Community: Message List - Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:58:10 GMT

I'm just imagining what a group like Retro Studios could do. I mean you see what they did with Metroid Prime 3 on the Wii. Imagine what they could do with something as powerful as the Wii U. Or High Voltage Software. Say what you want about Conduit 2's crappy MP. The game has some awesome graphics for a Wii game. Or just Nintendo for that matter. They always tap every resource of their consoles.

It's not just the HD that I'm excited about. It's what can some of these developers do with all that extra horsepower.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:28:26 GMT

@infinitlag's comment "We have all been brought up the hard way. The xbox fanboys have got the easy way and they think they are the best."

That is way off...

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:45:01 GMT

Im very excited to see what it can do.... and how the reeal hd looks! this system has the vest graphices so far ( dont count the pc in ) so yea, im very excited...

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Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:01:10 GMT

No i did not.. otherwise i would not have wasted my time D:

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:56:27 GMT

Oh semper... you didn't read my post in this thread did you?

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:48:33 GMT

HD Zelda, HD Metriod, HD Smash Bros, HD Mario Kart, HD EVERYTHING!!!!!!! But in all honesty i see full 1080p HD every day on my PS3... unless the game is amazing looking then HD is overrated. Like when i first played Red Dead Redmeption, Skyrim or BF3 i nearly pissed myself.. well not really but you get my point. Also the CoD games are not played in HD on the consoles.. they don't even go to 720p, they just look good.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:37:17 GMT

Can't wait to find out. From what I've read about the specs it's going to be a beast and can compete horsepower wise with what Sony and Microsoft are bringing to the table. The though of playing COD games in HD with the wii remote has me very excited. How about and HD metroid game? Now that will be awesome. And it's already got more 3rd party support than the Wii (at least it seems like it). And now they have a true online system in place. Basically it everything you could want from a Nintendo console after playing on the Wii so much. Can't wait to get one. And if it does end up sucking I can always sell it.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:28:01 GMT

personally, i dont think the wii u will be all its hyped up to be. honestly, i think it'll be like the xbox with how its just a new version. the 360 came out somewhere around 7 years or so ago, and its been upgraded SO much. in the long run, it will still be more successful in the long run and always will be. i dont want to get any heat for saying this, but i think the wii u looks stupid and sounds stupid. i dont like the controller, and it seems overly complicated. i like simple, like and xbox controller. so thats why i'm going to buy a 360, and when it comes out, a steambox (look it up).However, what do i know, the Wii U might be a really good console, but it might also end up like the wii and sell a lot and suspend a whole new generation of gaming and be a bust. We'll know soon i guess. :/

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:19:04 GMT

Let me rephrase. There wasn't any noticeable lag. Compared to the lag I normally have on my crappy connection, playing wired to a cable modem at my friend's house was just awesome. For example. When I shot someone, there was no noticeable delay from when I got hit markers and there was no noticeable delay in the opponent dying. On my connection, and this has happened several times, I often shoot half a clip into someone, then get my hit markers and see the player die a half second later. With this connection, it appeared instant. Obviously there was a small delay in the under 80ms range, but compared to what I am accustomed to it seemed like nothing.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:53:00 GMT

"There also wasn't any lag though"

That's not possible. Even if you lived 1km from the host you'd still have like 10ms ping.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:16:43 GMT

Well, from what I've read, it won't go away until they get dedicated servers, or at least those help with the issue.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:13:48 GMT

I know, but that doesn't matter. Lag compensation will always be there.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:03:16 GMT

Lag compensation is more noticable on Ps3 and Xbox due to killcams showing you not around the corner when you went around it.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:19:52 GMT

Well, I tried the PS3 this weekend. Controller issues aside, I did enjoy it. Seeing the game run at 60 FPS is awesome. No drops either. There also wasn't any lag though my friend does have a very stable cable connection so that was expected. But the game running at 60 fps realy makes a difference when acquiring targets.

As I suspected it was actually much easier to see the other players. None of the dark areas that cause problems on the Wii show up on the PS3. The maps, and the game as a whole, are much much brighter. Also, the HD graphics, for me at least, made it MUCH easier to spot targets at a distance or in general. The higher resolution really helped. I was unable to do very well due to the controls, but I was able to spot players with ease. I just couldn't kill them half of the time.

