Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be one of the top game launches this holiday season (if not the biggest this year). On the hardware front, Nintendo is launching the new Wii U this holiday. Could Black Ops II be headed for the Wii U Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia thinks so, but Activision is being coy.
“We take out time to get our ducks in a row before pulling any trigger. We don’t have announcements today but we will be supporting Wii U,” said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg.
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia teased the idea but he couldn’t announce anything. “We obviously have been a Nintendo developer for many years and have created many Call of Duty games on the Nintendo platform. [Wii U] is clearly a more powerful platform than its predecessor and… they have obviously a unique controller and interface,” he said.
“And they announced a Pro Controller which appears to be a controller that would be really good for first person shooter games. It just so happens that’s what we specialize in. So that’s an interesting development and then they have that touch display device and you think about the kinds of things you might be able to do and – without getting into specifics – I absolutely have given it consideration and thought. We’re game developers and it’s a new piece of hardware and technology, so we’re always thinking about that stuff.”
Source: GamesIndustry International
