EA Claims Battlefield 3 Is “Flat Out Superior” To Call of Duty
“We know we have a big competitor,” EA CEO John Riccitiello stated in an investor’s meeting. “But head-to-head with Call of Duty in Q3, we have the superior game engine, a superior development studio, and a flat out superior game. Our goal is to significantly gain share in the huge FPS category and to put the other team on defense.”
Bold words, backed by bolder reality. At least on the part of game engine, with Activision feeling that Modern Warfare 3 should not have an advanced engine as it wold be “counter-productive.” Supported again by a significant increase in pre-orders to date, the Battlefield series currently sees a 700% rise “versus the same period before the launch of Battlefield: Bad Company 2.”
“A lot of people are telling us they want to play this game on day one,” the CEO insisted.
“This game is designed to take that game down,” he explained, referring to Battlefield 3. “If you’re looking for a battle of the titans – Red Sox vs Yankees… Microsoft or Google – and what the tip-off point is for this holiday season, this is it.”
Though Activision still has not announced a Call of Duty title for 2011, expectations lie in the final Infinity Ward title, Modern Warfare 3 to drop mid-November.
Will Battlefield 3 be able to sum up the audience that made Black Ops the best selling title of all time? Likely not, but expect EA to make a significant dent into the Activision dominated market this year.
MUST -BUY -BATTELFIELD 3 *** CALL OF DUTY MODER WARFARE 3? WHO IS THAT ?
battlefield will no doubt be charging extra for an online pass, so the multiplayer a couple months after release will suffer greatly, where as cod will remain consistently no1. I hate cod i hate ea i love battlefield :(
If EA does choose to issue the same online play pass system with this and further titles, I could see their sales dropping in the physical market faster. I think that this system may be a ploy to try and have users purchase digital copies of titles in the future, offering the “online pass” for free.
Damn straight
EA can talk big they can tell me they have the batter game and all that other crap but so far they haven’t proven anything with Battlefield 3 except some good looking trailers. Activision have not released any info about there next COD so there either thinking (we have nothing to worry about) or there thinking (we need to change this this and this) i think EA played there cards to early and activision is laughing
P.S. i will be getting BF3 but i dont think its the superior game COD already has it in the bag
It’s completely unnecessary for EA to taut Battlefield as the better series. The fanbase already knew that.
WAKA WAKA WHAT IS THIS COD THING I KEEP HEARING ABOUT ALL I SEE ABOVE THIS COMMENT SECTION IS, THAT BUILDING TUMBLING DOWN BECAUSE OF AN RPG. WHEN YOU CAN DO THAT WITH AND RPG THE WAKA WAKA SKY IS THE LIMIT