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Battlefield vs. CoD: they start fighting!

The notes of sarcasm distilled exchanged between Electronic Arts and Activision are already almost a tradition in the gaming market. It was just last year, and why would not repeat itself in 2012, right? This time, who set the stage was EA, firing the first zucchini of the year.

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glennco5122d ago

there has been no contest since BC1. just marketing and media hype towards one. CoD is a joke for core gamers, it is aimed at the wii crowd. this is why infinity ward all but disolved, they wanted to evolve it and activision wanted to milk it. if you like it that is fine, just don't even bother arguing anything based on sales... the biggest audience is the casual crowd, it doesn't equal quality gameplay

TekoIie5122d ago (Edited 5122d ago )

What are you smoking Brah!? What has EA been doing when BF3 and MW3 were leading up to release??? What did they say when BLops 2 was revealed??.... I sense a pattern there :/

To simply put it, EA hates its competition.... This rivalry began with reviewers saying "BF:BC2 is better than MW2" and when gamers "liked" this, EA knew exactly what to do to market BF3. If you appeal to those who hate you rival (even if they're not fans of your game) game you will potentially make a sale.

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Co-founder claims Activision put "pressure" on Infinity Ward to make game about Iran invading Israel

Chance Glasco, one of the co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the Call of Duty franchise, has claimed that Activision once pressured the studio to include an invasion of Israel by Iran.

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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OpenGL117d ago

Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor116d ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS116d ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead116d ago (Edited 116d ago )

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan167d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex167d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos167d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle40167d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor167d ago (Edited 167d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
Oh forgot to say
Happy thanksgiving to all the N4G members
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MDTunkown166d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio167d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger167d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac166d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac166d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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