Modern Warfare 3 General Manager Not Impressed By Battlefield Franchise

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The developers behind Modern Warfare 3 may have 99 problems but Battlefield 3 ain’t one. Glen Schofield, general manager of MW3 co-developer Sledgehammer Games, has been singing the praises of their own military shooter as the release date for rival Battlefield 3 is just a week away. To douse the flames of excitement for Battlefield 3, Schofield made it clear that he does not see the title as a threat to his company. “Let’s just say that I still use Modern Warfare 2 as my competitor. I need to make sure that the millions of people that played Modern Warfare 2 will pick up this game, notice that it’s better, notice that it’s bigger, that there’s more in it, that there’s more polish, all that stuff. That’s what I’m concerned with – this community.”

Schofield claims that he had not heard of the Battlefield franchise until “five or six months ago,” when Battlefield 3′s marketing campaign began to build up steam. Throughout the summer, EA has been showcasing the capabilities of its stunning new Frost Engine that has shown graphic superiority to Call of Duty‘s latest games. After a confusing explanation of how game engines can be like a Porsche or spaghetti, Schofield appeared fed up with the comparisons, “I’ve said this before – I’m not shipping an engine, I’m shipping a game. So that’s why I’m going to talk about the game. You can talk about your engine all you want. It’s not fun.”
When asked about the lack of a MW3 beta, Schofield sidestepped the question. “Someone asked me that the other day. This game is so big between the campaign, the Spec-Ops and the multiplayer, there was so much work to do that I don’t know whether it hit anyone’s mind or not. We had XP and XP was in itself a way for 1,000s of people to play the game and for us to look over their shoulder and see how they were doing and how they liked it and that was really good.”

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Source: http://nightmaremode.net/2011/10/modern-warfare-3-gm-not-impressed-by-battlefield-franchise-12633/

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hellohi1995Posted:

mw2 is the competitor? I thought that everyone realized that that game was a piece of s***? I like games where developers have all attachments working before they ship the game and even now they all still dont work. They also have things spelled wrong and the worst perks ever: OMA and Commando. I like games where my developer and publisher isnt a money wh*** and will actually take care of their game, something i cant get from either MW3 or BF3, Mw3 being both, and Bf3 loving money with their online pass.

CombPosted:

Why is it always Slgudgehammer that talks like this? Leave to the game publishers to fight, not the designers.

GuyNamedBobPosted:

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Letsgooutside Lol if it wasnt for battlefield there wouldnt be a call of duty. He can gtfo


And if it wasnt for Medalof Honor their wouldnt be a battlefield. Actually there would, just like how if their wasnt a BF their would still be a COD. Don't be ignorant lmao. Don't try and act like BF3 didnt take ideas from COD games.

What ideas has Battlefield taken from CoD?


Have you played BFBC1, BFBC2, or the BF3. Im not even going to answer your question. Its obvious they took things from COD that made COD a successful franchise.

Its obvious they took some things from COD, and if you can't see what they took from COD, then you aren't too bright.

Hmm Battlefield 1942-September 10, 2002
Call Of Duty-October 29, 2003 who copied who in first person shooters. Anyways every game has copied pong by using a controller.


Hmm
Medal of Honor - November 11, 1999
Battlefield 1942-September 10, 2002
Call Of Duty-October 29, 2003

How much do you expect war fps games to change from each other?

And wasnt it made by EA too?


Lol, you don't even know the difference between developers and publishers.

I do, I just like saying irrelevant things.


Correction; You say dumbasss things, you are then proven wrong, which makes you look stupid, so you pretend as if you're doing it on purpose, when you're clearly not.

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and halo was the first to bring a good fps to console so they both are kinda stolen, bottom line battlefield says they are gonna beat cod every release and guess what they dont. i wish battlefield fanboys would shut up about how awesome they think they are but we all know that talk is going to continue even after cod destroys bf in sales
who cares? just STFU already!

RemeAmazePosted:

None of the battlefield fans have clearly never played battlefield or COD. You say cod is for lone wolfs and single player running and gunning and that BF is for team work then you couldn't be more wrong.For starter BF has 4 people chat hardly going to be able to communicate a team to attack when you physically can't talk to your team. On COD you can talk to your whole team and if you have ever played with a group of your mates then you will have definitely worked as a team. Secondly iv'e played battlefield since BF2 and i rarely find a game where it isnt filled with spastics who can barely shoot let alone use team work. On both games it is just filled with selfish pricks and your lucky if you find a team to work with anyway.

ThornygullPosted:

3OH3 It's funny because I have 99 problems.... And they all *******


And it's funny because IW is their own competition. They could care less about bf3 it seems. Which is the complete opposite for bf3. All they care about is making it look better than CoD. Which it entirely may be, but they don't have a big enough fan base to support them. When your competition is going to out sell you by millions you shouldn't be going around saying stuff like that because then your company looks like an ****

I'm pretty sure dice knew that MW3 would outsell BF3 from the start. They knew though that their game is better. They took the time to make their OWN engine (Unlike CoD who freaking uses a modified version of the quake 3 engine), they spent 4 years in total developing the game including the engine. They arn't trying to push one out every year just to make a tone of money.

TRiPLeO777Posted:

i am from the Netherlands and here is an TV program that is called GameKings yesterday they said that BF3 is for people that have the time to play the game Modern Warfare is just a game for fun. abd BF3 is very dumb they are really dumb because they released the beta they never have to come with a beta because everyone is saying those maps are to big,there are no killstreaks or something blablabla common guys THIS IS AS BETA!!!
it is everything except the whole game

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Goth_WolfPosted:

1) Love that everyone is saying Battlefield said they would beat COD in sales when they said they won't they said they'll take some away from them
2) Love how when BF creators make a comment that is taken out of context everyone flips a bitch but when Sledgehammer basically says BF is going to suck everyones cool with it
3) They are different gameplays in just about everyway Call of Duty is geared more towards fast past run and gun solo type players (reason why more then 50% of the players are 13 and below not saying its a bad thing just saying) Battlefield is geared more towards a realistic war battlefield so the games take upward of 15-30 minutes per game so more people find it boring
4) Love how everyone bases their opinion of a games quality off of multiplayer only I base a game off of Co-Op, Story mode, and Multiplayer which for me is why I prefer Treyarch games to Infinityward they hae had a better all around game then IF.

Overall both games are going to be great but for me I find the BF gameplay more appealing but I will still be getting MW3 for Survival Mode and all of my friends will be getting it.

SgTDoPeY13Posted:

TacoElite Meh. Call of Duty left me at Mw2. It was a good game but had major issues (modding). Ill stick with GoW, Halo, and Battlefield for my main shooters.


lol why are you on TTG if you had issues with the modding?

TTG-AdrianPosted:

I love watching you kids fighting over these two game like it's your family :D hahah "GTFO MW3 will Smash BF3!!", "MW3 Is gonna fail, I


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