Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 Design Director Laughs Off Question About Switch Release

Whats really funny is that people still play Call of Duty

Why did they even ask? This was shot down forever ago.

I mean, ask a dumb question get a dumb answer.

Even with the Switch doing so well. Developers still laugh at making games for it. Kinda sad to be quite honest.

I laugh at the idea of buying a call of duty game.

I really don't care if the game shows its face or not on the switch. But him laughing is kind of insulting. That is one of the main reasons I started owning more than just a nintendo system during the gamecube age. So many good games were skipping my little lunch box. Once Conkers was announced for the xbox I just kinda couldn't say no. That and MK shaolin monks. Couldn't play them on a Nintendo system so I bought an alternative.

This guy just laughing is kind of an ahole move. I hope he gets crap from his bosses about it, though its doubtful

We got Splatoon. We good.

Wouldnt buy it anyway.

Isn’t Blops 4 multiplayer only? I’ve not been interested in a CoD game since MW2. I always played for the story.
I don’t care about his reaction, either. Nor should anyone realistically feel offended.

I stopped buying that garbage after Modern Warfare II which I played for about all of 5mins. Rainbow 6 Siege is a thousand times better and even it is not that great. Gross.

I'm the one that will be laughing when I refuse to buy a game from Activision.

More money for Bethesda, Capcom and Namco Bandai!

Yeah I don’t care about Call of Duty. The last one that was okay was Ghosts.

This isn't suprising when you take into consideration the game is being made on much stronger hardware than the Switch, and is probably too far along to just add an SKU on top or straight up make a new game given the hardware difference.
Given CoD's yearly release schedule, it may be more likely to see a new entry head to Switch next year, assuming if Activision sees the investment as worthy enough and they already have a dev kit on hand.

@EightBitMan Just laughing off switch development isn't exactly what I would call a professional response. Also I can't help but ask is COD really that relevant anymore considering games such as Overwatch, PUBG, and Fortnite have kinda eclipsed it at this point.

Also the Switch managing to top the NPD sales charts and outsell the PS4 and Xbox One at several points is hardly what I would call irrelevant

This game was only given the name Black Ops 4 so it would sell, it should have been called Call of Duty: Battle Royal. It Would have been nice to have, but we will be just fine without it

Maybe 4 or 5 years from Now.

haven't play COD Since BLOP3 on PS4.

call of duty doesnt interest me. but I believe the switch could def use some more quality fps games!

Good. We don't need CoD anyway, especially not with that attitude.

How about remaster WAW and put it on the Switch, or maybe just port the OG over. Game still holds up to this day

If COD could sell well on the Wii, it can sell well on the Switch.

I'd laugh, too. It's been clearly said that they have no plans and aren't willing to trim the experience down, yet here we are. Why don't they ask someone from the voice cast next?

But of course, the comments here will once again have a field day pretending to have a remote understanding of professionalism in the industry we have little to do with and can but parasite on. Fans will be fans.

@EightBitMan indeed, a representative of the natural evolution in QoL gaming is a ridiculous platform as compared to HDR boxes wire-chained to the living rooms to collect games and dust. XD

@nhSnork I'd hardly call buying a company's products parasitism. I also suspect that if you don't think we have an understanding of professionalism, then it's because you don't understand the concept of having a job.

There was no “Sorry, it just isn’t happening.” ... just a very prolonged, awkward laughter.

Doom laughs right back. I love FPS and was into COD for a long time (bought multiple copies on the Wii U), but after playing the last Doom on the switch, I cannot go back to COD. On any console.

@EightBitMan Oh good. The casual racism of dismissing the importance of the Japanese market out of hand. Another reason to ignore everything you say, even though the lack of substance is enough.

CALL OF DUTY is a shadow now. I would rather see TITANFALL or BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY come to the Switch.

The only fps I care about on Switch right now is Doom Eternal, CoD and other fps can come or go doesn't matter to me cause every time they go I save money and those money will be well spent on better games.

@nhSnork

Laughable. We are the dollars they respond to and what drives profits. Laughing at a customers question is unprofessional and only found in this industry, where boys pretending to be grown men are allowed to get away with mocking an audience.

Him laughing makes him sound like an idiot. A truly creative person enjoys a challenge.