It was weird though playing with so little lag whether it be from connection issues or the frame rate, but now that I tried it, I don't think it will take long to get adjusted to that aspect of it. The extra killstreaks on the other hand I think will annoy me at first.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:12:35 GMT

The controller won't be an issue. I'll be playing COD games with the Wii remote and nunchuck like always.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:35:14 GMT

I just wonder what will happen, will cod even support the wii version for patches once the wii u comes out? Will they even make a hdversion of mw3 for wii u? I just cant see them continuing doing patches for wii if they do. A 4th game system (they can hardly keep up on 3 as it is)... unless they just use this wii version now an wait for the next cod game to come out. Honestly nintendo has lost some of my interest after not puting in a blueray movie player it was the one thing i was looking forward too. Now i'm thinking once the wii u comes out and it cost more then the ps3 and ps3 will drop its prices and I'm going to snag a ps3 and save the 100$ for a blueray player and this wii will probably be my last nintendo. Sure you can do some cool stuff with the new u controller and i do like the wii remotes but with more an more 3rd party games going all 3 systems i can live without a few nintendo games. The more an more i think about it the more an more I wish i would of bought the ps from the get go.

X-box - I would never buy again after the redring of death an the company wouldnt stand behind there bad craftsmanship on there x-clamp days after there weak warrenty ran out.(a suspected 55% percent of all systems failed). How many will the 720 have? All bets seem to say xbox 720 will be switching to blueray. Unless some major breakthrus happen in HVD soon.

Nintendo- There stuck on this 5-year plan it seems sometimes it can be a good thing but it seems more like there not worried about having the biggest an baddest system, but they always seem to come up with some new kinda controller or 1 thing or another before x or ps do.

Playstation- They always seem to be thinking ahead when they put a system out, Yes they always cost more intially but it looks like you will have that system for a longer time.

Plus theres no fee for online gaming, thats a huge bonus, the money u save from not paying xboxlive makes it overall cheaper then the xbox in a few years.

I quess I've made my mind up.

Down to your second paragraph lol.

You will get used to the graphics thats the easy part the controller is another issue.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 03:33:46 GMT

Was that directed at me? Because you didn't tell me a single thing I didn't know already. Hence I'm confused by the "Ugh the lack of knowledge" to start off your post and what I said to imply that I didn't already know everything you mentioned. If not then nevermind.

Down to your second paragraph...that's kinda what I was getting at. I always thought it would be easier to see other players because of the higher definition graphics. Again all I have to go on is videos I've seen on youtube, but in those the opposing players were extremely easy to spot. I would have to actually play the game to tell for sure though. I have a friend with a PS3. I will try it out at his house soon.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:47:37 GMT

Ugh the lack of knowledge...

The main difference between the PS360 and Wii is their actual power. Their CPU, GPU and RAM are leaps and bounds better than the Wii's, that is why their games have better graphics.

HD = high definition. High definition essentially means high resolutions. The lowest form of HD is generally considered 1280x720, probably a quater of all PS360 games are a little below that (Battlefield 3 is 1280x704 on both PS3 and 360. MW3 is 1024x600) These resolutions are about double that of the Wii.

You can set your PS3 and 360 to the same resolution as the Wii and it'll still look tons better than the Wii version. This is for 2 reasons. Firstly, the PS360's power is much better than the Wii's, so all the models were made in high detail. The other reason is that the Xbox (can't remember if the PS3 does) upscales the resolution to your TV's resolution, which is pretty much always better than your TV doing the upscaling (although TV's are getting better and better at it)

The reason why people are harder to see in the in the PS360 versions is because of the extra detail in everthing. There's also depth of field, more blur effects and smoke effects. You guys are saying its harder to see on the HD consoles, when in actual fact, when taken literally, it should be easier to see because the resolution is higher.

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:10:52 GMT

I would still rather deal with hackers than all the garbage on the HD consoles...

Re: Playing COD on Wii U will be a major adjustment.

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:04:54 GMT

They dont have an epidemic of hackers...