[RUMOR] Activision is butthurt about Blops 2 on WiiU

[MarioFanatic64]

Nintendo players don't want CoD, must mean they don't want ports of actual decent games.

Activision Logic.

 

[jefffisher]

I have black ops 2 for wii u and so does my brother, that's 2 sales to the same house.
but with lack of dlc and support I will not be making that mistake again, if I could go back and not buy it I would; I'm sure my brother would have gotten no matter what but for another system for sure.

 

[mightymuffy]

So much butthurt in their words and I should know a thing or two about that.

Someone always has to drop the soap in the shower ehh....
Eurogamer - seems to be a bit of a dirty word on here, but their Digital Foundry report on Blops 2 states the Wii U port as being the worst one, with framerates regularly dropping lower than the PS3 version (itself apparently not a patch on the 360 version). If you're gonna push the boat out to a new console with your no1 franchise, at least put a bit of effort into it.... Sega rolled out the best version of Sonic Racing transformed onto it as a launch title, so it's not that hard...
Besides, the average CoD player bought his PS360 for pretty much nothing else: he queues up for the midnight launch, sometimes whapping a bit of boot polish on his face for the event, then spends the whole night bog eyed on multiplayer before going round to his saner gamer mates saying how the graphics piss on Battlefield 3 Ultra on a PC.... (yes I've got a few mates that've done just that a few months back - aargh!) They might spend a few minutes on FIFA, but usually it's CoD, CoD, CoD...
Why would this group buy a Wii U?!

 

[SnAQ]

So Activision if angry because WiiU decides to spend their money on good games instead of garbage like Blops 2?

Great story!

 

[ShadowSoldier]

So Activision if angry because WiiU decides to spend their money on good games instead of garbage like Blops 2?

Great story!

Hey dude:

Nintendo players don't want CoD, must mean they don't want ports of actual decent games.

Activision Logic.

Hey guys?

So guys, can we like refrain ourselves from the stupid "cod suckz anywaysz" bullshit?

Thanks.

 

[Rizsparky]

but with lack of dlc and support

and they wonder why sales are down?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Hey guys, a "boo cod sux blops 2 sux" thread!

I wonder how many of you actually played it.

 

[NightsOwl]

Hey guys, a "boo cod sux blops 2 sux" thread!

I wonder how many of you actually played it.

To be fair, if they didn't like any of the other CODs I doubt they'd like Blops 2.

Either way. Mindless bashing of something you obviously don't even want to give a chance is just showing how much of a bigot you are.

I don't like COD. But I don't say it sucks.

It's just not for me.

Bad game =/= Game I don't enjoy.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Hey guys, a "boo cod sux blops 2 sux" thread!

I wonder how many of you actually played it.

Maybe it's because I'm 14 beers in, but... but... well dammit boy, I have never been as proud of you as I am now!

To be fair, if they didn't like any of the other CODs I doubt they'd like Blops 2.

Either way. Mindless bashing of something you obviously don't even want to give a chance is just showing how much of a bigot you are.

Well that's the thing, Black Ops, and Black Ops 2, are extremely well done compared to the previous CoD's, they have insanely good stories, they're not confusing to follow or anything. Especially Black Ops 2 because it was written by David. S. Goyer, who I'm a huuuuge fan of.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

To be fair, if they didn't like any of the other CODs I doubt they'd like Blops 2.

Either way. Mindless bashing of something you obviously don't even want to give a chance is just showing how much of a bigot you are.

I don't like COD. But I don't say it sucks.

It's just not for me.

Bad game =/= Game I don't enjoy.

That's perfectly respectable. I'm not huge on the franchise either but I really don't hate it.

Plus people said Blops II is also a bit of a departure from the rest of the franchise. Yes it's the same engine and shooting but in terms of the single player people say it's quite different.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

Nintendo players don't want CoD, must mean they don't want ports of actual decent games.

Activision Logic.

This. Seriously I had someone criticize the 3DS because it had too many Japanese games on it.

 

[NightsOwl]

Maybe it's because I'm 14 beers in, but... but... well dammit boy, I have never been as proud of you as I am now!



Well that's the thing, Black Ops, and Black Ops 2, are extremely well done compared to the previous CoD's, they have insanely good stories, they're not confusing to follow or anything. Especially Black Ops 2 because it was written by David. S. Goyer, who I'm a huuuuge fan of.

Different strokes for different folks, like I've said. Just because people think it's over popular and they don't enjoy it... doesn't mean it sucks. It means it's not for them.

A bad designed game is a game that sucks. Not a game you just don't like. People don't seem to get that in the slightest. Lmfao.

