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.

Posted: Aug 18, 2011 10:07 am

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

Comments

TTG_PolarBearPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

CastleCrashers
TTG_Biohazard_Jr
Joey-
Fraace
kmarsh92
agentmrp
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??

only because only tried hards and little kids of 13 and younger suck there two dads **** for them to buy it because they think it is a good game and it is easy for them to do good...you as a perfect example

Just because your bad and need a tank to kill people, doesn't mean you need to be a ****.

BF Takes the fun away from FPS games. All tryhards.

there are far more try hards in call of duty, you dont get tanks on every map, and at least you get vehicals in call of duty the tanks are over kill in bf2 the tanks are moderately decent they arnt alwayse 1 hit, and there multipurpose

You guys look Pathetic fighting over a game,Its Just a Game.
how the **** does BF bring the fun away from FPS it encourages less camping it gives to in-game customization to take out those vehicles because you forgot to set a class. call of duty ruins FPS.also WaW had tanks ****, but you cant play that piece of **** game because of mods and the only good cod game, cod4, is also ruined by mods. but you can play all the battlefields because THERE IS NO MODS. Know why? because dice is the **** and **** rapes IW, Treyarch, Raven, and Sludgehammer

Nobody mods Battlefield because theres no point to modding it. The only thing maybe, would probably be to get max level, because you have to be a complete no life.

CastleCrashersPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

TTG_Biohazard_Jr
Joey-
Fraace
kmarsh92
agentmrp
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??

only because only tried hards and little kids of 13 and younger suck there two dads **** for them to buy it because they think it is a good game and it is easy for them to do good...you as a perfect example

Just because your bad and need a tank to kill people, doesn't mean you need to be a ****.

BF Takes the fun away from FPS games. All tryhards.

there are far more try hards in call of duty, you dont get tanks on every map, and at least you get vehicals in call of duty the tanks are over kill in bf2 the tanks are moderately decent they arnt alwayse 1 hit, and there multipurpose

You guys look Pathetic fighting over a game,Its Just a Game.

how the **** does BF bring the fun away from FPS it encourages less camping it gives to in-game customization to take out those vehicles because you forgot to set a class. call of duty ruins FPS.also WaW had tanks dumbass, but you cant play that piece of shit game because of mods and the only good cod game, cod4, is also ruined by mods. but you can play all the battlefields because THERE IS NO MODS. Know why? because dice is the shit and **** rapes IW, Treyarch, Raven, and Sludgehammer

TTG_DeluxePosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Joey-
Fraace
kmarsh92
agentmrp
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??

only because only tried hards and little kids of 13 and younger suck there two dads **** for them to buy it because they think it is a good game and it is easy for them to do good...you as a perfect example

Just because your bad and need a tank to kill people, doesn't mean you need to be a ****.

BF Takes the fun away from FPS games. All tryhards.

there are far more try hards in call of duty, you dont get tanks on every map, and at least you get vehicals in call of duty the tanks are over kill in bf2 the tanks are moderately decent they arnt alwayse 1 hit, and there multipurpose

You guys look Pathetic fighting over a game,Its Just a Game.

NopePosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Fraace
kmarsh92
agentmrp
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??

only because only tried hards and little kids of 13 and younger suck there two dads **** for them to buy it because they think it is a good game and it is easy for them to do good...you as a perfect example

Just because your bad and need a tank to kill people, doesn't mean you need to be a ****.

BF Takes the fun away from FPS games. All tryhards.

there are far more try hards in call of duty, you dont get tanks on every map, and at least you get vehicals in call of duty the tanks are over kill in bf2 the tanks are moderately decent they arnt alwayse 1 hit, and there multipurpose

killer_B5000Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Even if BF3 were to "win" this year, do you guy's really think all the cod fans will really move over to BF3? Cod is always going to be the best, nuff said.

TTG_PolarBearPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

MW3. has already won. If EA has resorted to saying they hope cod rots from the core, that means there scared. They have pretty much had there multiplayer leaked, and then they decide to pretty much almost release all there content on multiplayer. Activision has barely released anything and..Robert Bowling I think? Has even said Battlefield looks good, he might buy it. No need for EA to get that aggresive

TTG_R0bbi3Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

TheBrownGuy They should both be great games....

