Sledgehammer Boss Pours Cold Water Over Call Of Duty: WWII For Switch Rumours

I would be content with "Modern Warfare Remastered" to be honest.

No excuses. Not good enough. Why are Nintendo letting them get away with it?

Never expected it to come to Switch,even with that weak rumour.If the Switch continues to be a success then maybe it'll get its own unique version next year,just like the Wii did.

People want bobbing guns and rubble. This is a tragedy I'm sure.

It's disappointing. I've never been a fan of WW2 shooters. I'd prefer enhanced ports of Advanced Warfare, Black Ops 3 or Infinite Warfare. Strange I should say that as I'm not usually a fan of old ports.

I would've enjoyed it.

Yet, it's also something I'm not overly hyped with.

We'll be getting Splatoon 2 soon. We don't need Call of Duty.

@olrodlegacy Because their bargaining position is weak.

Nintendo: "Bring your game to our console - the last one you launched on our last machine sold dozens"

Activision: "Why?"

A Nintendo with their cheque book wide open (like really wide open) might be able to crowbar some deals with third parties like Activision but, honestly, that's not the Nintendo we know. Especially since those deals would require significant marketing support which Nintendo has always been reluctant to provide.

@Neon_Blues Completely different games.

I'd like to see at least one fps with online multiplayer on Switch. CoD would be okay, Battlefront 2 looks really good so far, but I would like something like Timesplitters, The Conduit or even a good Metroid Prime multiplayer, Hunters had a pretty good one.

@locky-mavo Totally agree with that sentiment, and nothing would make me happier than a Metroid multiplayer. Hunters was awesome and really doesn't get enough credit.

@Neon_Blues

Agreed, We got splatoon, which is better than a half hearted port.
I still have nightmares of watching my Wii U freeze playing COD BlOps2 and having to start missions again etc..

@Neon_Blues That's precisely the attitude that Nintendo fans have and wonder why third parties don't care. How is less options and lack of choice a good thing for any platform?I'm not saying I'd buy it but there are plenty that would consider it i bet. Look at Sony,see's Monster Hunter doing well and not on their platforms but go get what they want so more people are enticed. Nintendo it seems don't do enough to get these games and wonder why they're lagging so far behind. Their Spotlight today better be great,not just good. An entire 3 days of e3 and all of the big releases are missing Nintendo's console so far and on the go play is really far more flexible in playing the sort of timesink games that most are these days. I like Nintendo as much as most here but this is getting to be a little deja vu. Fingers crossed for a GREAT! Spotlight today

I'm kind of glad it's not going to the switch. Switch has its place but it's not a place for AAA Graphical games. I really don't want dumbed down versions of games on the Switch.

I am a chicken. I give zero clucks about this...

Whatever. Better luck with the next COD, which honestly won't take that much to come out.

@ottospooky
I am a feline and I can't finish this sentence.

@olrodlegacy "letting them get away with it"?! What do you mean letting them get away with it? It's Activision's game and if they don't think it's worth doing they aren't going to do it, Nintendo have no say in the matter, unless they're willing to pay the development costs.

I can live without COD on a Nintendo system but if they lose Monster Hunter then that will SUCK! I understand that we're getting a new MH game on the Switch but that's more of a compilation. Is MH World the "next" new MH game? If so, did Nintendo lose the series? That's what we should be talking about!

I'm semi-surprised. The system isn't a backwater. It can run the most popular design engines out there now many studios work with with only a general loss of polygons on the models. Given the history of Activision taking their HD titles and shoveling 4 of them from CoD on the Wii of all things, then also placing a similar effort on the short part of the WiiU life it had games from 3rd parties too up through Ghosts.

I would not be surprised if it happened, but happened by a franchised out group once more.

No Call of Duty... no Madden.... system's off to a great start.

@locky-mavo Splatoon 2 is the best online shooter since Splatoon 1. And Splatoon 1 is the best since TF2.

Like it or lump it the Switch needs triple A titles like cod to do well.

They would need to do a special Switch only CoD to allow it to become a sleeper hit.
Companies that do yearly iterations are going to struggle to sell them well on the Switch, as very quickly the new one is the old one and out of date.
Seeing as all of CoD story modes are utter garbage (and some of their games multiplayer are also rubbish), they should make a full online multiplayer CoD for the Switch, and support it over 5 years.

The 3rd party companies are not hurting Nintendo, Nintendo is. People who buy Xbox over PS4, do it mostly because they love Halo, (example only) People who buy PS4 over Xbox, choose it because of its exclusives. Nintendo gets its "kiddie system" title because of the games it chooses it publish, and the games it refuses ... such as Metroid. Release a new Metroid that is AAA and on par with a COD, and no one cares what is not coming out, because people will buy the system to play a great Metroid and will buy the system. When there are plenty of system, third parties will then come. But keep putting out things like Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle and all you will get are the Nintendo faithful, which are not enough to entice AAA third party companies..

