Is Activision waiting to see how Watch Dogs does on Wii U before they officially greenlight another COD for the system?

[fleischr]

superchunk said:

fleischr said:
Almost everyone else in this thread is wrong.

Yes -- Activision and other 3rd parties consider Watch Dogs as a barometer of sorts for interest in cross-platform 3rd party games on Wii U regardless of ship date.

However, what piques Activision's interest more is the prospect of Nintendo getting online gaming right starting with MK8.

CoD:AW Wii U is practically a certainty as they have far better reason to port it than Ghosts. And they can get away with not fixing bugs or offering DLC with this version.

When it comes to a franchise like CoD, its success rests upon continually drawing in new players. The WiiU version accomplishes that in a particular way the other versions might not.

What are you talking about? There is nothing wrong with WiiU's online gaming structure. It works very well.

BTW they also get DLC and bug fixes from Activision.

Structure itself is pretty good and has it's own strengths. But right now I don't think there's a critical mass of frequent online gamers that is so crucial to making a game like CoD successful. With MK8, you have a huge influx of folks who are going to play the game online. The WiiU just might be their only next-gen console. If you create an online experience and environment people already like, it's that much easier to get the ball rolling with a game like CoD.

WiiU versions of CoD have bug patching support, but it generally comes later. A lot of DLC never shows up, like the Snoop Dogg DLC.