Agreed I'm definitely getting both

FraacePosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

shadow1
Yo COD dck Sucking fraance, just because you need a overpowered weapon to kill somebody, doesn't allow you to talk sht about a series you have never played at all. You probably player BFBC2, which is different from the oringinal BF series, and hated it how when you played conquest or rush, you had to wait 10 seconds to spawn back. You aso probably hated it due to the fact you cover will be blown apart by skilled players. You also probably hate it due to the fact you need to run across a battle field to get a kill. You also probably hate it because there are no kill streaks. You also probably hate it because you cant combine and mix match classes. You also probably hate it because you are so used to old, WW2, slow moving tanks that are so easy to take down, but in bf, they are ctually fast like they are suppose to be and can run your **** over. You also probably hate it because how long it takes to kill somebody. You also probably hate it because you cant 'Quick Scope' in the game. You also probably hate it because yo have to be patient to kill somebody with sniper. You also probably hate it because on how slow you move. Until you give a efficiant reason on why this game will fail and MW3 will be better, your just going to be sht on by everybody else. And oh, go ahead and say that i cant play that game without a tank, because i know i can because i am a skilled player unlike you. And lets see, what have we seen from MW3? NOTHING! They just told us in words whats going to be in it. Well let me tell you, the stuff we heard is the same thing over and over again. Also, what makes you think that BF3 graphics looks like your playing it through a coffee maker? When i go and look at MW3, it looks like some sort of run down Quake 4 engine with a wii ram. And to break it to you, MW3 DOES NOT HAVE QUICKSCOPING! Sure you can quickly zoom in with a sniper again, but wait, with a gun that is identicle to a PGS1, the terrible M14EBR, and the trigger spamming Barret .50 Cal. Now come at me with any sort of insult, there is nothing you can say at all. I just broke all of you terrible insults. And one final thing, they arnt fighting bak because they know if your a cat and get attacked by a bear, you wont fight back, you will just sit in the corner and pretend you have something to annihilate the sht out of somebody.

LOL That was hard to read. That 'Enter' key? Use it.

I suck dck. Wow, i can see im dealing with a mature adult. Oh wait..

Guns aren't overpowered. Take even one hit from a silenced pistol. See how it feels.

I've played BFBC2 BFBC and BF1943. Your theory fails.

Cover blown apart by skilled players. lol. You mean tanks.

Modern tanks are faster than WW2 tanks? NO WAY.

Wow. I 'also probably hate' alot of stuff. >.<

You just gave yourself like 10 reasons why Mw3 will be better...

Im sure you are skilled. Spent too much time playing instead of.. you know.. learning how to use grammar or... spell.

Exactly. We haven't seen anything from Mw3. We've seen all battlefields got to offer. Its nice. But the one trailer we saw from Mw3 blew it away.

I never said anything about coffee or graphics. lol. I admit, BF3 graphics look brilliant. But graphics as good as even.. cod4 is acceptable for gamers. Too much wasted resources on graphics in BF3.

Quake 4? Seriously? Wii ram? Wow. Nice.

Quickscoping has already been confirmed. Fail.

Yerp. You killed my insults. And by killed i mean make them stronger, nice one!

I don't need to insult anyways. Mw3 will be the more successful game. Its not hard to work out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57VbE0J9niw

Cats > Bears. At least cats don't kill people.

FraacePosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

shadow1
Fraace
kmarsh92
agentmrp
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??

only because only tried hards and little kids of 13 and younger suck there two dads **** for them to buy it because they think it is a good game and it is easy for them to do good...you as a perfect example

Just because your bad and need a tank to kill people, doesn't mean you need to be a ****.

BF Takes the fun away from FPS games. All tryhards.

Yo COD dck Sucking fraance, just because you need a overpowered weapon to kill somebody, doesn't allow you to talk sht about a series you have never played at all. You probably player BFBC2, which is different from the oringinal BF series, and hated it how when you played conquest or rush, you had to wait 10 seconds to spawn back. You aso probably hated it due to the fact you cover will be blown apart by skilled players. You also probably hate it due to the fact you need to run across a battle field to get a kill. You also probably hate it because there are no kill streaks. You also probably hate it because you cant combine and mix match classes. You also probably hate it because you are so used to old, WW2, slow moving tanks that are so easy to take down, but in bf, they are ctually fast like they are suppose to be and can run your **** over. You also probably hate it because how long it takes to kill somebody. You also probably hate it because you cant 'Quick Scope' in the game. You also probably hate it because yo have to be patient to kill somebody with sniper. You also probably hate it because on how slow you move. Until you give a efficiant reason on why this game will fail and MW3 will be better, your just going to be sht on by everybody else. And oh, go ahead and say that i cant play that game without a tank, because i know i can because i am a skilled player unlike you. And lets see, what have we seen from MW3? NOTHING! They just told us in words whats going to be in it. Well let me tell you, the stuff we heard is the same thing over and over again. Also, what makes you think that BF3 graphics looks like your playing it through a coffee maker? When i go and look at MW3, it looks like some sort of run down Quake 4 engine with a wii ram. And to break it to you, MW3 DOES NOT HAVE QUICKSCOPING! Sure you can quickly zoom in with a sniper again, but wait, with a gun that is identicle to a PGS1, the terrible M14EBR, and the trigger spamming Barret .50 Cal. Now come at me with any sort of insult, there is nothing you can say at all. I just broke all of you terrible insults. And one final thing, they arnt fighting bak because they know if your a cat and get attacked by a bear, you wont fight back, you will just sit in the corner and pretend you have something to annihilate the sht out of somebody.

AZba11inPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

babydangy MW2 is not the best FPS game of all-time. I would much rather play MW1 anyday over MW2, but you can't because of all the damn jtags ruining everything. BF will probably be better but MW3 will sell more for the sheer fact they have much larger fan base. Where I live BF will be lucky to sell a 300 copies cause everybody I talk to says they aren't getting it.

I agree with everything in that statement except spec ops is going to be legit

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