Activision Slashing Clan Support From COD: Ghosts On Wii U

<p>Nintendo fans have had to make do with a lot of cutting recently from third-party developers and the company has gone out of its way since the release of the Wii U to try and assure fans that they will not be getting second-rate versions of popular third-party games in the face of both the PS4 and Xbox One at the start of the next-generation of home video game consoles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That assurance can now be truly binned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The official FAQ for the new clan system of COD&colon; Ghosts reads&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;Clans in Call of Duty&colon; Ghosts will include deeper in-game integration and more features&comma; from in-game Clan Management and Clan–specific playlists to the all-new Call of Duty Clan Wars game mode available in the new Call of Duty app&period; This year also introduces cross-platform Clans&comma; allowing players to create and&sol;or join a single Call of Duty&colon; Ghosts Clan across the following platforms&colon; including Xbox 360&comma; Xbox One&comma; PlayStation 3&comma; PlayStation 4 and Windows PC&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And just to add further concerns&comma; Twitter user &commat;BagirovEmmanuel asked Activion&&num;8217&semi;s Dan Amrich &lpar;&commat;OneOfSwords&rpar; directly about the exclusion of Wii U from that very list&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;&commat;OneOfSwords Why is the Wii U excluded from the clans feature in your FAQ&quest;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;&commat;BagirovEmmanuel I am basing it on this document&comma; which does not list Wii U as supported by the Clans system&colon; ow&period;ly&sol;qgysT&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Is this yet another shot towards Nintendo needing to rely on first-party software for its console to get any hardcore notice&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gonintendo&period;com&sol;&quest;mode&equals;viewstory&amp&semi;id&equals;215678">Go Nintendo<&sol;a> &amp&semi;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;OneOfSwords&sol;statuses&sol;394995746820620289"> Twitter<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2013&sol;10&sol;wii&lowbar;u&lowbar;players&lowbar;wont&lowbar;be&lowbar;able&lowbar;to&lowbar;join&lowbar;a&lowbar;clan&lowbar;in&lowbar;call&lowbar;of&lowbar;duty&lowbar;ghosts">Nintendo Life<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;c8bc16e5-a35f-425f-aea5-32ba3a0bc7f7" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;