Treyarch Explains Why Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Isn’t XB1/PS4 Exclusive

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Treyarch will be returning to the Call of Duty fold later this year with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 in November.

While some of its decisions have irked fans (just look at a few negative reactions to the new Zombies mode), it’s pretty much a given that Black Ops 3 will be a major success. The question is: Did Treyarch miss out on having the game only for current gen hardware?

There are arguments both for and against focusing on new hardware, as Treyarch director of brand development Jay Puryear told Gaming Bolt. When asked about there being any specific reason why a previous gen release was happening, Puryear said, “Is there a reason?! We’ve got great fans. Call of Duty experiences are always about the community and fans and we want to make sure that everybody who wants to play Black Ops III can.”

Will the hype for Black Ops 3 be justified at launch, especially considering previous entries like Advanced Warfare didn’t quite set the world on fire? “Of course! Right? I mean look at it, the team has worked 3 years to pour their hearts and soul to deliver a product that will push on single-player campaign with four-player co-op on next-gen. We’re really pushing the system in the machine and hardware.

“If you look at all the innovations that we’re doing on multiplayer and really adding this combat loop, progression system, specialists characters. So, there is just so much content on the disc and then when we roll out our zombies I think you’ll see that we’ve got 3 games in 1. So, as far as the content and the experience we’ll get out of this, we think is absolutely by far the best.”
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is out on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 and PC on November 6th.



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DerivationPosted:

It is good that they take all the major console into account. People should be able to play CoD without having to upgrade to a next-gen.

GTXPlayerPosted:

More like they car about their profits than improving the game, which is obviously limited by last-gen HW. Still waiting on those dedicated servers after all...
Let's be honest - the only thing people buy Treyarch games for, is the Zombies now. I mean, I don't want another AW again.

SkittlePosted:

I thought that the Xbox 360 and PS4 versions weren't being made by Treyarch? If so, then I don't think they'll be as good as the Next Gen versions.

DanielPosted:

Yeah this is brilliant for me because i still have the xbox 360 ;) and im not thinking of going to next gen anytime soon, i love playing cod4 mike myers (OLD SCHOOL) so thats whats keeping me on old gen.

THQPosted:

Cmon, I'm sorry old gen owners, but you've got to stop being supported sometime soon. It will be close to 3 years now. I would think without having to work on 2 consoles the graphics will be overhauled and gameplay will be better as they are focusing on one thing. But I use PC mostly now anyways unless it's a sports game so do what you do I gusss activision. But please make BO3 HAVE CUSTOM ZOMBIE SUPPORT!!!

RuiPosted:

If i stand corrected this doesn't explain why its exclusive to PS4, maybe they need to rewrite the headline :P.

gtapro151Posted:

wont be getting it anyways since its the running on wall jumping crap again i might just pick up a used 360 and play bo1 and mw2.

gtapro151Posted:

So what. your real hard core fans will have xb1 and ps4 by know and they deserve what they paid extra for. If i can get the same stuff on 360 what reason should i upgrade? i have a one and im disappointed that stuff looks almost the same cause devs focus on both gens still. never thought i would say this but...props to ubisoft. It's about money they want to get it from any and everyware instead of making a great game focused on 3 platforms. ps4,xb1,pc imagine if all dev energy and time was on them 3. patches dlc etc all have to be made for all the old ones now to.

bsmPosted:

VPN Advanced Warfare on the 360 has terrible graphics and FPS. I don't know how it would be on the old generation consoles.


I actually thought AW had a really good framerate on 360. Felt like 60 a bit, might be just me though.

ArzuaPosted:

Good for me since I still have the 360.