People are using it in that between games way that I think now you're seeing that kind of rhetoric with the controller from Nintendo as well as the SmartGlass presentation from Microsoft. He continued, 'People are using it as that sidecar as they're playing. Hirshberg was reticent about diving any deeper into Wii U discussion, but he wanted people to remember that 'we were there with second screen enhancements with Call of Duty Elite last year and one of the primary uses we're finding comes through the tablet and through the smartphone.' It's certainly easy to imagine how Call of Duty on Wii U could add in some extra functionality for checking maps and weapons among other things on the Game Pad touch screen. We don't have announcements today but we will be supporting Wii U,' he said. 'We take out time to get our ducks in a row before pulling any trigger. One game that could make a big splash on Wii U is Black Ops II, which Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia believes is coming to the new console this holiday and 'should contribute to incremental sales of the title and also the Wii U console.' GamesIndustry International caught up with Activision and developer Treyarch last week at E3 to find out more.Īctivision has never been one to throw its support behind new platforms right away, Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg reminded us. While some core third-party titles were shown, the level of support probably isn't where it should be yet. Wii U, coming off E3, still has a lot to prove.

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