‘Some May Leave Call of Duty for Battlefield 3′

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Yep, it’s another Call of Duty vs. Battlefield type of post. Expect more of this as both games’ launch window nears.

This time it’s Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter weighs in on why Call of Duty’s Elite service might cause some players to “defect” to Battlefield 3.

We expect EA’s game (Battlefield 3) to perform exceedingly well, eclipsing the 6.5 million units sold by the last iteration, and think that Activision’s introduction of Call of Duty Elite (its premium subscription service) could cause a small number of loyal Call of Duty players to defect to EA’s game.
Michael Pachter on Elite causing CoD players to defect to BF3
He also thinks that there’s a chance that Modern Warfare 3 could set another entertainment record, yet again. This time toppling Black Ops’ 20 million units sold…but Battlefield 3 might cause Acitvision’s shares to come “under pressure” if it does really well.

While we think that Activision’s 2011 Call of Duty sales have the potential to eclipse last year’s mind-boggling 20 million units, due primarily to the network effect created by the game’s remarkable 17 million weekly active unique online players, we think that the company’s shares may come under pressure when EA’s game is launched, particularly if Battlefield 3 receives a 90+ Metacritic score.
Michael Pachter on CoD's sales and it being affected by BF3
Do you think Pachter’s correct in his analysis? It could just be me, but I suspect Battlefield 3 will sell significantly more than Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Call it a hunch, if you will.

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Source: http://deltagamer.com/9102/pachter-call-of-duty-elite-could-cause-cod-players-to-defect-to-battlefield-3

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DUGL4SPosted:

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RecklessMirror Modern Warfare 3 we all know is goin to be da ****...but it's all Treyarch's fault that Black ops was a fail..and because of that everyone thinks MW3 might be bad....Blame Treyarch 4 everything except for CoD5 and zombies....
MW3, GO GO GO
BFBC3 will and always have bad graphics...


BF3 having bad graphics? Are you retarded? The graphics in BF3 are miles ahead of MW3.
are you retarded?


CoD Fanboy denial at its best.

-SpiritPosted:

DUGL4S
RecklessMirror Modern Warfare 3 we all know is goin to be da ****...but it's all Treyarch's fault that Black ops was a fail..and because of that everyone thinks MW3 might be bad....Blame Treyarch 4 everything except for CoD5 and zombies....
MW3, GO GO GO
BFBC3 will and always have bad graphics...


BF3 having bad graphics? Are you retarded? The graphics in BF3 are miles ahead of MW3.
are you retarded?

DUGL4SPosted:

RecklessMirror Modern Warfare 3 we all know is goin to be da ****...but it's all Treyarch's fault that Black ops was a fail..and because of that everyone thinks MW3 might be bad....Blame Treyarch 4 everything except for CoD5 and zombies....
MW3, GO GO GO
BFBC3 will and always have bad graphics...


BF3 having bad graphics? Are you retarded? The graphics in BF3 are miles ahead of MW3.

RojoPosted:

Modern Warfare 3 we all know is goin to be da shit...but it's all Treyarch's fault that Black ops was a fail..and because of that everyone thinks MW3 might be bad....Blame Treyarch 4 everything except for CoD5 and zombies....
MW3, GO GO GO
BFBC3 will and always have bad graphics...

RojoPosted:

Modern Warfare 3 we all know is goin to be da shit...but it's all Treyarch's fault that Black ops was a fail..and because of that everyone thinks MW3 might be bad....Blame Treyarch 4 everything except for CoD5 and zombies....
MW3, GO GO GO
BFBC3 will and always have bad graphics...

-SpiritPosted:

i wont be switching the past battlfields were just to boring for me i want fast gameplay not spend 20 minutes looking for people just my .02 cents tho

DrPhil321Posted:

Well, I switched. So they were right about me.

ItzMercPosted:

im To lazy to read but this is not going to happen

almosteasyxPosted:

im leaving call of duty for battlefield, 60 percent of call of duty players are kids that only care about trickshots and gay youtube videos, the percentage is much less for battlefield, where teams actually die for the capture point, plus activision rob us with dlc PRICES

Sonic2k10Posted:

I might tbh, I'm tired of CoD's terrible servers and the face I'm always at a disadvantage because I have the best internet possible in my area. And blackops is oh so terribly bad.