Battlefield 3 vs Call of Duty

[CraeSC111]

Yeah but their cliffhanger will make sure you buy bad company 3

[Trunks]

EA has called a truce in its war of words with bitter franchise rival Call of Duty.

In a new interview with IGN, EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund said, "We all respect what Call of Duty brings and what they're going to come with. Right now we're out in the market, and that's all I know. When they come out, they come out, and I wish them the best of luck. They're partners in this industry, and I play all their games and I look forward to many of them, and all I can do is try and make sure that people stay interested and want to have more Battlefield."



In the past, EA has taken a far more aggressive stance in its competition against Modern Warfare 3. Back in April, EA CEO John Riccitiello said Battlefield 3 was "designed to take that game down" when referring to the new Call of Duty game, and added that "we think we have the better product."

EA Games president Frank Gibeau similarly said that "everybody loves a heavyweight fight, and that's what this is going to be. We're here to compete." The company even launched an "Above and Beyond the Call" ad campaign, clearly aimed at Call of Duty.

hmm, EA dishes out all this trash talk before the game is released saying how better BF3 will be then MW3. Then after all the glitches and problems that happen with the online play. Not to mention the sales, which we pretty good, but not anything to call of dutys standards. I mean BF3 sold less copies in a week then Black ops sold in a day. Then on the eve of Call of Duty being released they wish them the best of luck?

Sounds like someone is scared.

[CraeSC111]

Having a new version released every year call of duty gets a lot more publicity than BF. They probably have a bigger advertising budget too because I see way more CoD adds than BF ones.

[paecmaker]

Having a new version released every year call of duty gets a lot more publicity than BF. They probably have a bigger advertising budget too because I see way more CoD adds than BF ones.

strange, I ahve seen WAY more bf3 adverts than mw3(now this might have to do with I was in stockholm and that city is flooding with bf3 commercial, its the same city DICE is in)

[Trunks]

strange, I ahve seen WAY more bf3 adverts than mw3(now this might have to do with I was in stockholm and that city is flooding with bf3 commercial, its the same city DICE is in)

Yeah, I agree, definitely way more BF3 commercials. I find this very amusing.

[Kenoi]

I dont know, a lot of people like to compare the 2 games, they're completely different... sure they both got weapons, people killing people, but smaller maps. and... no vehicle use except for one. (bf3)
I think I"ll stick with bf3 for a while.

[CraeSC111]

I enjoy the air battles. Once you get the hang of jets its gg for the other team

[Triton]

After getting into BF3, I prefer this to CoD.

[Trunks]

With just days to go until the global release of Modern Warfare 3, it’s fair to say that many players are still engrossed in Battlefield 3, with EA’s latest effort proving to be a winner. We posed an interesting question earlier this week in relation to players quitting BF3 for MW3, but now EA has had their say on the matter.

Obviously there is going to be some divide here. We’ve heard both sides of the argument in that many players are not too happy with the Battlefield 3 launch amid numerous online server issues with multiplayer, but on the other hand many of you love it and will definitely be still playing when Modern Warfare 3 releases on November 8.

EA has now entered the debate themselves officially, and unsurprisingly, they feel that their new game provides enough quality to see off competing titles in a very busy period, with Modern Warfare 3 specifically mentioned by the company. In a recent inteview with IGN, EA’s executive vice president Patrick Soderlund revealed that while they respect Call of Duty, EA believes that with Battlefield 3, they have the best multiplayer in the games industry.

Here’s a portion of his interview: ”We all respect what Call of Duty brings and what they’re going to come with, and I think that we have an industry-leading multiplayer game that will make people want to stay with us, frankly. If you look at all the reviews that we’ve gotten, not a single one that I’ve seen has been negative towards the multiplayer. In fact, many state that the multiplayer is the multiplayer experience to have, the best in the world. And if I can continue to harness that and work on improving that and give the consumers more of that, then hopefully they’re going to feel loyal to us and stay.”

Those are some strong words indeed, do you agree with him first of all on the basis that Battlefield 3′s multiplayer is the best in the industry? Of course we are all yet to try out Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer for a detailed comparison, but since it is largely the same as MW2 but with many more features, simple conclusions can still be made we feel.

It will be interesting to see if the Battlefield 3 servers will experience a huge drop in numbers come November 8. There’s obviously a huge interest in Modern Warfare 3, and even if you love Battlefield 3, gamers may just want to switch games for a while just to experience the competition and see what MW3 offers this time around in comparison.

Ultimately though, where do your priorities lie? – with Battlefield 3 or Modern Warfare 3? Will you be one of the many gamers who stop playing Battlefield 3 in favor of heading straight into MW3 multiplayer? The plus side for BF veterans is that they may even enjoy the fact that many gamers are quitting for Modern Warfare 3 as gameplay may prove to be more enjoyable – what do you think about this aspect?

I'm really interested to see if the amount of players drop when MW3 comes out. From what I've seen where I lived the people who got BF3 didn't plan on getting MW3, so It may drop a little, but I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't drop at all.

[CraeSC111]

Yeah I don't really see the point of buying BF3 just to drop it. I might decide to pick it up eventually