Does Activision realize the Wii's potential?

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#1 GoDsSoN770
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What do you think?

I personally think they are definitely trying to take advantage of the system the best they can at the moment.

The fact that they aren't treating the Wii as a last-gen system is evidence. They are also trying to cater to both audiences.

Call of Duty: World At War is ported down from the 360 game, instead of being a PS2 port. They got it to run on the CoD4 engine which is pretty good.

Quantum of Solace (007 Bond Game) seems to be doing the same thing, as the development is being handled by the same team doing the PC port.. I believe this game will also utilize the CoD4 engine...

Then look at Guitar Hero... I don't even have to say anything about that....

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#2 despa1r_fact0r
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I like the fact that Activision is making some "core" games for the Wii --- but if Activiision wants to realize the Wii's potential they should make a game especially for the Wii that fully utilizes the Wii motion controls and graphics, not just porting a game from the 360
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#3 legend26
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I like the fact that Activision is making some "core" games for the Wii --- but if Activiision wants to realize the Wii's potential they should make a game especially for the Wii that fully utilizes the Wii motion controls and graphics, not just porting a game from the 360despa1r_fact0r
same

though im happy they are taking it seriously

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#4 Zero0o
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Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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#5 GoDsSoN770
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Activision usually is a Multi platform developer.. They are doing Wii games that are exclusive though. The audience they appeal to is a different story...

We are getting most if not all the Major games from them.

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#6 GoDsSoN770
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Who said Guitar Hero was gimped?? I was implying that they weren't gimping the game....
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Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Zero0o

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

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#8 GoDsSoN770
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Rockband didn't even have online, which Guitar hero had, and it was a pretty good Wifi title for Wii.
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#9 Dark_Knight6
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Rockband didn't even have online, which Guitar hero had, and it was a pretty good Wifi title for Wii.GoDsSoN770

So that makes it ok that the game doesn't have DLC when the other versions did?

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#10 Zero0o
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[QUOTE="GoDsSoN770"]Rockband didn't even have online, which Guitar hero had, and it was a pretty good Wifi title for Wii.Dark_Knight6

So that makes it ok that the game doesn't have DLC when the other versions did?

It doesn't make it ok, of course not.

It's just that DLC wasn't that big of a deal to me, and online is.

Rock Band's loss of Wi-Fi when being ported over to the Wii was pure laziness on their part. They didn't feel like configuring the game with Nintendo Wi-Fi.

Activision, however, is taking the time to put everything possible into the GH series for Wii.

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News of Quantum of Solace and Call of Duty World at War inspires confidence in spiderman Web of shadows, the last one was a godawful PS2 port.
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[QUOTE="Dark_Knight6"]

[QUOTE="GoDsSoN770"]Rockband didn't even have online, which Guitar hero had, and it was a pretty good Wifi title for Wii.Zero0o

So that makes it ok that the game doesn't have DLC when the other versions did?

It doesn't make it ok, of course not.

It's just that DLC wasn't that big of a deal to me, and online is.

Rock Band's loss of Wi-Fi when being ported over to the Wii was pure laziness on their part. They didn't feel like configuring the game with Nintendo Wi-Fi.

Activision, however, is taking the time to put everything possible into the GH series for Wii.

Thought it was a port of the Ps2 version, that didn't have online.. did it?

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#13 GoDsSoN770
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Its much easier to offer downloadable content on a system with a freakin harddrive, compared to the internal 512MB the Wii uses. I don't think it was Activision's fault for not offering downloadable content in GH3... It seems like they've since found a solution to the storage problem, and guess what? Guitar Hero World Tour will have downloadable content for ya....
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Thought it was a port of the Ps2 version, that didn't have online.. did it?

It was, but it COULD have been configured for the Wii. They just didn't bother, along with the character creation bit they left out.

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#15 gooflee
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[QUOTE="Zero0o"]Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Dark_Knight6

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

Who said anything about RB?

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#16 Dark_Knight6
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[QUOTE="Dark_Knight6"]

[QUOTE="Zero0o"]Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.gooflee

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

Who said anything about RB?

A large sum of users who felt the need to complain with the same thread over and over again. I just needed to know his stance on the subject.

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[QUOTE="Dark_Knight6"]

[QUOTE="Zero0o"]Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.gooflee

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

Who said anything about RB?



Thought it was a port of the Ps2 version, that didn't have online.. did it?

Zero0o

It was, but it COULD have been configured for the Wii. They just didn't bother, along with the character creation bit they left out

That's why I'm not even bothering with RB, Activison actually cared about wii owner since GH3 and it shows, GH3 sold about 2 millions on Wii, that's more copies than the other 2 consoles.They didn't released the game 6 months later and they were in talk with Nintendo to add DLC, but Nintendo wasn't quite yet ready to give them that I guess. Now world tour Wii will have everything the other 2 consoles have. That is caring. Kudos to a great company. Now if we could get Diablo 3... :)

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That's why I'm not even bothering with RB, Activison actually cared about wii owner since GH3 and it shows, GH3 sold about 2 millions on Wii, that's more copies than the other 2 consoles.They didn't released the game 6 months later and they were in talk with Nintendo to add DLC, but Nintendo wasn't quite yet ready to give them that I guess. Now world tour Wii will have everything the other 2 consoles have. That is caring. Kudos to a great company. Now if we could get Diablo 3... :)

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Yup, they cared so much that they decided to port the PS2 version of Guitar Hero 3 to the Wii opposed to building it from the ground-up.

