EA: We don’t expect Battlefield 3 to beat Modern Warfare 3

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There has been a lot of mudslinging and smack talking between the heads of EA and Activision, where EA folks have repeatedly stated that Battlefield 3 is designed to take down Modern Warfare 3 and that Call of Duty will be over in 2-3 years. That’s EA when they’re speaking in general to create hype around their product.
However, the tone is quite different when they’re talking to investors and shareholders. EA CFO Eric Brown recently told a group of investors that they don’t expect Battlefield 3 to surpass Modern Warfare. Brown said:
“Just to be clear, the [Call of Duty] franchise did about 23 million units worldwide. We don’t expect to surpass them with this year’s Battlefield 3, just to be very clear.”
To borrow the phrase from Brown, “just to be very clear”, no one really expected Battlefield 3 to beat Modern Warfare 3 in terms of units sold, but it will most certainly give it a run for its money. Many industry analysts expect Battlefield 3 sales to top 10 million, and the game is off to a great start, if recent pre-order numbers are any indication: Battlefield 3 has been pre-ordered 1.25 million times to date, with a month and a half left until game launch.

http://bf3blog.com/2011/09/ea-we-dont-expect-battlefield-3-to-beat-modern-warfare-3/

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sexandcandyPosted:

I find it hilarious that most COD fans are ravenous 13 year old kids, that don't know how to spell or back up an argument. I agree MW2.5 will win in terms of sales, because it's COD and the idiots will buy it, but BF3 will offer better gameplay in the long run, although i might admit that i'm looking forward to the MW3 campaign, i still think BF3 will blow that game away.

DRoseMVPPosted:

lisinski269
Poetic
That_Scene_Kid
DRoseMVP Quality > Quantity

By that logic MW3 Is going to be better than BF3.
The quality of MW3 is greater than BF3.
Gameplay > Graphics.
MW3 > BF3

But then you realize BC2's gameplay blew away any of the recent CODs.
whoever said bc2 gameplay blew away any of the recent CODs is stupid. assuming u mean MW2 and Black ops, Mw2 has sold over 20 million copies and As of January 18, 2010, it has taken over $1 billion in sales, being the second best selling video game in the world, and the #1? Black ops. After six weeks on release, Activision reported Black Ops had earned $1 billion in sales. selling more than 24 million copies while BC2 sold a measly 5 million copies. facts don't lie COD is better than Battlefield and always will be

Someone does not understand the word "gameplay" lol.
He said gameplay, not sales.

lisinski269Posted:

Poetic
That_Scene_Kid
DRoseMVP Quality > Quantity

By that logic MW3 Is going to be better than BF3.
The quality of MW3 is greater than BF3.
Gameplay > Graphics.
MW3 > BF3

But then you realize BC2's gameplay blew away any of the recent CODs.
whoever said bc2 gameplay blew away any of the recent CODs is stupid. assuming u mean MW2 and Black ops, Mw2 has sold over 20 million copies and As of January 18, 2010, it has taken over $1 billion in sales, being the second best selling video game in the world, and the #1? Black ops. After six weeks on release, Activision reported Black Ops had earned $1 billion in sales. selling more than 24 million copies while BC2 sold a measly 5 million copies. facts don't lie COD is better than Battlefield and always will be

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Poetic
Rozy EVERY BATTLEFIELD FANBOY PLEASE SHUT UP NOW! Even the makers of your game said MW3 will win in sales and if they win in sales that means it is better. Its like saying a ford focus is better than a chevy camaro. CoD will always outsell and be better then battlefield games.

You know realize by your logic, you are saying a ford taurus is better than a bugatti veyron.

Owned xD

SlightlyPoeticPosted:

Rozy EVERY BATTLEFIELD FANBOY PLEASE SHUT UP NOW! Even the makers of your game said MW3 will win in sales and if they win in sales that means it is better. Its like saying a ford focus is better than a chevy camaro. CoD will always outsell and be better then battlefield games.

You know realize by your logic, you are saying a ford taurus is better than a bugatti veyron.

lisinski269Posted:

DRoseMVP
CastleCrashers
That_Scene_Kid
DRoseMVP Quality > Quantity

By that logic MW3 Is going to be better than BF3.
The quality of MW3 is greater than BF3.
Gameplay > Graphics.
MW3 > BF3

your logic is illogical then because gameplay is superior in most peoples opinions that have actually played several ours of both. i started out as a CoD fanboy but trust me once you play it and get far it will just consume you. sure its slow paced at first but once your squad get in the objective and you spawn and just spray and pray and work together and take it down it becomes better than CoD. in CoD sure its fun when you go for the objective, but most of the time in CoD when you play domination without a full 6-man party no one and even with a party people will barley go for the objective but in BF your WHOLE 12 man team goes for it. even the little kid camping in the back with a tank or using the UAV they just shoot at the objective and support cover fire and that is way better quality than CoD will ever have.

Exactly... We already know how MW3 will be, because it is just a dlc on a disc for MW2. Gameplay looks exactly the same. BF3 on the otherhand..... I played the Alpha and I was blown away.


some people perfer BF and most ppl perfer COD thats what this article is about.

SlightlyPoeticPosted:

That_Scene_Kid
DRoseMVP Quality > Quantity

By that logic MW3 Is going to be better than BF3.
The quality of MW3 is greater than BF3.
Gameplay > Graphics.
MW3 > BF3

But then you realize BC2's gameplay blew away any of the recent CODs.

KikotronPosted:

itzjustyn So... How about that Gears of War?


I'm gonna laugh if Gears of War 3 does better than BF3.
Im getting it for sure, to copys of it!
Can't wait!

leightonboy1Posted:

Im a fan of COD and BF3 i will be getting both they both look good and i prefer COD becuz thats what i started playing first and im good at it but i think BF3 is just as good becuz of how the game plays and most of the COD fanboys should stop talking trash to me its even getting annoying.

-uJelly_FanboyPosted:

I think both of the games will be great I've already preordered both of them. I guarantee you both games will be really good.


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