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

GetFreakyyPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

its just jealousy, simple as that.

vFiiR3Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Balistics_Ninja Hey guys you wanna know how to play any game without any mods its called a PS3! Like i know who was the smart cookie that came up with that. The world may never know.and if you dont care about mods play on xbox there I fixed that problem for ya. and yes I haveboth so i know what they are both like

You serious? Have you not heard of the Homebrew or whatever the f its called? And do you not recall that they shut the PSN servers down for like 2 weeks BECAUSE of all the MODDING?

LagCausesRagePosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Hey guys you wanna know how to play any game without any mods its called a PS3! Like i know who was the smart cookie that came up with that. The world may never know.and if you dont care about mods play on xbox there I fixed that problem for ya. and yes I haveboth so i know what they are both like

TauntzEPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

You fanboys make me giggle with your 20 comment long quotes. Just wait until the game ACTUALLY comes out instead of making presumptions.

aimiami12Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

shut up ea and let the sales talk. I think bf3 could be better then mw3 but ea keeps talking about everything wrong with MW3

Jacob8hockeyPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

A little harsh words that definetly weren't needed at all. I am looking forward to BF3 more this year for the first time. Doesn't mean I am not getting MW3 it just means I might wait it out and get it for my birthday or christmas etc...

Also I am not sure about anyone else but I can't wait for the Halo 4 comparisons :D Halo 4 will be the greatest game ever made imo.

DpunkzPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Rotting From The core really wow I am a cod fan never played bf looks good but im sticking with cod its also funny to read some of the comments on this Lmfao

shadow1Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Fraace
shadow1

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.

Ok let us go into grammar and spelling wars like mature adults shall we? First, I dont care if you played BC1 and 1943, I said you probably played BFBC2, but it's different from the oringinal BF series. So I basicly said you never played BF1 or 2.

Next, there was a certain reason why I did not use the 'Enter' key. The reason is that the post will be too long and you will not be able to read my amazing post.

Third, learn to Capitalize your 'I's. Thats how we know that you are a mature adult.

Next, it's not hard to destroy a wooden wall with a simple RPG-7. You dont need a tank to destroy something.

I said you hate tanks because you couldn't take them out so easily like in WaW.

I know there is quickscoping, I even said "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." That means no bolt action rifle. Herp Derp.

Look up the engine for Cod. They've been using the same Quake 4 engine since Cod 4.

BF3 still has more to come so your thing about saying "We've seen all battlefields got to offer." Is false.

Ok, let me just get my trusted Desert Eagle and shoot my friend. (Goes onto MW2 for 5 minutes and hated putting a foul game into my xbox and shoot my friend with a Desert Eagle.) Guess what, I just killed my friend from 10 feet away and not on hard core!

How can that trailer of 'Black Tuesday' blow all of BF3 trailers away? Please tell me.

Oh look! A bear! Oh wait...thats not a full grown one....

shadow1Posted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

Fraace
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.

Ok let us go into grammar and spelling wars like mature adults shall we? First, I dont care if you played BC1 and 1943, I said you probably played BFBC2, but it's different from the oringinal BF series. So I basicly said you never played BF1 or 2.

Next, there was a certain reason why I did not use the 'Enter' key. The reason is that the post will be too long and you will not be able to read my amazing post.

Third, learn to Capitalize your 'I's. Thats how we know that you are a mature adult.

Next, it's not hard to destroy a wooden wall with a simple RPG-7. You dont need a tank to destroy something.

I said you hate tanks because you couldn't take them out so easily like in WaW.

I know there is quickscoping, I even said "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." That means no bolt action rifle. Herp Derp.

Look up the engine for Cod. They've been using the same Quake 4 engine since Cod 4.

BF3 still has more to come so your thing about saying "We've seen all battlefields got to offer." Is false.

Ok, let me just get my trusted Desert Eagle and shoot my friend. (Goes onto MW2 for 5 minutes and hated putting a foul game into my xbox and shoot my friend with a Desert Eagle.) Guess what, I just killed my friend from 10 feet away and not on hard core!

How can that trailer of 'Black Tuesday' blow all of BF3 trailers away? Please tell me.

Oh look! A bear! Oh wait...thats not a full grown one....

iijesuschristPosted: Thu. Aug 18, 2011

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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.

Guys everybody knows in the back of your minds that BF3 is gonna be better no camping, no try hards, no whiny 10 year olds, no shit graphics, no bitch ass mods(on multiplayer for co-op would be cool), no no-lifes that use the phrase ur mom evry 30 seconds. see BF3 has none of this poop. BF3 has mature people who like to play the game period.

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