Will Call of Duty 3 ever make it to PC/Steam?

[Notabene]

So all the main Call of Duty games are available on PC and Steam if you are a collector or simply want to get the titles from CoD 1 to WWII.

But one game is oddly missing, Call of Duty 3, and I'd like if people have any info why? I'm sure Activision has some ♥♥♥♥ excuse like the old, almost meme-worthy "they lost the source code", but beside simply emulating or porting it, what are the reason why CoD 3 is not available and do you think it'll eventually change?

[GH]

It was purely for console, which you already know. But I think it was probably one of the Call of Duty's that Activion would want to forget about, it wasn't that great of a game, same goes for Call of Duty 2 Big Red One (also Console only).

You never know though, they might do some re-mastered versions of them. Both those titles were made by Treyarch (WaW, Black Ops 1, 2 and 3), they may do a release like COD4 re-mastered, however it's going to be a while until Treyarch release another COD title (Nov 2018).

You could have a ratch around for a PS3 Emulator and find the game for the PS3 Emulator.

[TIGER BATE]

you are forgetting a few more cods that are console exclusive: call of duty: finest hour, call of duty 2: big red one, (the one General Hopper just mentioned.) and call of duty world at war: final fronts, (completely exclusive to the ps2.) but cod 1: united offensive NEVER came to consoles, meaning its the only pc exclusive cod, (not counting cod online) sure, cod 1 did get released to consoles in the 2009 re-release: call of duty classic, but united offensive never got re-released even though they had the option to when making call of duty classic, i think we should be wondering: will cod 1: united offensive ever make it to consoles? and yes, same thing for the console exclusives, everybody should have everything.

[Notabene]

Originally posted by TIGER BATE:

you are forgetting a few more cods that are console exclusive: call of duty: finest hour, call of duty 2: big red one, (the one General Hopper just mentioned.) and call of duty world at war: final fronts, (completely exclusive to the ps2.) but cod 1: united offensive NEVER came to consoles, meaning its the only pc exclusive cod, (not counting cod online) sure, cod 1 did get released to consoles in the 2009 re-release: call of duty classic, but united offensive never got re-released even though they had the option to when making call of duty classic, i think we should be wondering: will cod 1: united offensive ever make it to consoles? and yes, same thing for the console exclusives, everybody should have everything.

I'm not saying everybody should have everything. I'm saying all main/cannon CoD games are on PC, except for the CoD 3.

The games you mentioned, although it's be good to have them on PC, are merely spin-offs.

It's weird and frustrating to have Call of Duty 1, United Offensive, 2, WAW, MW 1, MW 2, MW3, BO 1, BO 2, BO 3, Advanced, Infinite, Ghost and WWII but not...Call of Duty 3.

[Merim]

In this case from what everyone is saying, best chances is playing it through emulator.

[TIGER BATE]

Originally posted by Merim:

In this case from what everyone is saying, best chances is playing it through emulator.

Or getting the consoles they were released on helps too, cod 3 being the easiest to acquire because it was released on every main stream home consoles at the time, plus, the 360 version can be played on the xbox one, (gamecube was discontinued in 2006 because the wii came out) and cod waw: final fronts being the hardest because, like i said before, it's only released on the ps2, and nothing else. (once again, the original xbox could've been an option too, but they discontinued it too, even though xbox live on that console was still being supported for a few more years)

[QUACK-FU]

I know it is a long time since somebody comment on this but I couldn´t resist.

Call of Duty 3 was made by Treyarch, but they were already pressured with the release of Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. Therefore Treyarch had a shorter amount of time to make a game for next gen consoles at the time. Because of this, they had to scrap the PC version. Simple as that not Activisions fault or maybe it was!! Because Cod 3 didnt make not enough proffit to Activison or Treyarch?? Anybody who knows about "with the proffit"??

[futurafrlx]

Just buy an Xbox or use RPCS3.

[Notabene]

Originally posted by futurafrlx:

Just buy an Xbox or use RPCS3.

That's not the point, I know I could use RPCS3 or anything else, I'm talking about getting the actual entire franchise/collection on Steam.

[Blooze]

Hey, I'm a collector too.

Also own all CoD parts in my Steam library, except Cod 3 & now BO4 too.

But that Cod 3 isn't on Steam is a shame.

It belongs to the series and therefore also to the collection and should also be available on Steam to complete it, just for the nostalgic.
Unfortunately, CoD is too for-profit, so this probably won't happen.

At least I can play it on PS2 but it's not the same and feels incomplete.

But I believe that Bo4 will appear on Steam in the future as the other cods have followed in recent years.

[Dynamonic]

I still hope that someday, we'll be able to play Call of Duty 3 here on Steam. I thoroughly enjoyed the campaign on my Xbox 360 back in the day.
I have a soft spot for the other console exclusives, 'Finest Hour' and 'Big Red One' too, and it would be great to play them again as well!

[Msooby]

yes it should have come to windows long ago

[pauldiazberrio]

Originally posted by Notabene:

Originally posted by futurafrlx:

Just buy an Xbox or use RPCS3.

That's not the point, I know I could use RPCS3 or anything else, I'm talking about getting the actual entire franchise/collection on Steam.

This is already a reality for the DOS classic games. Nightdive Studios and a a few other companies had a wide vision and right now, I say they deserve all the credit in the world. I agree that COD 3 and Big Red one should be ported to PC, but it all comes down to marketing results, who does better, who does worse, or who has the most devotion to the old games.