@iLikeUrAttitude why is that funny?

The amount of butt hurt is thiiiiiiiiis much

codblops sounds like a venereal disease.

"oh man, he got codblops iii? sh!t, i borrowed his hair trimmer."

@PanurgeJr @Agent721 it is people and audiences they comprise that buy products, not people's acquired destructive mentalities summarized as "fans" - and even the former face limits in what it gives them the right to do and expect. Even commercial Fiction is still Fiction, not communal service or something. "Understanding the concept of having a job" includes understanding the differences between jobs and the differences of public relations therein whereas dismissing that and copypasting "help desk courtesy" upon an entertainment worldcraft field is but another reflection of what we fans are and what we fans want. Just like the relentless pestering and attempts at audience meddling that evoke creators' laughter - although to be fair, the intent of the source's redundant inquiry probably lay in the realm of tabloid mentality, at least moreso than in the realm of fanship.

I do think publishers absolutely should take the Switch more seriously. But I also doubt very highly that they will. They like working with PS4 and Xbone because it is so easy. They are basically the same machine in terms of performance (not exactly but very close) so making a game that runs on both of them takes little extra effort. But the Switch is an entirely different platform. It takes a lot more work. Either they have to cram a game designed for PS4/Xbone down small enough to run on the Switch. Or they need to design an entirely new game exclusively for Switch.

Especially with the people behind the Call of Duty series, many of these developers have fallen into a comfort zone of churning out very similar products year after year. It isn't worth it to them to deviate.

Game series like Call of Duty and Madden are so popular and sell so consistently that the developers really don't have to care what players want anymore.

These non-news ("no, we won't do a Switch version mohaha") articles are so lame and only fuel the troll comments and negativity on this site. Sadly it seems that you produce more of them lately, is it for the clicks?

Doom Eternal?

What a douche.

@Agent721 Did you understand a word of what @nhSnork wrote? I didn't understand a damn thing.

I hope the ninteninjas throw a Wii at his face

I think their games are that amusing. Tousche.

Treyarch can’t even get Black Ops 4 at a reasonable resolution and framerate on the base Xbox One and PS4, let alone a Switch version.

Treyarch just don’t seem to be as proficient at optimising their games. Either that or they’re using a much older heavily modified taped together game engine. The base Xbox One runs at sub 720p for Black Ops 4 - Xbox 360 and PS3 style. Yet recent COD games by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer hit higher resolutions whilst Treyarchs previous release, Black Ops 3 was also notorious for FPS dips and an incredibly low Xbox resolution.

If Infinity Ward or Sledgehammer built the game, then there’s possible there may be headroom to port the game to the Switch but as it stands with Treyarch at the helm, I laugh too, since they can’t produce results that their colleagues can.

@Heavyarms55 It would be a waste of your time to recount the details, but I've read enough from third-party developers whose games I've played to believe that the majority want consoles to be as powerful as possible simply to save them the time and effort of having to optimize their games. The Switch can handle more PS4/X1 games than people realize, simply because those consoles aren't really being pushed in the first place. Yes, the Switch would have to be pushed, and whether it's worth the expense, in both studio time and publisher money, is a legitimate question. But that question isn't the source of the dismissiveness on display here.

I too laugh at throwing money away.

Sad that developers still don't take the Switch seriously when many western third parties have stated that they are doing very well on the system (when the game is actually good, of course). I remember a few months ago, Blizzard said Overwatch was "impossible." Now all of a sudden, it isn't.

Even Wii U had two CoDs, that trend of a lacking support by 3rd-parties is worrisome. Indies aren't a market driver & 1st/2nd-party games don't fill all demands. I hope I'm wrong but the current situation looks disastrous when most of a library are ancient ports & indies.

@PanurgeJr Just report him. He also said a bad word, but the F word is censored, but he still used a bad word.

The design director's response wasn't a 'bit harsh'. He was asked about something completely irrelevant to his sphere of responsibility.

@Alantor28 I rarely report people. I don't care about the bad words, disguised or otherwise, and I'd rather persuade other people (persuading him isn't my intention, and would be impossible anyway) by letting them see what I'm objecting to and concluding that prejudice is the only explanation for the behavior. Overt racism is obvious and easily rejected. It's the subtle forms that need to be guarded against.

