COD that most people arent going to buy anyway. Why waste the money, they would be far better downplaying the PS3 version since that is the one that people actually buy.

I think Activision just dont care much about COD on Wii consoles, its that simple IMHO. it sucks, but its simple.

There's a difference between not caring and acting like the game doesn't exist. If it was a simple matter of not caring, why not just tag a "Wii U" logo onto the first (non Xbox event) trailer for Ghosts that came out? You don't have to talk about it, you don't have to up-play it, but to act like it doesn't exist? To not allow people to pre-order it? What possible motive could there be?

Remember the interview with the guy from Infinity Ward at E3? He basically said it was coming, but also implied that Activision's lawyers would not let him openly admit as such. What possible reason could there be for that?

They are not just ignoring it, they are actively attempting to discourage people from buying it, but that is against their own interests (especially since it's pretty clear that they're not just looking for an excuse to drop support like EA was. Activision, at least, usually puts in a modicum of effort with their Nintendo Call of Duties). So what's the motive, here? Why would Activision self-sabotage?

Microsoft wouldn't spend "extra" money for this, either. It was simply part of the moneyhat that got them timed DLC exclusivity: bury the non-Xbox versions, but Activision couldn't really afford to bury the PlayStation version, so it was agreed to bury the Nintendo ones instead.

Not caring and acting like it doesnt exist, is the same thing. Maybe they werent even sure it was releasing because IW didnt know the details. I wouldnt go so far to say they are discouraging people from buying it, but they sure as hell are not encouraging.

The last paragraph makes no sense, as MS didnt need to bury Ninty versions, hell lets be real, those versions got buried as soon as people realized how crap the first COD was and that was BEFORE the hype and moneyhatting MS did. the Whole DLC thing didnt come aobut until MW2 and that game wasnt even released on WIi so again, it makes no sense for htem to have to bury a version of a game that doesnt even exist. Why not use that to bury the true threat PS3 version? Lets not forget that they did try to bury it with exclusive advertisment when COD got big (MW2), but that didnt really work on PS3 because most people know its the same damn game, it kinda worked on Wii because most people know there are differences.

I dont know what the excuse is with WIi U however.