Battlefield 3 vs. MW3 Trash-Talking Hits New Low

IGN: Electronic Arts has been hurling insults at Activision for months, as it seeks to sell copies of forthcoming shooter Battlefield 3 and take share from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Now, EA has ramped up the pressure. The company's chief spokesman Jeff Brown used trade site IndustryGamers to toss some abuse at Hirshberg.

[Rearden]

IGN is the Fox News of gaming.

[Crazyglues]

wow, ok

I was like this is not that bad, until he said,

"You've got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."

Oh sh*t, that's cold... LoL

I don't think Activision is nervous, but they should be... BF3 is looking like they are not playing this time around...

either way this battle BF3 vs MW3 EA vs Activision is good for Gamers - the harder these teams push to beat each other, the Gamer is the ultimate winner..

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[hqgamez]

when MW3 release, I'm spiting that hurtful words

[thugbob]

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""If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk.""

^ Oh no you didn't... that is just violation to the extreme lol... that sh*t is cold... colder than Antarctica... damn lmao

[limewax]

Although I think he was being a bit harsh with his words too, He actually has a solid point, both Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero slowly decayed due to Rock Band and SKATE. He actually could be onto something, although CoD will no doubt sell more this year, What happens next year?

[Joe2911]

I didn't realize the MW3 team was pushing @_@

[ilikegam3s]

Tbh if MW3 fails to BF3 then activision will prob force the CoD devs to make a new engine :D (that would be awesome rofl)

[-Alpha]

That is cold, but guess what? It's completely warranted.

Activision gets away with what they do and competition has come around. There is no rational ground to defend Activision, their comment about EA's comments being bad for the company is pure hypocrisy.

[Dart89]

Well crapovision does deserve it i'm gonna post what someone posted last night on another thread that had to do with this.

KingDustero.

"Does no one remember when Activision threatened to stop supporting the PS3 just because their games didn't sell as well on it?

How about how they canceled MULTIPLE games and closed down their studios just because the games didn't sell as well as CoD.

How about the fact that they wouldn't let IW work on a new IP. Thus that is why a lot of the IW leads now work for EA at Respawn Entertainment. This guy says that the industry needs innovation, but he himself won't allow it.

Activision is trying to look like the "good guy" here, but in the end they're worse than EA on the industry. They don't innovate at all and don't give games a chance. This guy is a complete hypocrite.

[creatchee]

"If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."

Ironic words, considering that EA ditched Harmonix after RB3 and The Beatles RB sold less than they wanted to. And Skate 1/2 didn't exactly set the world on fire either.

People like this need to pump the brakes and stay in their own lanes when it comes to discussing other companies.

[awi5951]

@limewax Bobby kotick killed Spyro the Dragon series too!!!!!!!

So hes not being harsh activiison started this every year cycle crap along time ago. Spyro the dragon series was a awesome game, untill activsion ran it into the ground before these other titles. They made spyro's every year and on every platform and the quality got worse and worse untill they killed it.
Spyro was always critically acclaimed untill activision got the ip and ran it into the ground.

[solar]

the users of this site keep getting dumber and dumber.

[chriski333]

battlefield 3 needs to take over maybe activison will come out with a new COD instead of recycling the same crap ever year

[StayStatic]

This is just full of win

"You've got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."

[DERKADER]

That's what happens when all you care about is money and you whore out your best selling games to the point of irrelevancy.

[Theo1130]

Battlefield VS MW3 is like Real Madrid V Barcelona

Battlefield is Real Madrid, both winners.

[MRHARDON]

When I saw the title, I was like "Can EA just be quiet?"

Then when I saw the artical, he did state the truth, Call of Duty is getting old and is going to lose alot of market share this year.

[moho-foe]

Sounds like these too need to settle it in a Quake Deathmatch!

FIGHT

[-Alpha]

Ha! Good one

[aks6351]

looks like there's only one winner this year

the gameboy advanced

[BX81]

When did winning become the company with less of the market?

[MARKUS_MAX1MUS]

Fuck these jackass publishers, they dont even make the game, they should just shutup and market the the game and fund it accordingly. Let the gamers do the talking when its all said and done and the games are out there on the shop floor for us to decide between or get both.

Notice how the devs take it as a friendly competition and arent above playing each others games, people need to cut the devs some slack because those guys put some work in while the fat cats with the cash argue over whos the better prize fighter when they probably couldnt tell you the reload button or key in either of their games.

EA are pricks with their ramming of Origin down everyones throat.

Activision are pricks with their repeated monopoly games and overpriced DLC

[gam3fr33k]

Must be a slow day on IGN...

[solar]

i know right? they didnt not trash the ps3. like the always never do. how IGNorant if them!!!

[Neko_Mega]

lol low blow, they had to bring up guitar hero and tony hawk lol.

I would say Tony Hawk has been the biggest flop.

[3GenGames]

You say it like only one game was out. Back in the N64 days, that game was pretty epic. After a few years of just blah, it died because it failed to innovate.

And as we know, history repeats it's self.

[Neko_Mega]

Yeah, I even have the very first one for PSOne.

You can only milk something for so long.

[Chnswdchldrn]

I dislike EA's trashtalk

I'm going to purchase both MW3 and BF3, but I don't think the way to "beat" MW3 is to trash talk. Why can't a community manager of DICE play MW3 for an hour and say some positive things about the competition?

That's just reducing themselves to the level upon which most COD players operate, trash talk

[3GenGames]

"Why can't a community manager of DICE play MW3 for an hour and say some positive things about the competition?"

Because there's none to say, obviously.

[Mario4life]

Because he probally tried 4 or mw2 their the same thing, just different years

[fender86]

Wow mad burn damn ea play nice much lol well its true can't buy those game can't buy skate or rockband either so huh lol

[Kee]

To be fair, that's true about the guitar hero/ tony hawk franchises. Somehow I don't see call of duty going the same way, though.

This trash talking is getting way out of hand, though. They're like little kids. Embarrassing...

[trenso1]

"You've got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."

rofl snap! so cold. he wont be needing an AC to beat the summer heat after that

[MasterCornholio]

EA will not screw around with Battlefield 3 so activision better step up their game and surpass Battlefield 3 in terms of quality or else they will loose some sales. Because with the 2 games being so similar what is the point of buying both games?

[xtremexx]

"You've got every reason to be nervous. Last year Activision had a 90 share in the shooter category. This year, Battlefield 3 is going to take you down to 60 or 70. At that rate, you'll be out of the category in 2-3 years. If you don't believe me, go to the store and try to buy a copy of Guitar Hero or Tony Hawk."

FATALITY!!!!!!

[DarthJay]

I would like EA to shut up and stop talking for DICE. DICE is going to put out an amazing game that speaks for itself. They are already out there. People know Battlefield 3 is coming. Trying to get attention at Call Of Duty's expense is no longer necessary. Epic burn? Sure. But not doing them any favors. It's petty.

[Darkspade]

I agree, DICE group are some lay low people that make Great Games, I think EA is only doing this because of how the CEO at Activision acted after COD Black ops, release.. Call of Duty is turning into a kids game, It hasn't changed to 4 years.. Soon to be DOA if it does not step it up

[Ddouble]

Oh SNAP! That was cold looooool