@whanvee

It's been happening since before then. A lot of devs jumped ship when the Big N opted for carts rather than CDs with the N64. (It's why they lost Squaresoft's support to Sony with FFVII.) Heck, even the SNES lost ground to Sega with Nintendo's staunchly conservative take on violence, and maintaining a kid-friendly image. Love them or not (I tend to love, but I have my moments) their insistence on zigging will always guarantee they also buck some degree of mainstream dev support.

Now, do they really need it? I can't tell you the last time I played one of these paint-by-numbers shooters. But I'm logging tons of time on my portable indie machine. (Not to mention the evergreen AAA output from Nintendo themselves.) I'm not losing much sleep, and I daresay neither is Nintendo.

If they were able to squeeze out ports on Wii and Wii U then the Switch shouldn’t be an issue! Does it have to be black ops 4?? No ...it can be any other call of duty entry really. I think it would sell well and I think they’re missing out on sales! So there!

@PanurgeJr You're essentially restating many of the things I already said.

But yes, I suppose the different point you make is accurate too. That those reasons aren't necessarily the source of the dismissiveness we saw here. It's likely arrogance.

@Heavyarms55 It's late locally and I've been drinking. I intended more "here's why I agree with you" and less "let me explain what you just said" than I provided.

As soon as Call of Duty started requiring online, even for single player, they lost me. As soon as Call of Duty ditched single player altogether, they lost me forever.

I wouldn't buy this even if it did come to Switch. And I buy practically everything.

That said it would sell. The elitist attitudes by some toward development for a Nintendo console lost any shred of legitimacy by March 2018. By this point, you have to start scratching your head and wondering what their agenda really is. Not that it matters. If they want to pass up money, I say let them. This is one instance where I can't claim I'll spend my money elsewhere, because I'm going to do that regardless. But the people that would have bought it... they will certainly be spending their money elsewhere.

I could give a poopie, personally. I know some aren't fortunate enough to have more than one system. I get it. But in my case, I have all the systems/consoles (and PC) and I don't care about Call of Duty on any console.

@PanurgeJr Fair enough. Have another one for me.

@Heavyarms55 Way ahead of you.

Really, the joke is really on a number of these big budget titles. As the cost of development balloons out of control, and companies have to invent new ways to secure their investment (microtransactions), smaller studios are able to find an audience with a smaller budget. I’m sorry, but I’m fifteen hours into Hollow Knight, a game I paid $10, and I’m having more fun with that than I ever have with Call of Duty. Between games like Hollow Knight, Splatoon 2, Celeste, and quality ports of games like Doom and Wolfenstein II, I’m okay with Activision/Treyarch not even considering butchering their game to fit onto the Switch; considering his smug response, I get the feeling that we would be getting a WWE 2K from them anyway. They can keep it.

I'm sorry, but Activision released several COD games on the friggin' Wii during the PS3/360 era. If they could release the game on such vastly underpowered hardware then, why can't they do it now when the power gap isn't nearly as drastic?

@Zuljaras

I’m not buying that reasoning. Skyrim sold a million units on Switch; LA Noire on Switch outsold the Xbox One version; Doom on Switch sold 350K in 10 months, whereas the same game on XBone sold 650k in two years. All of these games ran well on Switch. Besides, performance has never stopped them before.

@EightBitMan

I agree, the joke is on Nintendo

@RyanSilberman

I agree with you, but we need much more third party and AAA support

You know what I am laughing about? How this new COD doesn't even have a single player campaign. As someone who owns every console there is no way I would buy something like this.

@Heavyarms55

Lack of power

@MsJubilee To be fair they are hacks who couldn't develop a great game if their lives depended upon it.

@oji

I’ve been saying this for the entire year, and get crapped on

Have not played, nor cared about playing, a Call of Duty game in years other than watching the stories of MW1-3 and Black Ops 1 on YouTube. That's even as someone who owned a PS3, a 360, a WiiU/Wii, a PSP, a 3DS, and a PC. I have far more fun going back and playing Red Faction I and II or Syphon Filter 1-3 or Metroid Prime or Dirge of Cerberus or whatever else. CoD just seems stale gameplay-wise now, and even if I were to get one now, I'd never dream of buying it new at $60+ when they regularly drop to $20 or less secondhand within a month of release.

