Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Is Officially Announced, But There's No Switch Version

calling it now, it's being ported for next year.
not, really much of a COD person. so, idc.

Everyone already forgot that COD BO4 and The Division 2 were announced the same day as SMA5H ON SWITCH.

Of course there isn't. It's not an old port, Switch isn't allowed to have new games. Maybe when it's at least 6 months old, some studio will be hired to port it over.

Couldn't give two hoots about it. There all the same these FPS.. COD, battlefield,overwatch etc etc... Yawn

If it was coming I imagine it would have been mentioned during today's Direct. Although, there is still time between now and the games launch so it isn't completely off the cards ¯(ツ)/¯

Have never cared for CoD to be fair, as most people are just snipers sitting in the bushes, BORING

Be good to have it on the system if it’s a good port as it may convince more people to buy switches. which is better for all of us as it means more games but I personally don’t like CoD

I believe if a Switch version was in the works it would have been mentioned today. Activision might give us an older COD that the Switch can run and they'll call it some super duper Deluxe Elite Edition with all the DLC included for "free".

Whilst I don't play COD or BF, the Switch missing some of the third party publishers bigger franchises is a real disappointment. If it actually got them, the Switch would be my main console but it seems like nothing's changed.

And nothing of value was lost.

If this was the case, why wouldn't the Switch version be announced the same time as the others. Aside from all the weird theories, the simplest explanation is usually the correct one.

@Neon_Blues And nothing of value was lost.......by your comment.

Maybe Activision can't get their scummy patented microtransaction schemes to work with Nintendo's network?

I'm not bothered personally, but Activision are losing out on a lot of sales for a Switch call of duty, be it a port of their yearly dump or one designed specifically for Switch.

There's still e3 and the months in between. I believe that both this and Diablo 3 will come this year.

Okami HD and Crash Bandicoot have both been announced at a later stage as part of a Nintendo direct... this could also be the case for Call of Duty.

@dethmart yes

Was CoD announced yesterday? I didn't notice because of the Smash hype.

I'm not a CoD player. Also I doubt Switch owners would buy it even if it did come Day 1 with the full features/performance of other versions.

Yaaaaaaawn.

How can people still be so enthusastic about these games?

Meanwhile, Nintendo fans flip out about oversaturation when an IP gets a new instalment in less than four years.

@QwertyQwerty And PC. I don't think much of that crowd would be impressed enough by portability to move to Switch. Especially since this would be more of a docked game anyway.

Think we see an confirmation sooner rather then later

As with Black Ops 2 and Ghosts on Wii U, it'll likely be announced later.

They always seem to do that with CoD on Nintendo platforms. Idk why.

It'll come.

Don’t really care, I hate Call of Duty.

Okay that was a nice burn.

No CoD for a system that barely cares about online... not a big surprise there

Everyone on this site seems to hate Call of Duty and the idea of it coming to the Switch. I've not really been playing them recently but back in the day Modern Warfare and Black Ops 1 were great on 360. Took up hours of my time (granted that's multiplayer, never really played the single player).

I've got Black Ops 2 on the Wii U and liked playing zombies just using the GamePad, so it would be cool to see a Switch port.

I laugh when I see pople complaining about CoD being pretty much the same with every release, especially when they've gone gooey eyed over the Smash Bros announcement. Smash Bros for the Switch will be just the damn same as all the other games, lol.

Well, if it's 3rd party dev porting this game, it could be announced later on as it might not be ready by the 12th of October. If it's real, they're most likely, going to announce it at E3. That would explain why they declined to comment, instead of denying it on spot, like they normally do.

Yeah, I can see them making a special announcement later about the port to the Switch at E3.

I think this news will come alongside the online service information, too. When you think about it, it's a heavy online game and Nintendo hasn't talked much about their service at all. This will be the first Call of Duty for the Switch and I believe the rumors it's coming.

Crash Bandicoot's announcement on the Direct shows Activision is bringing products to the Switch. Let's hang back and wait.

It would be great to see a current CoD on Switch. I'm not even going to caveat that with, "even though I don't play CoD games".

Meh don't do COD ... Unless it has a really good single player that lasts like 9-12 hours I has no interest... The last few I played I completed them in like a few hours, very crap.

@Curlynob Exactly. COD is huge whether we like it or not, and it certainly would boost Switch sales. It’s always good to have variety of games on the system. Not everyone’s Smash or Pokémon fan.

