I felt those cold-blooded shouts of hatred suggesting my low level of intellectuality as soon as I titled this article. Brr, lets shake it off and carry on. There is this question (the one in the title) that I wanted to answer for some time now, and today is the perfect day for it. Why? Because it’s Saturday. And please take this seriously. Also, couple of points to keep in mind before we begin: we’re touching the franchises here, EA’s Battlefield vs Activition’s Call of Duty, as well as the topic of BF3 vs MW3; strictly multiplayer is what we’re going on about here and what is the most important part of modern day FPS.
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I am the killstreak.
Tell that to the good franchises that EA alone has ruined. I've said this before and I'll say it again. If EA sees a potential to milk a good franchise and sacrifice quality over sales, they WON'T hesitate to do it. Good examples involve the Dead Space, Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises. Now it looks like Battlefield is next.
Sure, DICE might incorporate changes into Battlefield 4. It still doesn't change the fact that if it comes out next year, it will be TOO SOON. They could be focusing on something else good like a Battlefield Bad Company 3 (would love to see this happen).
I don't want BF to compete with COD cause i feel that they will make BF into a totally different game just to attract CODs audience and well knowing EA, that won't be a surprise.
Just don't turn BF into a COD game cause i still enjoy BF and i would not want it to be a clone.
It's true, the majority are like sheep. Only brainless sheep will say "that game has more sales, so it's a better game."
BF3 = Strategy based game
COD = Everyone want to be a hero, no one want to play as a team.
I hate when people compare BF to COD
As for the news itself BF will never win in SALES against COD. COD is a fast paced dumbed down casual game with it's aim assist. BF is nothing like it so the casuals and kids pretty much avoid it. They can't succeed in it.
It would be fun to see the expression on peoples' faces if we were to cut all the under aged players from these games. This is a thing that we should really concentrate on but noone wants to (except players). Hell Activision's success is BASED on selling mature games to 10-15 yo kids.
In the business/real world everything is about sales. Derp.
So you are telling me that 3mil first week or flop is indeed the way to go?
I have never said that sales are not the thing companies are after. It's what they are made for FFS but you clearly willingly missed my point so whatever.....
It's impossible NOT to compare BF to COD, because these two are the main rivals, especially after BF3's appearance. What else do you compare COD to?
To whoever said that BF3 is a strategy game: in terms of the way that you have to think more, yes, other than that - it is still FPS, the same genre that COD is. It is different, but it is still FPS, therefore it is up for comparison. Nobody is comparing COD vs Starcraft here.
StayStatic, nobody said that people buy the best games, it is how it is. Do you think if you think this game is better, but other 9 people out of 10 buy the other game, your game is still a winner? No man, that's not how it works. People buy the game, because they like it. Yes, marketing does it's job, but gamers know about BF3 as well as they do about COD, and they make their own choice. Nobody forces them to repel BF3, and take COD instead.
I would never say BF3 is bad game, or worse than COD, neither does it say so in this opinion piece, but it's different, it's not COD. And I prefer COD over BF3, even though I own both and spent sufficient amount of time playing both of them to make a decision.
For every "BF3 is better than COD" there will always be something to throw back (How is blowing up jets with RPG while in the air realistic?), and VICE VERSE. But the sales speak for themselves. There's also BO2 on the line, which will probably grab attention of a reasoanble amount of BF3 players too.
BF3 is not worse than COD, but it won't outdo COD in terms of what people choose. Also, good point there about EA trying to be like Activision and announcing BF4. It will all come down to this sooner or later, because at the end of the day, publishers just want to make money, it just that Activision has been longer in the industry and was fortunate enough to grab COD first (it could've as easily been EA, doing the same thing now).
COD sucks.
COD is not really my cup of tea because of how repetitive it is with the smaller maps that is why I prefer BF. The TDM matches in BF (apart from the terrible spawns) are awesome to at if you ever feel the need to get a little bit of the COD experience. BF is the much better game imo
http://oxcgn.com/2011/08/27...
Personally I think there are better choices than ether one.
Well I have uninstalled it and I dont know what to do with it. Wish pc gamers could trade steam games, MW3 would be on top 5 to trade away in my list.