To be fair having an archaic game like CoD on the console of the future makes me laugh too

i stop playing cod cause it brings out the worse out of people including trash talking,racist people and little kids throwing tantrums after losing.

The only way I would want to play a current call of duty game would be on a portable system like Nintendo Switch. At this point in gaming is COD still a thing ?, I thought COD was on a downward slide for awhile now I really don't know anyone currently talking about or let alone excited by it, I didn't even know that a new one was on the way .

Let’s see if he’s still laughing when the sales figures for that game come in.

It's funny I had the same reaction, when they asked me if I would buy COD.

It seems people are forgetting. AS LONG AS THE SWITCH IS A PORTABLE SYSTEM IT'LL BE FINE. Price drops & all that stuff all Nintendo Portables sell well

& Yes laughing at someone's question hell to any question is disrespectful no matter where you are or what job ur doing. No matter how u cut it. It's ok to chuckle but constant laughter is immature. Just be an adult about it & ur job

@EightBitMan I'd like to see you design a more powerful tablet that can be played on a TV. I don't think that the 20 million Switch owners think it's a "ridiculous idea". If you don't like the Switch, why are you on a Nintendo website?

Haha - call of duty??
Does he think he is still making a game that is relevant??
Call of Duty is the soap opera of video games. Low quality - churned out and none of those involved have any real talent.

The guy is clearly a mug, which is why he works on call of duty.

What a knob womble.

The real question is why anyone still plays CoD.

There are far better shooter franchises than that, though I guess at least you know what you get with CoD since you get the same game every year + a female watchdog and a military cap customizable with your country's flag that you can't see during gameplay.

So Cod Blops 4 is laughable. Doom eternal? A newer much better looking game? HELL YES SWITCH VERSION!

I’m sure they could port the remasters. If they were so inclined. However the laughing part is not cool at all, very unprofessional. I will be less inclined to pick up any activision games from here on out.

Rather they'd talk to THQ Nordic/Deep Silver about TimeSplitters on Switch, than these blowhards about a CoD game. The Spyro Trilogy on Switch is about all I want to hear from Activision.

@PanurgeJr

Nope! 🤔

@electrolite77 I'm pretty sure Paladins and Fortnite are online only games.

Most people should expect this type of stuff to never show up on the Switch by now. But, I would never say it's a good thing. Especially not of a game this big. More FPS options for people would be neat even though they aren't my kind of thing.

Call of Duty are garbage games anyway. Never liked any of these games.

I do have fond memories of the old Battlefield games, especially Battlefield 1942 with the Forgotten Hope mod. Best WW2 experience ever!
Nothing has ever been able to beat that authentic experience.

Maybe he was laughing at the question and not the Switch, he probably gets asked the same question over and over

It is a brainless shooter that was popularized duribg the Xbox360 generation. I am so glad Xbox is the back of the pack now as with Sony being on top, and Nintendo doing well, we are seeing so much more creativity in games again. Games with puzzles and great level designs and not just he generic shooters, racers, Western RPGs etc of that generation. Microsoft have little 1st party games and it still champions brainless games like CoD and Gears of War and it is hurting them. I certainly never bought a Switch ir PS4 to play this brainless tripe.

It is a brainless shooter that was popularized duribg the Xbox360 generation. I am so glad Xbox is the back of the pack now as with Sony being on top, and Nintendo doing well, we are seeing so much more creativity in games again. Games with puzzles and great level designs and not just he generic shooters, racers, Western RPGs etc of that generation. Microsoft have little 1st party games and it still champions brainless games like CoD and Gears of War and it is hurting them. I certainly never bought a Switch ir PS4 to play this brainless tripe.

@EightBitMan,

Games like this will not make or break the Switch..as they will always be bought on the PS4/Xbox One platforms as a first option,the online situation is a factor as well as performance issues.

If of course a developer decides to start porting more hardcore titles over then it's up to them,but they will always have to look at the potential returns..it's worked for Bethesda.