Switch/Nintendo lovers will shrug this off as no big deal

But the fact that one of the highest selling and one of the most popular games of all time not appearing on the switch is a big deal

In order for a platform to be popular and successful it must try to appeal to all gamers, and if it doesn't then the switch will always be a secondary platform

Not everyone wants to play kirby Y'know

You know what I loved back in the day? Black Ops 1 on Wii and Activision's GoldenEye on Wii. Those games really showed just how useful WiiMote was with FPS games. And now that we have the JoyCon controllers with (roughly) the same functionality, I'm waiting for the next big FPS to release on Switch and make use of that.
Perhaps if EA is fast enough they can swoop in with motion-controlled Battlefield and (for once) leave Activision biting their dust!

Forget CoD, I'm still waiting for the Switch version of DQXI. Squenix confirmed that back when Switch was still NX, but still no sign of it.

So rumours suggesting CoD on Switch will have to wait in line behind the games officially announced years ago.

Werent all the CoD's that came to an nintendo console announced way later than the other versions, like august/september? So who knows

@SethNintendo Don't tell me not to do something I don't do. Thanks.

@SethNintendo Nothing could boost Vita sales. Black ops declassified, despite being steaming pile of garbage, still managed to be second best selling game on Vita (first in US), outselling Sony's every 1st party game.

COD in October? Looking to get out ahead of Red Dead 2 presumably? Could mean a Switch version arriving later in the year, too.

I don't want a COD port. I'm not too pushed on COD in general, but the ports suck. Lest we forget BO3 on 360/PS3..

Only COD i like is the ones with chips. Shooter COD. No thank you

Itll probably be announced later when more information is released about Nintendo's online service.

COD is reliant on the userbase though, so people will buy it for the platform that their friends play it on. Last gen that was the Xbox and this gen it's the PlayStation. That's why it didn't sell well on the Wii U despite it being the better version.

A lot of sour grapes comments on this thread. Stuff like "I never wanted it anyway", etc.

When a COD port inevitably comes, I suspect most people here will be excited.

Oh darn. I was really hoping we’d have the Call of Duty series’ latest yearly churned out rehash. I doubt that it would have much of an audience on Switch.

No-one mentioning Treyarch?
For shame.

They kept doing COD games for GameCube, Wii, and Wii U when everyone else said it was silly. Many of these releases went unannounced at the time of the game reveals as well.

And the first Black Ops is their baby, so if they have ANY Switch devs kits around the office at all, I won't doubt for a second that they have been lobbying to bring this game to Nintendo players.

Whether it come or not make no difference to me, I'm only interested in the Crash N-Sanity Trilogy at this point. I also hope the Spyro HD trilogy is real too.

Everyone loves to hate on COD, but I still find the online fun. You just gotta mute all the 12 year old shrieking boys telling you they did unmentionable acts to your mother.

Lol! Nobody cares until they get a $60 port 3 years from now. At that point Nintendo will put it on every Direct and people will pretend it is the best thing ever made.

@Dizzy_Boy I’m one of the few that’s not a big fan of either franchise. For me, Smash is more fun to watch than play TBH.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE

dude ps4s are basically free. go get one and quit complaining.

we get it; you want moar rehashed sequel 'AAA' games.

Funny how many people are saying "well i don't care about cod or fps games" and so on, now that BO4 likely isn't coming to Switch. If it was the other way around and it was confirmed, i guarantee those same people would be saying; "wow, i'm so happy about this, i'm SO pumped and will get it DAY ONE, i LOVE fps games".. Peace

Why are Nintendo fans so salty? The Switch is the first Nintendo system I’ve owned since the SNES. I’ve had no interest in any Nintendo system since PS1. Online multiplayer shooters are my favourite, so I’d buy BO4 day one. I’ve had enough of 1st party and pixel art games, I need a real game on the system.

@Guovssohas

fps with jiggle sticks is so bad it comes back around to being hilarious. like trying to play basketball with no arms.

i'm sure some folks would love yet another rehash cod but if i were to play that it would be in it's rightful place on the PC. the cod games are so bad though so i don't care one bit. the dumb thing couldn't run the game anyway.

folks just need to realize the switch is the new gameboy/ds. it's not going to get the 'AAA' stuff. it'll get N games and 'portable' side games and that's it.

even if N had made a real console I don't think it'd be any different. they gave up in 1996 with the N64 and they're not going to suddenly start competing now.

