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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TheBrownGuyPosted:

They should both be great games....

invalidslinkyPosted:

epraider
gokuss2 i NEVER LIKED BF at all MW has always been better and always will be. just cuz some ppl cant get a kill without a tank or artillery doesnt meen that BF is better. MW3 will be better cuz it takes skill. BF just suckz A$$

There are so many things wrong with this statement. If you seriously think CoD takes skill, you better pick up a damn dictionary and look up the definetion, because NO skill is involved with CoD games AT ALL. YOU just seem to lack the knowledge and skill to counteract a tank, helicopter, or jet.
Um video games do not take skill. Except for pacman :)

babydangyPosted:

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.

Dude you need to calm yourself. That was by far the worst display of english I have ever seen. Instead of saying " you also probably hate it" over and over and over, why not just say it once and state the reasons why instead of regurgitating everything you. I'm CoD player but I also play BF there are problems with both games, no point to flip out just because somebody says MW3 will be better than BF. And actually they haven't even released anything about BF for 360 so it doesn't matter, everything they have released has been for the PC. Also I guess you didn't see the Spec Ops trailer for MW3 apparently. Both games will appease to the masses so why dont you just settle down, damn.

babydangyPosted:

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.

shadow1Posted:

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 your 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.

Sorry, due to my overly excessive comeback that by now blown you away, was too long and needs 2 post, here it is.

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

FluxtionPosted:

There is a difference between these two shooters.
CoD has always been a "run and gun" type of game.
BF has always been more of a Realistic Strategy Based FPS.
I think they're both going to be completely amazing.
It does disappoint me that EA is so aggressive towards Infinity Ward. Robert Bowling stated that "Battlefield 3 looks really good" "I might pick up a copy myself!"
I don't like EA's aggressiveness though. "Rot From The Core" Most likely if it wasn't for Activision, EA would still be making shitty ass Sims games. I loved Sims 1, but after that it turned to garbage.

epraiderPosted:

gokuss2 i NEVER LIKED BF at all MW has always been better and always will be. just cuz some ppl cant get a kill without a tank or artillery doesnt meen that BF is better. MW3 will be better cuz it takes skill. BF just suckz A$$

There are so many things wrong with this statement. If you seriously think CoD takes skill, you better pick up a damn dictionary and look up the definetion, because NO skill is involved with CoD games AT ALL. YOU just seem to lack the knowledge and skill to counteract a tank, helicopter, or jet.

shadow1Posted:

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 ass 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.

SnPrXMafiAPosted:

To enjoy BF3 you must be old enough to play with tactics and play with a team. Not run and gun and every man for him self and screw your whole team by being a retard. Battlefield takes skill and requires a certain mind set. If you like MW3 then you have the mind set of a 4 year old and love to do everything fast pace and hate having to work with others and actually coming up with a plan other then "we'll just run in and shoot everything that we see and use absolutely no cover at all and hopefully we'll win." Different people enjoy different things. Some play mature games and others enjoy childish games that tell you what do and not think for your self. thats all im sayin.

gokuss2Posted:

i NEVER LIKED BF at all MW has always been better and always will be. just cuz some ppl cant get a kill without a tank or artillery doesnt meen that BF is better. MW3 will be better cuz it takes skill. BF just suckz A$$


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