Raptr Report: Gamers Prefer Modern Warfare 3 over Battlefield 3

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According to opinion data from social networking service Raptr, more players were excited about the launch of Battlefield 3, thought that DICE was a more innovative developer than Infinity Ward, and that the Battlefield franchise has had a bigger impact on the FPS genre than Call of Duty. That data comes from a survey of over 6,000 respondents. But when you break down the numbers comparing hours played from Raptr’s user base of over 10 million gamers, it looks like most players prefer Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to Battlefield 3.
The statistics in Raptr’s latest report reveal that Xbox 360 players spent 40% more time playing Modern Warfare 3 on launch day than they did playing Battlefield 3 when it launched. “The battle for dominance for the first-person shooter market in 2011 is clearly in Activision’s favor,” said Raptr CEO Dennis Fong. “EA made a valiant effort evangelizing its fan base and generating massive support around the launch of Battlefield 3. Given how well received the game was, EA has a powerful opportunity to take things further next year, though it’s clear at this point that Call of Duty is a phenomenon that is unrivaled.”

Here are the key findings from Raptr’s report on playtime tracking:
- Xbox 360 players logged 40% more launch-day playtime in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, averaging 6.19 hours compared to 4.45 hours of Battlefield 3
- During each game’s first week of launch, Xbox 360 players logged 17% more per-user playtime in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, averaging 20.45 hours compared to 17.37 hours of Battlefield 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 accumulated more total hours played in one week post-launch than Battlefield 3 has in three weeks post-launch
- 53% of Battlefield 3 players on Xbox 360 are also playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, compared to just 31% of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 players who also played Battlefield 3
- During the first week of launch, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 stole more playtime from Battlefield 3 than any other game
- For the first time ever for any franchise, three Call of Duty games were in the top 10 playtime charts on Raptr

Here are the results from the survey:
- 81% of respondents were more excited for the launch of Battlefield 3
- 92% of respondents consider DICE a more innovative developer than Infinity Ward
- 58% of respondents said the Battlefield franchise has had a bigger impact on the FPS genre
- 80% of respondents feel the Call of Duty franchise generates more hype through its marketing

The survey paints a picture of a showdown between mainstream Hollywood-style blockbuster Modern Warfare 3 – and the more important and innovative Battlefield 3. So you’d think that this would lead to more playtime logged for DICE’s big shooter. The difference between the results of the survey and the hours logged in Raptr’s playtime report could have something to do with the survey itself, which offered respondents a chance to win a high-end custom gaming PC. Since the Call of Duty franchise is now considered by many to be more of a console shooter than Battlefield, the difference between player opinion and actual playtime in the recent Raptr report seems to make more sense. You can check out GamesRadar’s David Houghton’s take on the Modern Warfare 3 vs Battlefield 3 showdown here, but which title do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below!

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Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/players-prefer-modern-warfare-3-over-battlefield-3-says-raptr-report/

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LostPosted:

The Call of Duty series is just more respected right now, don't own the game.
I only give them two more CoD's until everyone just gives up on it ^_^
BF3 is just way overrated, I own the game and it is not good at all. Way to many glitches and lag not to mention the maps are way to big :P

KiiLERPosted:

aimiami12
MightyMitch
aimiami12 cod is cod. Its fun and fast paced
it also keeps the casual gamers interested, bf3 not so much...


Correction, it keeps the mindless noobs interested.
people like you give gamers a bad rep. Thinking your all big and tough with you talk... The mindless "noob" is the casual gamer, which makes up well over 60% of the gamers.
Cod keeps hardcore gamers interested as well as the "noob". Thats why they made Cod: Elite (although they could just do it like halo but thats a whole different topic)


the non mindless noobs, ya they can break the addiction IW a 3arch have put on them, i know kids who wont play any game but COD. Its fun, gets old a repetitive . We need more games like fallout, skyrim, KOTR, bf , rb6v.

If you can message me what KOTR and rb6v mean ill give you a present.

aimiami12Posted:

MightyMitch
aimiami12 cod is cod. Its fun and fast paced
it also keeps the casual gamers interested, bf3 not so much...


Correction, it keeps the mindless noobs interested.
people like you give gamers a bad rep. Thinking your all big and tough with you talk... The mindless "noob" is the casual gamer, which makes up well over 60% of the gamers.
Cod keeps hardcore gamers interested as well as the "noob". Thats why they made Cod: Elite (although they could just do it like halo but thats a whole different topic)

MrHipHopPosted:

well no s h i t

DopestDope_EvaPosted:

At least DICE made a better effort at making a better game. Come on DICE made changes to a game engine to enhance the game quality overall, last time i checked Modern Warfare 3 was still using the same engine from MW2.

Not saying anything bad about the games i just feel that EA/DICE put more effort into Battlefield 3.

Rather than Ativision/Infinity Ward did not for Modern Warfare 3.

-Dope

MightyMitchPosted:

DeadlyDasher
UnboundxSoviet
-Goblin- Ding Ding, Round 1. I knew BF3 was a garbage game . lol. I bet the game is dead now. Like BF3 will never have 2 million players playing its game unlike call of duty.

Battlefield started and was meant to be a PC game, but the series got ported to consoles. At least some people like to play something different then a multiplayer that has been recycled for 4 years.


So I guess every Halo after Halo 2 is recycled?
Every Gears of War is recycled?



There were huge gameplay changes to each Halo game - and they didnt come out every year for 4 years straight. In other words they actually put time and resources into advancing the experience. Activision fired the minds that created the original (hired/kept people who wouldnt question them), tacked on a few new skins each year, and scammed all the fanboys into paying for it. Fools.

TheBrownGuyPosted:

BF3 is more of a PC game

MightyMitchPosted:

aimiami12 cod is cod. Its fun and fast paced
it also keeps the casual gamers interested, bf3 not so much...


Correction, it keeps the mindless noobs interested.

MightyMitchPosted:

waaaaaat this is xbox though. the numbers on pc make bf3 look like it was the only game to come out this year lol.


The best part is these are stats from launch day. Obviously BF3 numbers are low, b/c the servers were screwed up for 3PM until the next day.

aimiami12Posted:

LtFlas It's funny how this pretty much says Battlefield 3 is better, but people still deny it. How do people play the same multiplayer every year? They should have just made Mw3 a map pack to Mw2.
i was like that until bf3 came out. Mw3 has a lot of things that are the same and different. The difference is mw3 is fast paced and its more fun to the casual gamer.