Modern Warfare 3 “Rotting From the Core”

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And all I want to do, if you will, is to have them rot from the core', that's what EA had to say about Activision and the Call Of Duty games, as the company launches yet another attack ahead of the release of its own Battlefield 3.

EA has been trolling the Call Of Duty franchise for months now, with claims that Battlefield 3 is ‘flat out superior’ (and this long before Modern Warfare 3 had even been seen in public).

Activision hasn't quite been able to keep its mouth shut either, taunting EA about the fact that it still hasn't shown the console versions of Battlefield 3, but with this latest barb EA has taken the insults up a notch.

'I think that in a weird way it’s starting to feel a little to me like the Disneyland abstraction of a war game - a little bit jump the shark. So it feels a little bit like that to me,' said EA boss John Riccitiello in an interview with website IndustryGamers.

"The second thing is, I don’t know what’s in Elite right now, but based on what I’ve seen, I think they might’ve been better off holding the Elite thing and been a little more careful and show up a month after they’ve launched Modern Warfare 3,' he added.

'So I do think, though, that we’ve got the better game, the better tack. And if you think about your readership, it’s got a concentration of people that might tell the difference between a good game and a bad game. We’re going to do really well there.

'A lot of people bought Modern Warfare more for the coffee table and didn’t play it for 2 months. There’s sort of that mass audience... they’re going to win there. The question is, 'So, if the gamer buys our game and the mass audience buys their game, where do the two meet?' And all I want to do, if you will, is to have them rot from the core,' he continued.

Some might say he's got a point but are these really the sort of comments one of gaming's most powerful figures should be making in public? Maybe Bobby Kotick stole his Monster Munch or something but this sounds more like a schoolyard argument than insightful industry comment.

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Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/866644-call-of-duty-should-rot-from-the-core-trolls-ea-boss#ixzz1PWiiodEY

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NYCPosted:

I have BFBC2 and Black Ops, and I think they both have their place in the gaming community.

Battlefield is a much more strategic game and requires teamwork to win. Plus the aircraft and blowing holes in walls is fun. :)

Cal of Duty is a rush or camp game where you do nothing but rack up the kills. If your type of gameplay is just killing people, then this game is for you.


Overall, I think that telling Call of Duty to "Rot to the core" is kinda a cruel thing to say. I plan to get both BF3 and MW3 come this Holiday Season.

ConnorHamiltonPosted:

Joble87
-Fleshyy- MW3 FTW !

Haters Gonna hate Ain't that right Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg ?

F U C K EA's John Riccitiello and his shitty BF3


I hope you realise how outdated CoD has gotten.
I used to love CoD, but the community has changed a once fantastic game. They also know that the next CoD is going to sell millions so they don't seem to make an effort to update it.

Battlefield however, Improve there game massively. From BF:BC2 it had outstanding graphics open spaces and much more. Now look at BF3 it has been improved so much.

Truth is. Infinity Ward/Treyarch both know how much BF is better but they keep bringing out CoD because it always sells millions. And that is why I will be buying BF3 instead of MW3 this year.

P.S. Infinity Ward hasn't even made an effort to update there Graphics engine.


Infinity ward may as well bring MW3 out as DLC, its only new guns and maps.

Joble87Posted:

-Fleshyy- MW3 FTW !

Haters Gonna hate Ain't that right Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg ?

F U C K EA's John Riccitiello and his shitty BF3


I hope you realise how outdated CoD has gotten.
I used to love CoD, but the community has changed a once fantastic game. They also know that the next CoD is going to sell millions so they don't seem to make an effort to update it.

Battlefield however, Improve there game massively. From BF:BC2 it had outstanding graphics open spaces and much more. Now look at BF3 it has been improved so much.

Truth is. Infinity Ward/Treyarch both know how much BF is better but they keep bringing out CoD because it always sells millions. And that is why I will be buying BF3 instead of MW3 this year.

P.S. Infinity Ward hasn't even made an effort to update there Graphics engine.

ZBrushPosted:

These guys are not very proactive with there euphemisms are they.

DRoseMVPPosted:

-Fleshyy-
ConnorHamilton
In My Opinion! (remember that)

Battlefield is a better game as you can play in teams with friends where you use your teamwork to dominate and win.

(Any) Cod, you go into game chat and instantly a prepubescent 11 year old tells you that you are F*cking gay and should trickshot...

I know what I will be buying this November.



ohh Really becouse i play COD almost every day and not Once has an "11 year old called me gay and told me to trickshot"

people these days don't realize the Diarrhea that comes out their Mouth BF Fanboy.


Yeah its funny how you are CoD fanboy

ConnorHamiltonPosted:

-Fleshyy-
ConnorHamilton
In My Opinion! (remember that)

Battlefield is a better game as you can play in teams with friends where you use your teamwork to dominate and win.

(Any) Cod, you go into game chat and instantly a prepubescent 11 year old tells you that you are F*cking gay and should trickshot...

I know what I will be buying this November.



ohh Really becouse i play COD almost every day and not Once has an "11 year old called me gay and told me to trickshot"

people these days don't realize the Diarrhea that comes out their Mouth BF Fanboy.


I have all of the Cod games. And only 2 battlefield games. I don't class that as BF Fanboy, and look at your comment before you go calling me a Fanboy. Remember "My Opinion", I am entitled to that.

Feckin Cod fanboys sucking its worn out D*ck

CombPosted:

So Modern Warfare 3 sells more, but how many people are going to be playing MW3 everyday? People do tend to just buy CoD and play in a bit for the first few days, then it just sits there for a few months before it gets cracked open again..

-Fleshyy-Posted:

ConnorHamilton
In My Opinion! (remember that)

Battlefield is a better game as you can play in teams with friends where you use your teamwork to dominate and win.

(Any) Cod, you go into game chat and instantly a prepubescent 11 year old tells you that you are F*cking gay and should trickshot...

I know what I will be buying this November.



ohh Really becouse i play COD almost every day and not Once has an "11 year old called me gay and told me to trickshot"

people these days don't realize the Diarrhea that comes out their Mouth BF Fanboy.

AJTeamkillerPosted:

At least you guys aren't fanyboying one side or the other...All that matters is preference. No one person is right on whats better.

-Fleshyy-Posted:

MW3 FTW !

Haters Gonna hate Ain't that right Activision's CEO Eric Hirshberg ?

F U C K EA's John Riccitiello and his shitty BF3


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