@johnvboy Would you call this a hardcore game though? I mean the core gamer was those that liked "gamey games". Once focussing on smart designs, the ones that don't hold your hand, and are quite ingenius. I am very much a gamer but I never play these brainless games. They can stick to other consolea. The only reason I would like to see these games on Switch is to drive sales.

Just as funny as Doom Eternal I guess, a game that will be released on Switch.

I mean come on guys, even the Wii got Call of Duty. Not that I’d buy it. Probably one of the more stale and boring game series around.

Doom is the better game anyway, so Bethesda gets my support.

New Salmon Run enemy: Cod.

@NoxAeturnus I mean, a dumb answer would have been, "yeah, we're totally developing this."

I might be tempted to buy a CoD game if it came to the Switch and eventually hit a bargain bin. I had friends that enjoyed it, but I was never about it. These games have all basically been "the same," since Medal of Honor.

But I suppose after 18 or 34 titles, it might have finally actually changed enough to warrant a purchase. Kinda like with 2K18. Won't want or need another basketball video game for like 15 years. lol

Let me just clarify why this won't come toSwitch. Switch is more powerful than a PS3. Black Ops 4 is a PS4/Xbox One game. Blacks oos 4 wouod never be able to run on the Switch as a result. Maybea revised Switch couod handleit better. Panic Button couldget it working, if that is actually possible

You know what is funnier?
Even though I have a PS4, Activision won't have my money!
Hahaha.

Meanwhile, the Doom Slayer Glory Kills CoD.

I think that modern warfare remastered would be an ideal fit on the switch as it is not only one of the most popular CoDs but also technically a fit for the console.
And a proper CoD title is still missing in the switch library of games!

Nintendo don't take seriously their fans and their customers and ultimately they don't take seriously the cultural importance of their own games, why should publishers take their system more seriosly? Most publishers already take Switch too much seriously for what Nintendo with their disrespectful behaviour deserve.

@Majora101 Funny thing is that it's not dying at all. Just look at the sales from World War 2.

@oji I think one of the reasons CoD: BO4 is not coming to the Switch, aside from power, is the Wii U CoD's.

Call of Duty on the Wii U were my favorite local multiplayer games. One player using the tv, the other using the tablet.

Too bad the Switch does not get the same support as the Wii U.

@RazorThin I actually wouldn't mind a remaster of Word at War. I really enjoyed that one myself.

Don't like cod anyway , not a good attitude to have really, Splatoon is a billion times better ...I would like Ninty to make a FPS as the Switch has none really

@penamiguel92 it's not even in the slightest comparable, one is a single player fps and the other a multiplayer focused one.

Is he actually laughing at the fact that they have gotten away with charging everybody for the same experience yet again.

@Gerald I was going to the say the same thing. Context is important, and should be understood before sharpening the pitchforks.

He comes off as a bit of a jerk to be honest

Why do people get offended by this ? The switch is not powerful enough and lets not even speak of the lack of decent online mode on the switch.

Also this is why you own multiple or at least 2 different systems.

@Guiltygear Doom has a multiplayer mode and a campaign. CoD devolved into a Fornite/PUBG wannabe.

,Bottom line is the switch dosen't need it, with Diablo, Doom, Ark, Fortnite, Paladins, MH.

And who plays COD these days anyway?

@penamiguel92 Yes a multiplayer mode, now please do not kid yourself that that is the same thing as multiplayer cod. What you prefer is a different thing but the two are not even in the same ballpark. Massive cod sales each year for there multiplayer alone proves this. You did not buy DOOM for it's multiplayer i think or you are one of the few.

No loss there.

@CupidStunt ,

I don't think it will drive sales though.

Black ops 1 was so awesome
2 was less so and 3 was just bad.

Black ops 3 was panned by everyone and it really was crap...

The series has been in a steady decline. I wasn't expecting this and when the news that it may drop came out in Jan actually had me worried more than excited.

I would rather them do nothing for the Switch rather than make shoddy games they've been making lately.

Activision and EA are two big devs i really want nothing to do with.

They ported several Call of Duty games to much inferior hardware like the Wii and Wii U. The ports were good to great, but now that the power is much closer to their needs, they laugh it off? Did I miss something?

I am sorry but ive never bought a CoD game and Doom on switch is the first FPS ive ever bought in my life.