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[QUOTE="vnc20100"]

That's why I'm not even bothering with RB, Activison actually cared about wii owner since GH3 and it shows, GH3 sold about 2 millions on Wii, that's more copies than the other 2 consoles.They didn't released the game 6 months later and they were in talk with Nintendo to add DLC, but Nintendo wasn't quite yet ready to give them that I guess. Now world tour Wii will have everything the other 2 consoles have. That is caring. Kudos to a great company. Now if we could get Diablo 3... :)

Dark_Knight6

Yup, they cared so much that they decided to port the PS2 version of Guitar Hero 3 to the Wii opposed to building it from the ground-up.

Well, they were testing ground, It might have been a port put it worked great. Online was well implemented and like I said, they were ready to add DLC. I have nothing against port when it's well done (RE4 anyone?). World tour won't be a port form the Ps2 version (if they are making one) but from the 360 or PS3. Read Ign's hand on impression.

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[QUOTE="Zero0o"]Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.Dark_Knight6

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

why are you so against guitar hero(dark night6) it revolutionized music games and happens to not as be as lazy as rock band and is smart enough to make the wii version the same as the 360 and ps3 versions so everybody won't left out or ripped off

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#21 Dark_Knight6
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[QUOTE="Dark_Knight6"]

[QUOTE="Zero0o"]Guitar Hero isn't gimped at all. GH3 doesn't have DLC, big deal. GH4 is completely ungimped. It has all the features of the PS3 and Xbox 360.poopmasta__

So it's fine that GHIII has no DLC but it's a problem that RB doesn't have it?

why are you so against guitar hero(dark night6) it revolutionized music games and happens to not as be as lazy as rock band and is smart enough to make the wii version the same as the 360 and ps3 versions so everybody won't left out or ripped off

You do realize that Guitar Hero and Rock Band are made by the developers Activision and Harmonix, respectively. You keep talking as if the games developed themselves. Guitar Hero did revolutionize console rhythm games, under Harmonix, who went on to make Rock Band. All Activision can do right is what Harmonix has already done.

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#22 webbut
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Activision doesnt care about the wii. GH3 was just a ps2 port. CoD3 wasnt that great eather and then didnt even bother with CoD4. The only reason they are putting so much energy into GHWT is because GH3 and GHA outsold the over systems verison buy large numbers. and i do believe that CoDWaW will be using the CoD3 enginebut hey at least they gave us wii zapper spesific controlls cause the Zaaper is great....
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Activision cared the moment they showed Nintendo character models of Zelda and Metroid in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

The only problem was...they showed the characters running on the PS2 M;UA because the Wii version was not ready.

It was one of the saddest moments in crossover history, one that could have had a lot of consumers clamoring for more.

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#24 zerothetheif
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Activision cared the moment they showed Nintendo character models of Zelda and Metroid in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

The only problem was...they showed the characters running on the PS2 M;UA because the Wii version was not ready.

It was one of the saddest moments in crossover history, one that could have had a lot of consumers clamoring for more.

SirSpudly

Wait....what?!

I want proof of this claim of nintendo characters in M:UA!

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#25 SirSpudly
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[QUOTE="SirSpudly"]

Activision cared the moment they showed Nintendo character models of Zelda and Metroid in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

The only problem was...they showed the characters running on the PS2 M;UA because the Wii version was not ready.

It was one of the saddest moments in crossover history, one that could have had a lot of consumers clamoring for more.

zerothetheif

Wait....what?!

I want proof of this claim of nintendo characters in M:UA!

Sure

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#26 zerothetheif
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[QUOTE="zerothetheif"][QUOTE="SirSpudly"]

Activision cared the moment they showed Nintendo character models of Zelda and Metroid in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.

The only problem was...they showed the characters running on the PS2 M;UA because the Wii version was not ready.

It was one of the saddest moments in crossover history, one that could have had a lot of consumers clamoring for more.

SirSpudly

Wait....what?!

I want proof of this claim of nintendo characters in M:UA!

Sure

OMGosh!

That's stinkin awesome! Thanks dude!

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#27 mkDSpro63
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GH3's online was considerably good (especially for the Wii), so I don't have much doubt that Activision is do well with the Wii.

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#28 swat1441
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Activision doesnt care about the wii. GH3 was just a ps2 port. CoD3 wasnt that great eather and then didnt even bother with CoD4. The only reason they are putting so much energy into GHWT is because GH3 and GHA outsold the over systems verison buy large numbers. and i do believe that CoDWaW will be using the CoD3 enginebut hey at least they gave us wii zapper spesific controlls cause the Zaaper is great....webbut

Crazy Thing is TREYARCH(GASP!!!!) managed to run the CoD4 engine on the Wii. And they repeatedly said that all versions will be using a modified CoD4 Engine(Console and handheld for the DS)

Activision is a publisher. CoD4 is Infinity Ward. GH3 and up is Nevesoft.

Any ways Harmonix is Lazy compared to Neversoft. If i remember Harmonix said it was Impossible to use SD cards for RB. But World Tour is using them. huh?