I'm still hoping we get a CoD in some form. Who knows when it'll ever happen though.

@Shellcore Probably is not being made... but the fact that it hasn’t been announced as the same time as the other platforms doesn’t mean anything. Just look at Okami HD: when it was announced originally, Capcom left the Switch out, but it was being made anyway... We might need to wait for a while to be sure.

It's coming, Nintendo is going to reveal it though not Activision, probably in another direct or at E3

I don't think it is coming to Switch, but I could see it being an E3 scale announcement from Nintendo. Unless Nintendo really has a couple of aces up their sleeves then this year will be decent. It will be hard for them to top last year's releases. They will have to lean on 3rd party games this year. Yes Smash is coming, but last year had Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2and Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Don't care a whole lot about Call Of Duty, but would love Wi-Fi hotspot from my phone with Destiny 2 out and about.

Gotta be honest. I would much rather have Crash.

I hope we get COD this year! That's the only game I need for switch.
I don't care for nintendo 1st party games unless they annouce a new mario strikers or mario 3 on 3 basketball.

I need more portable First person shooters.
Doom on switch is my #1 game right now.

Dont care! Ive got Crash. Thats all I would ever want from Activision!

The source code for Switch version of CoD 4 was probably lost.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE pot calling the kettle black?

Just got dinner, had to come in for a huge helping of salt.

Thanks lads

Just looking at the comments in here, there's no mystery as to why it's skipping Switch.

Nintendo fans are a self fulfilling prophecy when it comes to the lack of 3rd party games.

Trust me in that, these 3rd parties are seeing that no one is buying their titles on Switch, just like Wii U before it, and soon that well will dry up this gen just as it does every gen before it.

@sword_9mm Honestly, at this point I don't even think he has a Switch or ever had a Wii U. I think he's just a pissed off PS4 or Xbox player that's decided to make a life of pissing in the Cheerios of actual Nintendo players.

@gatorboi352

just because some folks don't like yet another cod doesn't mean they won't buy 3rd party games.

the issue has been since the n64: parity. from the n64 to the gc N had graphical parity but they hamstrung the systems with awful media. they put a cd on the n64 and final fantasy never leaves to the playstation. they put a dvd on the GC and those games flow as well.

the issue is N's not the buyers. if folks think a switch is going to get the same games as the PC/other consoles then they need to think again. need to think more 3ds and less 'home console'.

now that's not to say devs can't make great games like mario vs rabbids but it's not in their DNA anymore. costs have risen so fast that if the game isn't a hit the dev goes under. it's happened too many times. which is why we keep seeing COD 10000000 and madden yearly. they're not doing anything but pooping out games that are safe and can run on all the systems with limited tweaking. the switch ain't that so here we are.

so no, i don't care about wolfenstein, or doom, or cod on the switch; but i would like to see some original IPs; hence why the indi devs are around. the big boys just don't care about that anymore. just loot crates stuck in generic games on unreal engine.

So how do we pronounce this if it does come over? Black Ops Slash Slash Slash Slash? Black Ops Four Lines? What? Cause that sure as heck ain't Black Ops IV. Until they learn to Roman numeral, they can stay on the other platforms. Bad Activision. No port for you.

also in that small tease to me it did not look like modern times and boots on the ground, I think Sellars lost some crediblity on that one

COD for switch would be day 1 for me. It would be nice to have BO4. I would take one of the older CODs. COD on the go would be the best.

I would love to see a FPS come to the switch at some point but I do agree that most people who play it will get it on Xbox or ps4. If one was to be ported probably one of the modern warfares or black ops 3

Regardless of the sales success of the Switch, I don’t think there’s really that much interest for one. Anybody who is interested in that type of game most likely already owns a PS4, Xbox or gaming PC. We also see with Doom that distinct compromises have to be made and going from 60 to 30 FPS would not be acceptable to the CoD crowd IMO.

Oh yeah CoD existed. I forgot.

So it's not coming to Switch? Uh ok.

@Beckerjr a switch version would be 60FPS if Activision decided to develop COD for Switch. Not a chance they would release COD @ 30fps.

Will switch get COD in 2018. I am gonna say no.

I'm not into COD multiplayer but i do enjoy the campaign and co-op modes. But since they don't last long i usually wait for a really big discount.

Black ops 2 and 3 sucked anyways, don't see how Black ops 4 will be any better.

