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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KikotronPosted:

marcusmonsoon
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sexandcandy 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.
1st of all half the cod community is over 17 and like to play games based on skill and team work which is call of duty , i dont see why every 1 is hating on mw3 wen clearly we all know your gona get it and dont lie and say only for campain we all know your going true all prestige's you kids should really stop hating and see what's in front of you 2 new games coming out and you just seem to pretend that you hate it :/


I won't be getting it. Knowing that Black Ops was an epic fail of a game, it was the final straw for me.

Oh, and your argument about the CoD player base mainly consisting of 17+ year olds with skill: ht tp://www. youtube. com/watch?v=yc2FpUxmvEs

They seem to complain if anything. I could provide you with more links if you wanted.


You seem to forget Treyarch came up with Black OPS.. W@W was crap.. i knew Black OPS wasnt gonna be good.. but i still play Black OPS and im looking forward to MW3... on the other hand, what's Battlefield? Never played it.. never will.

marcusmonsoonPosted:

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sexandcandy 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.
1st of all half the cod community is over 17 and like to play games based on skill and team work which is call of duty , i dont see why every 1 is hating on mw3 wen clearly we all know your gona get it and dont lie and say only for campain we all know your going true all prestige's you kids should really stop hating and see what's in front of you 2 new games coming out and you just seem to pretend that you hate it :/


I won't be getting it. Knowing that Black Ops was an epic fail of a game, it was the final straw for me.

Oh, and your argument about the CoD player base mainly consisting of 17+ year olds with skill: ht tp://www. youtube. com/watch?v=yc2FpUxmvEs

They seem to complain if anything. I could provide you with more links if you wanted.

BAPEPosted:

I find it hilarious that people are arguing over a video game.

MacMiller4lifePosted:

Comen
x2LJ3x
sexandcandy 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.
1st of all half the cod community is over 17 and like to play games based on skill and team work which is call of duty , i dont see why every 1 is hating on mw3 wen clearly we all know your gona get it and dont lie and say only for campain we all know your going true all prestige's you kids should really stop hating and see what's in front of you 2 new games coming out and you just seem to pretend that you hate it :/

amen!


why does everyone compare the two just because there both shooters doesnt mean their anything alike battlefeild is more like a team based strategy game when call of duty is more of pick it up and shoot shit game so of course more kids will play it because it is easier to just pick it up and play and i think its obvious that both games are good or 10-50 million people wouldent buy the game just stop bitching and play the game you like because i doubt that anyone cares what you think or what anyone else thinks we all know some people will hate MW3 and everyone that plays MW3 for no apparent reason and we all know that some people will hate BF3 and everyone that play it for no reason but just stop bitching at everything related slightly to BF or MW


(and on a side note i know my spelling is shit but who really cares about that either because as long as you can read it who gives a shit)

TTG_KrayonzPosted:

Both games are great stop whining everybody!!!!

-EffyPosted:

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sexandcandy 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.
1st of all half the cod community is over 17 and like to play games based on skill and team work which is call of duty , i dont see why every 1 is hating on mw3 wen clearly we all know your gona get it and dont lie and say only for campain we all know your going true all prestige's you kids should really stop hating and see what's in front of you 2 new games coming out and you just seem to pretend that you hate it :/

amen!

TheBrownGuyPosted:

Still will be a good game

ClovrPosted:

both games will be great, but i still get to enjoy the nerds and fgts taking sides and raging over a video game :D

iGodlyPosted:

sexandcandy 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.
1st of all half the cod community is over 17 and like to play games based on skill and team work which is call of duty , i dont see why every 1 is hating on mw3 wen clearly we all know your gona get it and dont lie and say only for campain we all know your going true all prestige's you kids should really stop hating and see what's in front of you 2 new games coming out and you just seem to pretend that you hate it :/

TreyarchedPosted:

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.


so your saying black ops which is a CoD is better than BF2?
because that game just plain sucks the only good thing about it is zombies


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