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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Once the PS3 and Xbox 360 stop getting support the doors to the Wii U will also be closed. Activision will be apart of that and the COD sales on the Wii u as they said was inexcusable.


yes there fuckup with COD 4 is inexcusable too. this is part of the problem they created.



 

 

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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Once the PS3 and Xbox 360 stop getting support the doors to the Wii U will also be closed. Activision will be apart of that and the COD sales on the Wii u as they said was inexcusable.

COD's current sales on Wii U are the result of how badly he series has been handled on Wii/Wii U.



I think Activision might give up with COD, but really, COD seemed rather doomed on Wii U from the beginning. It's a vicious cycle. Nintendo gamers, if they play COD, will want the best version, so they'd likely choose the PS3 or 360 versions over the Wii. As a result, Activision doesn't see much money in making COD for Nintendo gamers, so when the Wii U comes around, a system that COULD handle a COD comparable to the competing versions, Activision doesn't fully support it. Potential COD customers, now already mostly moved over to the other systems, become even less likely to want a Nintendo version because they know it will be less supported. The cycle repeats itself.

That said, this only applies to COD. Angry Birds did terrible on all consoles, so that'll likely not be released for consoles again, and if it does, it'll probably release for everything. In terms of next gen consoles, Skylanders Swap Force is doing best on Wii U by far, and though that may be due partially to a bundle, with Nintendo providing support like that, you can bet Activision will continue support as well. So all in all, I think the question isn't "will Activision give up on Wii U?" but rather "will Activision give up on COD on Wii U?" There's not much reason to give up altogether on Wii U, they just need to figure out what games have an audience on Wii U. COD probably doesn't, and likely no amount of support, 1080p 60fps gameplay (if they ever developed it to be so), or free online play could ever change that.



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ListerOfSmeg said:
PS is the only brand they have threatened to pull all support from so far and that was a few years ago when PS3 wasn't selling so well and neither was PSP (To Activision standards)

And that didn't happen because PS3 owners bought a ton of Activision games. 


so did Wii owners GH, Skylanders etc..

Yes did well on the Wii which why Activision supported the platform long after many other publishers abandoned it, but I'm talking about the WiiU. I don't the factors are the same. 


u brought up the PS3. Early on activision games on PS3 where not that great either. I think COD3 sold better on WIi then it did on PS3.

Then what did we get? COD 4 skipped the Wii. The game that caused the franshise to explode. So everyone including myself bought a ps3 or 360 to play it.  This mean a lot of Wii U owner will buy the best version they can if they have multiple systems. I doubt that there is many WIi U only owners so Activision need to provide reason for people to switch platforms to buy the game. Or keep expanding to a new market on Wii U, which will be hard since the userbase is small.

first off, people keep bringing up COD 3 on Wii beating the PS3 like it was some kind of accomplishment. It wasnt, there were much less PS3s in the wild than Wiis PS3 version was supposed to sell the worst and that doesnt take into account the 360 version selling better despite it having less sales than Wii. and no COD 4 is not when the series explonded, WAW released after that and that game did worst than 4 MW2 is when the series really exploded but that was never released on Wii so you still kind of have a point. Using COD 4 is a cop out and an excuse, heres a crazy idea. Maybe just maybe the Wii version of COD 3 just flat out was much worst than the other two, most people realized it and said yup no more COD on WIi for me, that game sucked. 

as for the bolded not going to happen. People arent swithcing systems to play COD and if they are it sure as hell isnt for Wii U the sales pretty much already prove that, and even then their is no new market on Wii U, this isnt the Wii. Sales of the system prove that, people who are buying WIi U are the Ninty faithful and some core gamers, core gamers will either buy the game for a system they have besides Wii U or for Wii U either way its not an additional sale because they would buy the game either way. Very few of the Ninty faithful will buy it im talking Ninty only gamers, sales prove that too.



curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Once the PS3 and Xbox 360 stop getting support the doors to the Wii U will also be closed. Activision will be apart of that and the COD sales on the Wii u as they said was inexcusable.

COD's current sales on Wii U are the result of how badly he series has been handled on Wii/Wii U.


Wrong crowd. Plain and simple. Enough with the excuses.



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S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Once the PS3 and Xbox 360 stop getting support the doors to the Wii U will also be closed. Activision will be apart of that and the COD sales on the Wii u as they said was inexcusable.

COD's current sales on Wii U are the result of how badly he series has been handled on Wii/Wii U.


Wrong crowd. Plain and simple. Enough with the excuses.

Combine the two circumstances.  Not exactly the target audience and certainly poorly handled development/marketing on Nintendo consoles.



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Viper1 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
curl-6 said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Once the PS3 and Xbox 360 stop getting support the doors to the Wii U will also be closed. Activision will be apart of that and the COD sales on the Wii u as they said was inexcusable.

COD's current sales on Wii U are the result of how badly he series has been handled on Wii/Wii U.


Wrong crowd. Plain and simple. Enough with the excuses.

Combine the two circumstances.  Not exactly the target audience and certainly poorly handled development/marketing on Nintendo consoles.


I've played Black Ops 2 on the Wii U. The game was fine. Its the best looking version of the game. Most gamers who play third party core titles moved from Nintendo fifteen years ago. Its Nintendos job to get them to come back. They've failed at that.



Nintendo fans only care about mario and zelda. If its not mario or colorful they wont buy it simple as that.

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S.T.A.G.E. said:
Viper1 said:

Combine the two circumstances.  Not exactly the target audience and certainly poorly handled development/marketing on Nintendo consoles.


I've played Black Ops 2 on the Wii U. The game was fine. Its the best looking version of the game. Most gamers who play third party core titles moved from Nintendo fifteen years ago. Its Nintendos job to get them to come back. They've failed at that. Most of the primary titles purchased for the Wii U are first party. Nintendo has had strong sales for three straight consoles solidly on first party. Being that the Wii is no longer around Just Dance is going to drop in sales.

I think you missed the part that began with how they poorly handled development and marketing of the series on Nintendo consoles since the beginning.  Meaning that they failed to generate a fan base so by the time they did manage to develop a quality version, any hope of doing well was long gone.

And don't tell me that Nintendo failed to generate a fan base for CoD fans before CoD even became a series because I already acknowledged the target audience was mismatched and you can't fail to establish a player base for a product that doesn't even yet exist.

random15 said:
Nintendo fans only care about mario and zelda. If its not mario or colorful they wont buy it simple as that.

You haven't looked at the best selling DS and Wii titles, have you?



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