I'd like COD simply because neither xbox one or PS4 support Lan parties. But if activision wanted to release goldeneye reloaded I would be more than happy with that as well.

@dethmart I'm no member of the CoD defense force, but OW and COD are not the same, more importantly, BF and OW are certainly not the same - not by a long shot.

Anyways, no one expected it to be on the Switch, so it's hardly a surprise or a big deal. The Switch is no portable PS4 - and thank god for that!

Couldnt care less about this game

The way things are going, we're more likely to get a port of Call of Duty 3 instead.

Don't expect one.

Call of duty 3 invented zombies which makes me happy. Plus call of duty 3 had 4 player split screen with system link on 360 which meant 8 player games on 2 tvs. I'd be in heaven. I'm so sad splatoon 2 didn't include any split screen.

I can't say that bothers me at all. I bought the switch to get away from games like COD. If all they released were JRPGs I'd be a happy man.

Activision must be really mad at Nintendo.

No one cares

@bert0503 So mad they're releasing Crash Bandicoot trilogy on Switch

No idea why all the cod hate. People like splatoon, which is just a cartoony take on fps. People here was excited when doom got announced. Cod is much much much bigger than doom popularity wise. I just think a lot of nintendo people are anti xbox and ps and cod is the mascot of those two systems. But surely there is enough switch owners this generations, especially with all the new to nintendo users, to justify some sort of cod. If you don't want it that is fine. But others do. It won't mean any less mario, dk, Kirby, zelda games are made.

@Dizzy_Boy expect over near 20 years, there are 4 smash games. How many cod games in last 10 years? Wait, 10 since they come out every year.

"Waiting in the shadows, perhaps?"

It won't happen.

@Donutmam doesn't matter whether it's 4 games or 10, both franchiseses have stuck to the same formula. My point is still valid.

If a CoD is coming to switch I think it’ll be Modern Warfare. It’s old enough, had a remaster lately and is considered one of the best CoDs around.

So funny, fanboys. “I hate CoD so I don’t care if it is on the Switch”.
Yeah, it’s all about you.
I don’t care a rat’s tail about CoD either but would NEVER not want a
big annual release on the Switch.

“Third parties are running to the Switch”. Yes, with old ports.
Fanboys don’t want brand new third party titles but happy as Larry with old ports. Crazy.

What I don't understand is on one thread people (should all Wii u games be ported to switch) people are admitting they never bought a Wii u because they thought the library was not deep enough outside of mario and then on this thread everyone acting like cod on their system somehow tarnishes their systems reputation. Even if you yourself don't want the game you would think you would want the system to be successful. Part of being successful is hosting one of the biggest third party games.

Hello everyone. Bought a switch 2 weeks ago, so i thought i joined this club.

Not realy a big nintendo fan. i was actualy one, back in the gamecube era. But since nintendo f.....d up 3th party suport never went back, till switch arived. Its a great little wonder:-) btw i have a more objective oppinion about consoles.

To get back ontopic. I don't think activision will anounce another cod game until nintendo launches their network, its like somebody pointed out here, the game is all about mutiplayer. Also i think they don't want to show any content and avoid discussions while those beasts versions of pcps4 proxbox one x are shown.

I feel there is a version of the switch, but they lay their handpalms on the red button to cann it, if nintendo can life up their promises about a online network.
So if your a fan, keep hour fingers crossed.

P.s
The switch needs a online network to succeed on long term, the switch needs 3th party suport. The system needs diversity in games to win back the crowed.

I would never bought a switch if they did not promised last year to work on both, so i trust them.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE and nothing of value has been lost by your comment on the other guys comment about nothing of value has been lost.

I just don’t think the Switch is powerful enough for CoD.

I’d rather AAA developers designed games specifically for the Switch, instead of doing a sub-standard port, which does no one any favours (developer gets low sales so stops developing for Switch, and gamers hate on developer for poor version of game).

If I wanted to play CoD, I’d buy a PS or Xbox capable of running it properly, and not a gimped Switch version. I still want AAA developers bringing games to the Switch, but concentrate on those that make sense.

I enjoyed the Modern Warfare trilogy and the first Black Ops. Lost interest after that. I'd welcome another quality FPS on the Switch though.

If it did, id buy one immediately. Hated cod (never played it wasnt a fan, but bo2 was great on wii u). Its like green eggs and ham.