Battlefield 3 vs. Modern Warfare 3 war rages on

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EA and Activision have been trading barbs for a while now concerning their respective shooter titles, Battlefield 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which will go head-to-head this fall. Recently, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick doubted Battlefield's presence on consoles, and EA boss John Riccitiello fired back, saying Activision feels "threatened" by Battlefield. During our meeting with Riccitiello at E3, he went even further, telling us that he wants Activision's franchise to "rot from the core," and he thought the pre-announcement of the Elite subscription was a terrible idea.

What does "rot from the core" mean? Essentially, he's saying that Call of Duty has become a mass market phenomenon but that hard core gamers will recognize the quality of Battlefield vs. Call of Duty this holiday and will, he believes, gravitate towards Battlefield instead.


Riccitiello began, "The honest truth is I think Modern Warfare is going to be a really good game. 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. And I think there’s a market for that. I think our game is more authentic. It’s definitely going to do a lot of things better. Lighting’s better, physics is better, animations are better, particle effects are better, vehicles are better. I think there’s a lot of things to like about our product and I think it’s going to be a great battle."

"So headline number one, having a clash of the titans in entertainment [is great]. If you’re battling your cholesterol drug versus somebody else’s cholesterol drug, there are only so many people who need cholesterol drugs. The market is getting bigger, but it’s all about cholesterol. So the market divides. Your chips versus my chips. Maybe it gets bigger. But this is great for consumers. When two titans go up against each other, and battle each other for how you’re going to spend your entertainment time and dollars, it doesn’t get better than that. So as a headline, I think this is the best time in the game industry. I love when this happens."

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Source: http://www.industrygamers.com/news/ea-ceo-wants-call-of-duty-to-rot-from-the-core/

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ImmortalTechniquePosted:

elfyyevo i was gonna buy bf3 but ea is just bashing on cod and now im not buying it. **** ea


BS to that your just a CoD fan boy just using that as an excuse and also EA is not bashing CoD they are only "Speaking The Fning Truth!"

ImmortalTechniquePosted:

iAmMasterF if you don't prefer COD, it's because you suck at it.

Battlefield is not better.. Stop lying to yourself.


No Not really I am really good at CoD just that it is the same game over and over again(AKA Copy Paste Duty). That's why I hate it.

marcusmonsoonPosted:

iAmMasterF if you don't prefer COD, it's because you suck at it.

Battlefield is not better.. Stop lying to yourself.
Keep believing that. Just another typical CoD fanboy deluded by his own fallacies about a videogame. I could say the exact same for you:

"If you don't prefer Battlefield, it's because you suck at it."

There, happy? And if you disagree with this statement, you are deterring your own logic. Otherwise known as being a hypocrite. Have a good day.

archmeister4Posted:

ive played battlefield 1&2 and they are nothing compared to cod. The only reason y people play battlefield is because they are annoyed at all the campers


MW3 for the win

FraacePosted:

shadow1 Wow. The huge quote made it impossible to read/quote. Nice.

'To fraance,
I do remember how amazing BC2 looked like it was very amazing dont you think? Surely you do remember that debate we had on another topic, how you said you won by counter acting a arguement? But I the counter acted that and you have never come back to talk. It made me really sad. I remember not saying anything bad about MW3 on this topic, I just said you never played it (multiplayer wise). And I can surely be a BF fanboy if I'm getting both can I?'

Thats all i saw. >.< Anyways,

Hi shadoh.

It was fun. For 2 weeks..

Yes i do. :D Memories
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So which one did you play? MW3 or BFBC2? I know how easy is to get MW3 beta.


What? lol. Mw3 isn't out dude.

superduper97Posted:

Blakeaphobia Instead of whining at each other like a couple of b1tch3s, they should do a cagematch bareknuckle brawl to the death and just get it over with. I'm sick of all the fighting.

Oh MW3 pwns BF3
Nuh uh! BF3 pwns MW3!

SHUT THE **** UP!!! seriously I'm sick of all these flame wars.

They're both gonna be excellent games, some like BF3, while some like MW3. you can't win them all. Ppl have different likes and dislikes. So stop flaming and arguing, buy your games and shut the hell up!


I AGREE

AmbicidalPosted:

Kryteria ha EA taking " 60 or 70" battleWhat??? EA should be the first to know not to make a "knock off" or try to compete with the "orginial" since I mean EA OWNS ALL NFL FRANCHISE and all the other football games make a million copys sold after 10 years of shelf life., its a joke to be honest I mean I k now Black Ops made a lot of money but imo it dont match up with MW2 but Battle whatever is like opening a gift on christmas and its socks.

Activision will be lowered to 60 or 70 percent at best. Most people are bored of CoD and will move to a game that looks amazing. I can't really read what your saying but it appears as if you think that Battlefield has copied the original, being Call of Duty. If that is truly what your saying then I'm here to tell you you're wrong. Battlefield has over 15 games, while Call of Duty has 8. And Battlefield has been building games for a helluva lot longer time.

elfyyevoPosted:

i was gonna buy bf3 but ea is just bashing on cod and now im not buying it. **** ea

iAmMasterFPosted:

if you don't prefer COD, it's because you suck at it.

Battlefield is not better.. Stop lying to yourself.

Momo50Posted:

DrPhil321
Evan-Almighty i think TTG is choosing Mw3 srry Mw2.5 cuz there all hopeing to get in 10th lobbys cuz unlike BF u cant hack in it
atleast on the console versions


Have you actually read their BF articles?

You have to be the biggest douche to want to get into a 10th lobby. i mean really whats the point of buying a $60 game if youre just going to cheat/mod its pointless


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