{"id":139601,"date":"2022-11-26T04:57:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/battlefield-cant-keep-up-with-call-of-duty-says-sony\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T04:57:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T04:57:02","slug":"battlefield-cant-keep-up-with-call-of-duty-says-sony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/battlefield-cant-keep-up-with-call-of-duty-says-sony\/","title":{"rendered":"Battlefield Can’t Keep Up With Call of Duty, Says Sony"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sony has now included EA’s Battlefield franchise in its arguments against Xbox’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, saying the shooter can’t keep up with Call of Duty.<\/p>\n

As reported by PC Gamer, Sony said in its response to the UK government’s investigation into the merger that Call of Duty has found unparalleled success that no other shooter can compete, even Battlefield.<\/p>\n

“Call of Duty is not replicable,” it said. “Call of Duty is too entrenched for any rival, no matter how well equipped, to catch up. It has been the top-selling game for almost every year in the last decade and, in the first-person shooter genre, it is overwhelmingly the top selling game.<\/p>\n

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“Other publishers do not have the resources or expertise to match its success,” Sony continued. “To give a concrete example, Electronic Arts \u2013 one of the largest third-party developers after Activision \u2013 has tried for many years to produce a rival to Call of Duty with its Battlefield series.<\/p>\n

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“Despite the similarities between Call of Duty and Battlefield \u2013 and despite EA’s track record in developing other successful AAA franchises (such as FIFA, Mass Effect, Need for Speed, and Star Wars: Battlefront) \u2013 the Battlefield franchise cannot keep up. As of August 2021, more than 400 million Call of Duty games has been sold, while Battlefield has sold just 88.7 million copies.”<\/p>\n

EA’s most recent entry, Battlefield 2042, has had a particularly rocky first year on the market, with the publisher itself admitting that it didn’t meet expectations. Several updates and fixes were delayed and developer DICE was even forced to remake its maps after saying it understood the “walking simulator” complaints.<\/p>\n