Even on the Playstation consoles FPS dont really interest me that much to have spend money on it and i agree with the guy saying it has been popularized with the XBox360 era that is an after effect of Halo 2 being very popular on the OG Xbox (i did like Halo 2 though).

That CoD is multiplayer only makes it less of a reason for me to be interested in nevermind buying it.

Yes the Switch needs 3rd party but CoD isnt the one the Switch needs.

It's funny because Call of Duty was one of the very few big AAA franchises that was regularly released on the technically inferior Wii back in the day.

CoD is a dead franchise now. Just look at the sales numbers declining year after year. Even getting so desperate as to jump on the popularity of Battle Royale games now with Blackout. It's no loss to the Switch not to have it on the console. Give it a few more years and it'll be "CoD who?"

@Ganondorf_ Thats what i am saying.

It was just a hype that Microsoft pushed very much, ala PC gaming and this still happens in general through 'graphical push'. developers are projecting PC needs on the console industry and the Switch kind of breaks that and only Bethesda and Panic button are kind of seeing through this.

(laughs)

Kind of insulting that he laughs about the whole thing, yes. But at the same time, even if i personally don't care about CoD games anymore, it's bad if the Switch doesn't get a quality ported CoD game. It would sell quite well and move some systems too i would imagine.

I think we have moved past the COD age on the Switch. I did enjoy them once upon a time, but i find the more complete gameplay of Splatoon to be much more fun and rewarding that COD ever was.

To a guy from Treyarch, I'm sure prolonged laughter is the only possible way to deal with the question.

Treyarch's been responsible for all Wii and Wii U versions of COD in the past, and certainly always appeared on the outside to take a certain amount of pride in proving the impossible possible.

I'm sure their technicians would love the challenge, though I'm also sure their design director has been specifically told by management to not worry about Switch. Yet he still has to answer questions like this.

My guess is the consideration of a Switch version has been continuously put off, both to observe system adoption and graphical capabilities, and to make sure an expensive and already established production is running smoothly.

I'd imagine a factor might be overall brand image as well. Most Wii/Wii U version went unannounced for the longest time as well. This is a series whose demographic includes quite many "serious" players, and giving off the air that the game plays just fine on an "Android tablet" could harm their interest, when they desire to have their more powerful systems directly catered to.

It might come around.

Speaking of Call of Duty, I have to go take one.

I won’t deny a CoD game would be a great feather in the Switch’s as far as having more options and for perception. Personally? I won’t be losing any sleep if one never comes

I've spent many hours playing the games on the 360 but towards the end of the series on that system I started to grow board. However, I would welcome a COD game on the Nintendo Switch. I actually think a Modern Warfare Collection would be cool. I know it's just another remake/port/greatest hits but I think that would be cool. All MW story modes fully included w/ all maps for multiplayer.

That's amusing arrogance for a designer on a series whose star is falling rapidly behind freebee promotional giveaways like Fortnite.

Still, I just got Blops 3. On Playstation.....err...ok, they gave it to me for free so I took it.....but it's just sitting on the backlog.

@Pod Brand image be what it may, they may want to take notice that their compeitors....let alone competitors in the free space that are crushing their active player base....are on Switch, and in the "graphics first" console space, Battlefield has been curb stomping them for years, and Ubisoft has now entered the fold with R6, Wildlands, and Division.

This series became a real disgrace the day they added the revenge spawning system to it. Will never buy again as long as it's there. Switch unworthy.

I want to see a cod game, preferably BO1 and 2.

Switch needs a realistic military shooter online, if not COD at least PUBG, or BF bad company 2 HD. Fortnite sucks ass, Doom and Splatoon are good, but it’s not the same thing as a COd Loke game.

Timesplitters trilogy HD I want to see on the Switch as well. Exactly how it was, no need to change anything except the graphics.

I think black ops ii on Wii U was brilliant.

I think a Doom quality port of black ops iiii would sell incredibly well, which I would say one purchase over the PS4 version anytime. Developers need to wake up and not get caught napping. The Nintendo Switch has eaten its way back into being the first and sometimes only console of choice in a small percentage of households that Nintendo had lacked for a long time and its growing.

To ignore a current global userbase over 17 million (in only 16 months) and growing, is way more laughable than anything in this guys head.

