In a brief interview with GamerHubTV, Mike Nichols (Corporate Vice President) has talked about Call of Duty: Ghosts and Xbox, and he expressed some interesting opinions.
Microsoft opened their E3 show with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare presentation and proudly announced that AW’s DLC content will be landing on Xbox platforms first, something that’s going on ever since 2010 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Call of Duty and Xbox platforms were always going hand in hand, with most of Xbox users playing various iterations of Call of Duty. That’s something Microsoft is very aware of.
Xbox has always been the home of Call of Duty franchise and we think that the trailer for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is fantastic. That got a lot of good response from the crowd as well and consistent with prior years, DLC will be availible first for Xbox customers. We’re really excited to be able to do that again with the next-generation of Call of Duty coming out this holiday.
Another selling point for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare is Kevin Spacey voicing one of the ingame characters. Mike Nichols explaination of why such a big name would star in a video game is expected:
Well, I think it says that video gaming is incredibly mainstream thing. It’s amazingly popular, gaming is the fastest growing and the largest category of entertainment and when you have sort of bridging between Hollywood stars along with gameplay is an exciting thing. It’s really a celebration of gaming and entertainment and how those things can merge.
Even looking at the name of Microsoft’s next-generation console, Xbox One, reveals how true it is. Gaming has become as mainstream as any other industry, such as music or filmography, and Microsoft tried to make All in One package.
Read more at http://www.worldsfactory.net/2014/07/03/microsoft-gaming-mainstream-thing#D2dF2sQ80zqxz63X.99