 

[DSGamer64]

It's funny, Mass Effect 3 was shipped to WiiU, while the other consoles got the trilogy release. Black Ops 2 was shipped to the WiiU but has no plans for DLC coming to it (Even though apparently they said Nuketown 2025 was going to ship with it). People just don't want poor ports. Put some effort into it, and people will buy. Don't make them feel like they're being left behind.

It's funny though, because Mass Effect 3: Special Edition has all the DLC except the Leviathan DLC, on the disc. Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, has all of the DLC, on the disc. And those games are both pretty damn good ports I think, I have them both and would put them nearly on par with a decent PC for an overall quality gaming experience. Sure, it was bullshit of EA not to release the trilogy for the Wii U and hopefully the Mass Effect 3 sales are low enough that they would be willing to port the first two games and patch ME3 to support the whole save transfer thing. Still, they are good ports regardless and have considerably better graphics then their console counterparts.

Activision should take the hint that when you don't support and don't optimize their products for a certain platform, people aren't going to buy it. Nintendo fans are like a lot of gamer's out there, they won't buy a product until reviews are out if it's a 3rd party game. The Wii U edition has a lot of problems including no DLC so Activision can stop crying.

 

[Hadrian]

A bit of a side note: The story in Black Ops 2, has been praised pretty highly compared to other CoD stories. I just beat it a few nights ago, it's actually pretty damn good.

The story wasn't awful, Raul Menendez was a somewhat likeable villain, though his story was quite ridiculous. The game itself was a cut above the last 4 titles. Treyarch should be given more time to develop because they had some neat ideas it felt much less "on rails" than before, kinda like the first two a little but overall it was very rushed especially the Strike Force sections. It was also less of a Michael Bay twatfest of explosions than usual, it was nice that the realised that it needed to be toned down. I don't think people gave this game a shot they just did the usual "derp derp CoD sux" routine because the trailers made it look like it was the same game again. Not something I'm yearning to play again but it was an improvement, if only Activision gave them a extra 6 months or so to really get the things that didn't work to work.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It's funny though, because Mass Effect 3: Special Edition has all the DLC except the Leviathan DLC, on the disc. Batman Arkham City: Armored Edition, has all of the DLC, on the disc. And those games are both pretty damn good ports I think, I have them both and would put them nearly on par with a decent PC for an overall quality gaming experience. Sure, it was bullshit of EA not to release the trilogy for the Wii U and hopefully the Mass Effect 3 sales are low enough that they would be willing to port the first two games and patch ME3 to support the whole save transfer thing. Still, they are good ports regardless and have considerably better graphics then their console counterparts.

Activision should take the hint that when you don't support and don't optimize their products for a certain platform, people aren't going to buy it. Nintendo fans are like a lot of gamer's out there, they won't buy a product until reviews are out if it's a 3rd party game. The Wii U edition has a lot of problems including no DLC so Activision can stop crying.

...Or maybe Nintendo should have made a platform that's better to develop for or just not have an obnoxious controller that forces "optimization"?

I just find it a little spoiled to say "THEY SHOULD HAVE OPTIMIZED IT MORE". They're developing for 3 other platforms, the Wii U in no way takes priority. Be thankful you got the game honestly because they easily could have just cut it and they'd probably be better off.

EDIT: For the record I also find the say claim obnoxious of some PC players. Games are developed for multiple platforms, don't expect every developer to go out of their way for one platform and dump all this extra money on making it a bit shinier. I can't remember the last time someone cried about a game not being "Xbox 360 optimized" or "PS3 optimized". And both platforms have gotten shit ports.

 

[the_randomizer]

 

[supersonic124]

One of the Treyarch Wii devs on COD.com said this rumor was fake

 

[Foxi4]

There should be a law where you're not allowed to make ports for a new system for at least a year maybe 2 years...

The WiiU already has very little games that are worth a damn, and BLOPS2 happens to be one of them.

No ports for 2 years would mean no Batman, no Mass Effect 3, no BLOPS2, no Assassin's Creed 3, no Darksiders 2, no Ninja Gaiden: Razor's Edge, no Need for Speed: Most Wanted etc.

...The "Wii U has no gaems" but that situation would be borderline ridiculous, the console wouldn't sell, like, at all.

*Ported BlackOps 2 to Wii U, disappointed in sales*

*Gave two sh*ts about a brand new console and released a game for it, gets ridiculed by the console's owners*

Like, seriously guys - Activision cared enough to release a Wii U version of their latest CoD, which is, whether you like it or not, a popular online FPS. They have a right to be slightly disappointed in the sales if their game sells much better on other platforms despite all the "edge" the WiiU version has when compared to the inferior versions.

 

[the_randomizer]

One of the Treyarch Wii devs on COD.com said this rumor was fake

Source or it didn't happen.

 

[Windaga]

I'd be upset if I expected a new Nintendo console to sell half as many Call of Duty titles as on a well established, 8 year old console, too. Dunno what else they expected.