I do a prolonged laugh too when someone suggests buying a COD game.

The series has had its heyday and its time for Activision to take a break rather than grind it into the dust like they did with Guitar Hero.

@EightBitMan

I definitely agree with you about the need for 3rd parties given that they give such a big boost to a system & it's library (especially non Nintendo ones) but lmao what has respawn actually done for real? Especially to have a laugh @ anybody. They got big for their britches leaving MS's help on the table & became ea's lapdog. And are now at their beckon call. Then they made tf2 & cried about their game not being able to compete with others when it pretty much flopped given that they'd went rushing to expand their base by releasing on the vaunted & supposed savior ps4.

Where as Nintendo bounced back & released 2 TWO GOTY caliber games in Zelda & Mario Odyssey. With Zelda possibly being the GOTG. Made a new IP in Arms that has probably sold close to what tf2 has with even less advertising. Have gotten folks like Bethesda to put games like Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein:TNC & such on the system that hadn't or wouldn't have graced it before. Blizzard hadn't been on board for a while either & at least has an effort coming in Diablo. There are other examples such as Warframe & Paladins as well. So while they may not have EVERY single western dev, they've been making much better strides than before.

And while respawn's been pretty much invisible/quiet as of late & having their game discounted like a month later, people like Bethesda, Square Enix & others seem to be happy eating on a Nintendo platform. So at the end of the day, it certainly seems like Nintendo would be the ones to get the last laugh in that regard. However, given the current situation, they're probably too busy counting money & being happy about their current success to even GAF or even think about those clowns lol.

When I read the title, I imagined the devs laughing like Ray Liotta from that scene in Goodfellas

@Guiltygear

We'te talking about games that were running on a ps3/360 bruh. And let's be real, as far as cod goes, the games don't look much better than a lot of the games prior. Just with bumped up fx. Even the Wii was able to use some of the more contemporaneous effects at the time.

And what else is probably making folks say gtfoh with this is that a much better looking game such as Doom Eternal is making it's way to the system. While this game isn't looking too much better than efforts from last gen, they are putting a game that is aesthetically more pleasing (regardless of whatever compromises are being made) on the system. I as not for nothing, when is the last time people actually went Gaga for a Call of Duty game. That's not hate or anything. As I have the most capable console out on the market right now to play it on and yet I don't give a s*** about it.

It is certainly better for the console to have the game than to not. And I would almost certainly question the motives or genuineness of a person arguing in the favor of less games onna console. However, call of duty has been losing its respect with gaming fans for years now. Well before the we're not going to put a cod game on the Switch moment. The multiple amounts of threads, articles and comments that you can see berating and criticizing the series is testament to that. And it certainly not all Nintendo game as. As a Nintendo gamer will most likely not give much of a damn about call of duty as much anymore as cod doesn't seem to give much of a damn about them.

@TheDanslator I know it's been going on for quite sometime but it didn't bother me quite so much when I was a kid going to the video store to check out the SNES games. Back then I mostly just cared about how the cover looked, and whether they had the instruction manual. Once the 64 and PS came about I stuck with Nintendo as Sony was getting lots of shovelware a la Wii many years later. It wasn't until the gamecube that I had to get another system to help satiate my hunger for some games that would never see a Nintendo release. Since then I've been doing the same each generation. I always own a Nintendo system first though.

@EightBitMan yeah Mr. Party pooper at it again. You must love the Nintendo switch so much!!!

This requires context. Like, the exact quote...too bad it's locked behind Game Informer's paywall...

@gameboy1975

I talked about the Nintendo lacking a good online system because COD unlike DOOM is about multiplayer game. Wheter you, me or my cat likes it or not is not the damn case.

So i have no idea what the point your trying to make is but nice wall of text.

I only want good games on the Switch, COD hasn't been decent since MW2

No problem, you can keep your COD. We have Splatoon 2, Doom, Wolf 2 and Doom Eternal already and Metroid Prime 4 + more incoming.

His laughing probably was a self pity as COD would not stand a chance against these games.

Yeah, maybe stop parroting s*** trying to sound edgy. Especially when using it out of context. FTR, a "wall of text" is when someone writes a crap ton of stuff WITHOUT breaking it up into paragraphs or using ANY kind of periods or anything. For someone trying to be such a smart-ass, it's a bit ironic thar you were too stupid to realize that you weren't even using the term correctly.

