Modern Warfare 3 “Rotting From the Core”

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And all I want to do, if you will, is to have them rot from the core', that's what EA had to say about Activision and the Call Of Duty games, as the company launches yet another attack ahead of the release of its own Battlefield 3.

EA has been trolling the Call Of Duty franchise for months now, with claims that Battlefield 3 is ‘flat out superior’ (and this long before Modern Warfare 3 had even been seen in public).

Activision hasn't quite been able to keep its mouth shut either, taunting EA about the fact that it still hasn't shown the console versions of Battlefield 3, but with this latest barb EA has taken the insults up a notch.

'I think that in a weird way it’s starting to feel a little to me like the Disneyland abstraction of a war game - a little bit jump the shark. So it feels a little bit like that to me,' said EA boss John Riccitiello in an interview with website IndustryGamers.

"The second thing is, I don’t know what’s in Elite right now, but based on what I’ve seen, I think they might’ve been better off holding the Elite thing and been a little more careful and show up a month after they’ve launched Modern Warfare 3,' he added.

'So I do think, though, that we’ve got the better game, the better tack. And if you think about your readership, it’s got a concentration of people that might tell the difference between a good game and a bad game. We’re going to do really well there.

'A lot of people bought Modern Warfare more for the coffee table and didn’t play it for 2 months. There’s sort of that mass audience... they’re going to win there. The question is, 'So, if the gamer buys our game and the mass audience buys their game, where do the two meet?' And all I want to do, if you will, is to have them rot from the core,' he continued.

Some might say he's got a point but are these really the sort of comments one of gaming's most powerful figures should be making in public? Maybe Bobby Kotick stole his Monster Munch or something but this sounds more like a schoolyard argument than insightful industry comment.

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Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/866644-call-of-duty-should-rot-from-the-core-trolls-ea-boss#ixzz1PWiiodEY

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agentmrpPosted:

kmarsh92
Fraace
ConnorHamilton
Fraace I hope Acttivision fights back. They aren't the now cause they KNOW they have already won.

When your opponent starts making immature sayings like this, they know that have lost, and just trying to get some sales in from 10yr olds trying to be cool.

See comments below me for examples.

v


Mad?

Bad?

Can't kill someone without a tank? Aww what a shame.


mad that you can only kill someone with...ghost motion sensor, ak 74u, noob tubes danger close, tac knife commando, ump45, mp40 in waw, m16 in cod4, MARTYRDOM in all cod games, 1887's prepatch,and JUGGERNAUT...aww what a shame
mad that battleshit always comes behind mw3??

kmarsh92Posted:

Fraace
ConnorHamilton
Fraace I hope Acttivision fights back. They aren't the now cause they KNOW they have already won.

When your opponent starts making immature sayings like this, they know that have lost, and just trying to get some sales in from 10yr olds trying to be cool.

See comments below me for examples.

v


Mad?

Bad?

Can't kill someone without a tank? Aww what a shame.


mad that you can only kill someone with...ghost motion sensor, ak 74u, noob tubes danger close, tac knife commando, ump45, mp40 in waw, m16 in cod4, MARTYRDOM in all cod games, 1887's prepatch,and JUGGERNAUT...aww what a shame

kmarsh92Posted:

metalhead0608 I am getting Battlefield 3 for strategy and team play.

I am getting MW3 for quickscoping and a bit of run and gun.

I agree that MW3 will sell more than BF3. Thats because run and gun is a pick up and play experience. You can start playing and rack up a few kills, or just camp. This is what appeals to the younger kids. Thats fine.

BF3 on the other hand is a game where you may end the game with less than 10 kills, but it doesnt matter because you are playing tactically as a team. This appeals to the more mature gamer. Also fine.

Thats my oppinion, but i shall be getting both games. Get the game you want and stop argueing.


Totally agree and when people are tired of rage quitting from a COD game for the 10,000th time in their life they will know where to go...i dont think anyone but a true cod fanboy/player has ever raged from a battlefield game its that fun

kmarsh92Posted:

vitent BFBC3 will surely be a hot contender against mw3 this time.


Its not Bad Company 3 its just Battlefield 3 dumbass they are two different games

NervicPosted:

BF3 appeals to the more mature end of gaming bcs you dont have the 11 year old gamers raging or anything

MW3 will have alot of those kids on so thats why I am getting BF3 before I get mw3

metalhead0608Posted:

GreeN097 These games still don't compare to Worms Armageddon


Love people like you who bring up random stuff in conversation. **** 3D war shooters. Lets all get along and play as 2D worms with rocket launchers :L

metalhead0608Posted:

I am getting Battlefield 3 for strategy and team play.

I am getting MW3 for quickscoping and a bit of run and gun.

I agree that MW3 will sell more than BF3. Thats because run and gun is a pick up and play experience. You can start playing and rack up a few kills, or just camp. This is what appeals to the younger kids. Thats fine.

BF3 on the other hand is a game where you may end the game with less than 10 kills, but it doesnt matter because you are playing tactically as a team. This appeals to the more mature gamer. Also fine.

Thats my oppinion, but i shall be getting both games. Get the game you want and stop argueing.

BlackGemhackerPosted:

CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG. MW3 AND BF3 ARE GOING TO GREAT GAMES!

DrPhil321Posted:

Fraace
ConnorHamilton
Fraace I hope Acttivision fights back. They aren't the now cause they KNOW they have already won.

When your opponent starts making immature sayings like this, they know that have lost, and just trying to get some sales in from 10yr olds trying to be cool.

See comments below me for examples.

v


Mad?

Bad?

Can't kill someone without a tank? Aww what a shame.


lulz at you thinking Bf takes less skill than CoD.


Let the flame war begin!

LINCEPosted:

I am buying GOW3 and BF3. I had buy all cod games, now i get bored they are all the same crap.