Splatoon 2

I would've bought it but I still think Doom on-the-go would be cooler.

I never believed it anyway.

@PorllM Answered your own question there. Nintendo should be throwing money at them to get the game on their system and not have ANOTHER multiplat exclusive bypass Nintenndo.

@Hikingguy

Look, I love Nintendo just as much as most people here, as I have since 1986, but I couldn't disagree with that last sentence more than I do. The variety that Nintendo offers? This past generation, on the PS4 front, you've had Until Dawn (a brilliant homage to the 80's era of slasher films), Bloodborne, Persona 5, Nioh, Raiden V, The Last Guardian, Yakuza, Gravity Rush 2, The Pinball Arcade, Street Fighter V, Full Throttle Remaster, Wild Guns Reloaded, Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4, Tearaway Unfolded, Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII, Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 Remix, Drive Club, the upcoming Grand Turismo Sport, etc. That, coupled with the ridiculous amount of multiplatforms, indie releases, remasters (Bioshock, Arkham Collection, Skyrim), gives PS4 (in my opinion) the edge when it comes to variety.

Like I said, I love Nintendo but there is nary a genre that isn't represented on PS4, whereas there are entire genres that are absent on Nintendo's hardware for the past two generations. Saying that Wii U and Switch has the most variety is like saying that Atari 7800 had the most variety during the 8-bit era.

@Neon_Blues
"We don't need one of the two biggest yearly franchises in gaming" "We don't need one of the two biggest yearly franchises in gaming, while we have a cut down, gimped version of the other franchise" "We don't need one of the two biggest yearly franchises in gaming to help out console appeal to a wide audience, because I want a different game instead that has no crossover with this title"

Fanboys man, illogical, nonsensical Nintendrones....

I betcha it'll come out on the Atari Box before Nintendo Switch. Yes Atari is attempting to come back to the console war now.

Thank goodness. We don't need that franchise tainting Nintendo's library.

@olrodlegacy Lol I'm sure Nintendo have absolutely ZERO say in what Activision does with its franchises.

@Neon_Blues Exactly the wrong attitude. The Switch needs this franchise, despite what the fanboys say.

I like to imagine "no CoD:WWII isn't coming to Switch because we have a unique CoD game in the works for the Switch (like CoD: The OSS Missions or something).

I can dream.

As already said, I'm not a fan of the franchise but if Nintendo truly intends to replicate near Wii level sales it NEEDS 3rd parties on board with some variation on its big franchises.

And Nintendo needs to get on board and start actively supporting them in making such games a reality.

@olrodlegacy The chances of Nintendo funding this are pretty much zero. Either Activision decide it's worth it, or they don't. If Nintendo were to fund some 3rd party games there are about 300 that would be higher priority than the new CoD.

Other than first-party titles coming out more often [ which is good ] in terms of support, the Switch seems very much like the Wii U. Occasional third-party offerings but mainly first-party and indie. That isn't going to change unless Nintendo seriously starts moneyhatting, worked for Sony, now they've got Monster Hunter, or the Switch sells so well that third-parties can't ignore it - which i don't see happening in today's market. It's incredibly frustrating for fans but that's how it is.

P.S: Those arguing for 'less choice' above, you make no sense, please stop it.

@MadAdam81 though I enjoy Splatoon very much, it's not a fps. I would also like to enjoy a First Person Shooter on the Switch.

@locky-mavo "I'd like to see at least one fps with online multiplayer on Switch"

Still not sure if Splatoon 2 is FPS or not, but Payday 2 looks like it might fit your bill, too.

@nhSnork when talking about shooters FPS generally stands for First Person Shooter, as in looking through the eyes of your character. Where as Splatoon is a 3rd Person Shooter, as you can see your character from an outer body peripheral.
And yes Pay Day 2 is a FPS and I am looking forward to it, but call me picky, I'm just hoping for something a little more "mainstream" perhaps? Though I guess I wouldn't say Timesplitters or The Conduit are "mainstream".

Come on. We need these normy games to get the normy gamers.

@olrodlegacy

Because Nintendo have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.

@olrodlegacy What exactly do you want Nintendo to do about it? Activision don't have to make games for Nintendo or any other console.

The only FPS I really want on the switch is the Bioshock trilogy.

I just don't understand this! The switch was never meant to be going up against the PS4 or XBox One in terms of graphical grunt but, there is absolutely no reason why any of the third party AAA games can't be released on the Switch, the machine is more than capable of running any of them as its power is more than capable of matching PS3 And Xbox360 and to have ports of new games with that sort of graphical output on a handheld is more than enough for me.

Not good if it doesn't come to Switch. Having options is a good thing, very good. I would get a Switch CoD since i like shooters.

Some people above says we are getting Splatoon2, what do we need CoD for. Well having just Splatoon2 isn't good enough for people like me who likes shooter type games.

@dkxcalibur I was wondering about this too, Monster Hunter XX looks great, but if world is true sequel I want it.

