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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BrawleyPosted:

This game has been highly anticipated and in the making for quite some time. Wasn't a huge fan of AW so I hope they are able to bounce back and add another excellent game to their lineup.

BleachPosted:

-Robert-
1989 This is good for last gen users. It wouldn't be fair on them.


so they should just keep making games on old consoles just so its fair?

I dont agree with that at all, its time to move on from old consoles


I agree. Call of Duty is always falling behind. AW should've been current-gen only. But then again, Blops3 has been in development for a lot longer than most CoDs. The switch to current-gen is happening at a lot slower rate than previous generations.

-Robert-Posted:

1989 This is good for last gen users. It wouldn't be fair on them.


so they should just keep making games on old consoles just so its fair?

I dont agree with that at all, its time to move on from old consoles

1989Posted:

This is good for last gen users. It wouldn't be fair on them.

GILFPosted:

Nice to see that they still care about their fans that are on older gen consoles

PryzelPosted:

Really just praying this game isn't a massive fail like AW was...

MickersPosted:

Lyfe I just hope this game is half way decent but I got a feeling like its going to be another Fail.


Apart from the zombies, i agree dude.

DBKPosted:

Thats okay im just so siked for this game to come out!

OwenPosted:

Lyfe I just hope this game is half way decent but I got a feeling like its going to be another Fail.


If it's anything like bo2 it will be good

EarnPosted:

If they had it exclusive to a console then they would only get like 35% of sales compared to what they would normally get. I also feel like this game will be an even bigger failure than Advanced Warfare, they need to stop making it futuristic.