Then again people do seem to be getting dumber by the day. So while I can see how something as simple as a few paragraphs can be intimidating to some of you, it's not like they're unicorns & never existed. So you mate actually sound dumber than your f'ing cat. Don't come for me kid, as when you strike at a king you must kill him! Then again, I forgot we can ignore list ppl here. Goodbye 😉

@NEStalgia
Oh absolutely I think they ought to look in to their options. And I think they will.

This guy's reaction makes nosense, Treyarch itself was in charge of porting PS3 Call of Duty games to the original Wii and Black Ops 2 and Ghosts to Wii U.... They have no real reason for such and humilliating answer, especially when games like Doom, Wolfestain, Darksouls and Doom Eternal are already or on their way to the System. I used to support the COD games on Wii and Wii U because of the porting effort, but after that kind of commentaries, not anymore

Dear sir/madame @EightBitMan,

Could you please provide citations to your arguments of "[the switch] being a ridiculous platform and being irrelevant" in post #11 of this comment section, other then the anecdotal 'evidence' provided?

Furthermore I would like to point out that anecdotal evidence can not be extrapolated towards general statements. This constitutes of the anecdotal fallacy, explained in the following YouTube short:
https://youtu.be/pSZzz2hFsFk

Might you not be so inclined to watch this video dear madame/sir, I'll give you an example of the anecdotal fallacy: Accidents are happening everywhere beacause I fell of my bike the other day.

Off course this line of reasoning has been a unconscious mistake which happens to best of us and you want to take part in a meaningful discussion. It's for this reason I address you dear madame/sir @EightBitMan.

Happy conversing!

Yeah I'd much rather play splatoon, doom, and wolfenstein anyways. but if it did come out for switch i'd probably give it a try.

just another comment floating around in the world

I’d love to see this game on Nintendo Switch. The black ops games and Modern Warfare games are the only reason I even play Xbox or PS4. Every other game I play and like is on Nintendo Switch. You would think that they would want to have their game on all gaming platforms, it’s how they would bring in the most money. Heck, look at Fortnite it’s on all platforms even on cell phones. I think they’re making a huge mistake by not bringing Black Ops 4 to Nintendo Switch and I would LOVE to start an petition to get it onto the Nintendo Switch platform. Fortnite will remain the most played game and most popular game, making the most money unless other games start competing and bringing their games to all platforms, including Nintendo Switch. Fortnite is even an free download and still probably brings in more money then black ops does and it’s all because of how versatile it is and the fact they’re willing to be put on every platform that’s available and get as many users as possible. I just sold my Xbox and bought my Switch and now to find out Black Ops will not be available at all on Switch, it’s heartbreaking to say the least and makes me very upset. Open ur minds a little and think outside the box. Expand ur horizons people, there’s other gaming platforms besides just Xbox, PlayStation, and PC’s.

It looks like there are going to be a good number of 3rd party titles skipping the Switch. It's starting to remind me of the 3DS sadly...

Modern Warfare 3 came out on the Wii, so not really sure why this d-bag is laughing. Nintendo will be laughing when Metroid Prime stomps Call of Duty and becomes the new face of FPS. You’d think it would be a good business opportunity to try and get something running on the Switch. Bethesda did it, but clearly this guy isn’t as talented as them. The guy directs Black Ops IV and has the nerve to laugh at others? Not sure I’d be laughing at anyone with thay trainwreck of a game.

Haha the reason Activision will never rease a COD game for nintendo consoles because of "Hardware Limitations" 4GB of ram isnt enough to get 30fps, HD graphics, dlc etc and plus mucrotransactions also needs the ram to run

@g7755725 yes clearly thats y cod could run on a system with 300mb of ram quite literally just fine on 30fps (PS3). dont try that maite. microtransations dont make a game slower man come on....

@EightBitMan How's that completely incorrect statement working out for you? Must be hard to wake up everyday being a moron like you. Good luck in life troll.

Kinda rude to go and laugh at the question. When you think about it, Nintendo is the only reason your business was ever created because Nintendo is what made video games so popular.

@EightBitMan Loser