Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 15:39 BST

Kotick throws water on BF3′s chances against MW3

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has made public doubts over Battlefield 3′s chances against Modern Warfare 3 this year.

“So far, I’ve only seen Battlefield 3 on a PC. I haven’t seen it on a console where the bulk of our business is,” Kotick told CNBC at Nintendo’s E3 press conference in a video interview, referring to most of the footage of the DICE shooter being released on PC.

Brief glimpses of the PS3 version were shown during the multiplayer trailer of BF3 during Monday’s EA press conference, though.

“If it’s just a PC title, as it looks like today, that’s just a small audience to participate,” he added.

Battlefield 3 launches on October 25 in the US and October 28 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC. Modern Warfare 3 launches on November 8 for the same platforms worldwide.

In the same interview, he talked about WiiU, Nintendo’s next-gen successor.

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#51

blackdreamhunk
08/06/11, 8:33 pm

here why battlefield is going to be a better game than mw2

http://www.gamertagradio.com/new/2011/06/e311-video-debate-whats-slowing-down-the-gaming-industry/

#52

Erthazus
08/06/11, 8:51 pm

@DSB, Non-MMORPG.

Of course Non-MMORPG games does much better then on the PC.
It’s a fact.

you don’t need to tell me. But look a bit different in this situation.
How much Starcraft II sold?

For the RTS game fantastic sales.

#53

noherczeg
08/06/11, 8:52 pm

#51

I dont want to seem like a racist, but the black guy HAS THE POINTS. What ever he says is all true, i’m really impressed now. Newer would have thought there are this talented peeople out there!

No sarcasm here.

#54

blackdreamhunk
08/06/11, 9:26 pm

@noherczeg

I agree with you there.Also I am not going to support any remnants of infinity ward. I would rather support dice or tri arch . You know game devs that love their fan base.

oh and there is nothing racist about your comment.

#55

DSB
08/06/11, 9:44 pm

@52 It’s the most popular RTS game in history. Not a new IP, and not a multiplatform title. It proves nothing about the platform.

#56

LOLshock94
08/06/11, 10:02 pm

i dunno whose worst EA showing a game so damn fine and letting people get tricked by the graphics or kotick proving to us what EA is doing…

#57

albo88
08/06/11, 10:08 pm

at this point is all abut marketing
we gamers know who going to be better but who will sell more?
is all abut how much money will company like EA and activison will throw to win the battle is all abut commercial stuff now

#58

blackdreamhunk
09/06/11, 3:34 pm

pc gaming is more than just mmo’ and subscription

http://www.techspot.com/news/44167-esa-facts-and-figures-about-the-gaming-industry-in-2010.html

Furthermore, as another indication of the rapidly evolving online marketplace the report claims that digital format sales in the form of subscriptions, full games, add-on content, mobile apps and social network gaming accounted for 24% of all game sales in 2010, contributing $5.8 billion to the total of $15.9 billion spent in content. Factoring in hardware and accessories the total consumer spend in the games industry last year was $25.1 billion. Other finding

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