EA CEO John Riccitiello has come out and revealed that he thinks Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 “will be a really good game” and even though Battlefield 3 will be the game to choose among core gamers John reckons MW3 will win the mass gaming market battle.
John hyped up Battlefield 3 for it’s hardcore cachet, realism and technology within the game, but ultimately MW3 will win due to what he described as Activisions “DisneyLand Abstraction” that comes with playing Call of Duty.
“The honest truth is I think Modern Warfare is going to be a really good game,” John said. “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. And I think there’s a market for that.”
“I think our game is more authentic,” Riccitiello continued. “It’s definitely going to do a lot of things better. Lighting’s better, physics is better, animations are better, particle effects are better, vehicles are better. I think there’s a lot of things to like about our product and I think it’s going to be a great battle.”
“I do think we’ve got the better game, the better tack,” he added later.
“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.”
There you have it EA may have already conceded to Modern Warfare 3 without even giving their title Battlefield 3 a chance. Modern Warfare 3 hits stores on the 8th of November with BF3 being released on the 25th of October. It will be interesting to see which game comes out on top although according to their rivals Activision will be the ones walking away with a smile on their face.
