DICE Predicts Battlefield 3 Will “Put a Huge Dent” in Modern Warfare 3 Marketshare
The battle for first person shooter supremacy will be heating up this holiday season, with Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 both releasing within two weeks of each other. DICE producer Patrick Liu has shared some details stating that Battlefield 3′s main objective is to be the best game it can possibly be, so much so, that the game will take a large portion of the shooter market away from the Call of Duty franchise.
Speaking in regards to the Battlefield 3, Liu told SPOnG:
From what I’ve seen of Modern Warfare 3 it looks great, as usual. I think we’re going to put a huge dent, so to speak, in [Activision's] market. But they’re a behemoth. It’s not easy to move them… although I believe that we have already done that, with Battlefield 3′s campaign so far. But at the same time, from a developer standpoint, we really focus on creating our own game and making the best that we can. We set the bar quite high for ourselves, and that’s usually the biggest challenge for us.
He added:
I know that the game is never actually done – we can always improve the game. We have lots of ideas on how to improve this, so if we could we would push Battlefield 3 back a year or two maybe. But that wouldn’t make any sense. So the biggest challenge is really our own requirements for ourselves.
The internet is buzzing with Battlefield 3 fans seemingly in a state of disarray, claiming that the beta is currently plagued with bugs and glitches. Hopefully, DICE can make good on their promises come release day. Battlefield 3 will hit store shelves on October 28th, with Modern Warfare 3 following on November 8th.
8 Responses to “DICE Predicts Battlefield 3 Will “Put a Huge Dent” in Modern Warfare 3 Marketshare”
They recently had an interview on Kotaku, stating that to release a game (beta or otherwise) to consoles, there’s a very long certification process. The beta is running on code more than 2 months old because of that. DICE has made significant changes after that.
they make take some loyalists away for the sales of future games pending on the outcome of each game but they won’t impact sales for MW3…everyone who enjoys Modern Warfare will still buy MW3, EA’s only hope is that some of them will also buy BF3, which will then win them over and possibly stop them from buying MW4.
I still think that these two games are targeting two different types of gamers. The COD crowd doesn’t like being challenged, they want a game where there is no need for a team to succeed and they can just run around and be a lone wolf. The people that enjoy BF are the opposite of that…unless they start changing the gameplay.
Hum… I’m enjoying BF3′s beta and my playing style is clearly the lone wolf. I’m not playing in any squad too. Other than that, I agree.
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i saw someone typed in another thread that the recoil is too high in BF3 beta. i laughed sooo hard because it’s mostly the COD players that complain about recoil in FPSs. they really hate being challenged and having to actually do all the killing from the business end of their own gun. and they are mostly lone wolves that do not last long enough to get a decent enough streak. in the end they (the ones that do stick around) eventually learn to play as a team and make themselves useful squadmates. it takes time to learn to play battlefield properly. but is is rewarding. COD just feels like shooting fish in a barrel to me, while i am good at COD, it gets boring VERY fast and like everyone else i start craving map-packs very very soon. MW3 is going to win this round but BF3 is gonna win the war….eventually
I disagree with this statement. Alot of COD players were overwhelmed by how diffrent BF3 was then COD. Thats why so many preorders were cancled.