Side note Mario + Rabbits looks like it was made for me. X-com style play with my favorite plumber =)

@Hikingguy

Good points, my friend!

Everybody has their preferences. I've always considered myself lucky, in what I enjoy, because there have been very few genres that I haven't found enjoyment in. The best Nintendo games have a distinct magic that is very difficult to emulate; Capcom, great as they are, tried (admirably) to replicate that magic with the Zelda games that they created but couldn't quite pull it off. Great games, yes, but they still felt like imitations.

That being said, bring on 9:00A.M (I live on Pacific time, so I have one hour to go)! This year's presentation will determine how I prioritize the Switch (it's the first Nintendo console since the N64 that I haven't purchased day one).

@WiltonRoots LOL so true. Every conference I watched up to Ubi featured nothing but endless camera pans of rubble, bobbing guns, or cars, and roadside rubble. Things on fire. Or ruined, desolate, post-apocalyptic worlds. With rubble.

I don't know what it is with this era and endless rubble and guns (or cars.) Is there literally NOTHING else you can make a game about? Ubi finally broke the ice on that one with a distinct lack of rubble outside the pirate game.

@retro_player_22 You can NOT be serious?! I'm guessing it will play only zombie games, because that thing will just not stay dead!

@Hikingguy I agree and disagree with parts of your list, but if you still have inFamous around, give it another try. It's such an underappreciated Sony series that despite the "serious" comic book art style, IMO the gameplay is still a "gamers game" and with a different art style could easily be a Nintendo game. It's the only superhero game that you actually feel like you're a superhero and not just playing a scripted interactive move. I haven't seen much else quite like it.

@Thaswizz I agree, I was not expecting the Rabbids game to be like that. I thought it would be a button mashin' party game again but with Mario.

@NEStalgia panning shot - deserted town - rubble - gravelly voiceover - lone wolf with expendable friend - barn with windmill - rubble - fancy lens flare that wasn't possible on ps3 - rubble - stubble - guns - dog - more rubble - zombies - place to take cover - rubble.

@NEStalgia It's a console years in the making they said. I'm sure Atari did their homework. At least it won't be a flashback console like what AtGames is doing nor will it be a retro clone.

@gatorboi352 No Call of Duty and no Madden? It does sound like a great start to me!

@Hikingguy It's a dark, comic book noir kind of environment (more the first one than the second one.) So the violence isn't like the WWII games and such....you're shooting lightening bolts out of your hands and throwing cars and flying across rooftops. you're taking down enemies, but it's not graphically violent (in general, there is a boss or two that might be) but most of your enemies are "mutants" more or less. You can also be super-good or super-evil, and thus can heal wounded civilians etc....so it's not "non-violent" but it's also comic-book violence. The second game was less dark and grim (which I think worked against it.) The first one was a little bit Batman a little bit Spiderman (always night time, etc.) The second was a lot more Spiderman if that makes sense. And they dropped the noir aspect. Definitely not really "gory" or graphic if I remember (it's been a while.) There's one boss I think that was mutated to the point of fusing with the environment and having tentacles everywhere, and in the second one lots of people were exploding in green slime and turning into lizard monster things? The third one scrapped all the comic book stuff and became kind of boring though. The "mutants" were just people with superpowers like yours such as "concrete lady" It just kind of lost something.

@WiltonRoots OMG so very very true! It's a really freaky obsession. I like the Detroit game from Sony. No rubble anywhere. It's total anarchy in a pristine Tokyo-esque version of Detroit. Which is ironic, because the real world Detroit is just rubble, deserted towns, guns, and expendable friends.

@Hikingguy

Same here! It's frustrating for me because I absolutely love the idea behind the Switch, but I wish that other developers would prioritize it like Nintendo has. The NES-N64 proved that great games will sell if there is genuine effort placed on the quality of the game AND the marketing behind it! Games like Rayman don't sell because they are poorly marketed, and then Nintendo bears the brunt of the blame. Games like Batman Arkham City, Black Ops II, and the like didn't sell on the Wii U because they arrived with a fraction (if any at all) of the DLC of the same game on competing platforms. These companies can't have it both ways, where they give Nintendo fans table scraps and expect PS/MS sales figures.

Either way, fingers crossed that this presentation is enough to convince us to invest. I don't want to ignore the Switch, but I don't want to buy something that I will rarely use.

@dkxcalibur Years me either , but glad it is. Tactics game are one of my favorite genres. It doesn't seem like broad appeal, but for me I am excited =)

@retro_player_22 If only the current Atari wasn't a couple of guys operating out of an office above a kebab shop.

I wouldn't mind a port of black ops 2 just to tide us over till modern warfare 4 next year.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
I would love an advance warfare port!

@Skunkfish 10s of gamers agree with you!

Who cares.

I have had enough of cod. I will be very happy for it not to come to the switch. I won't be buying it for the xbox