According to Sony, which defended itself during Microsoft’s acquisition of Activison, Battlefield fell too far to compete with Call of Duty.
Battlefield can’t compete with Call of Duty. If you ask where this statement came from, the UK Government has announced that Microsoft’s purchase of Activision-Blizzard is under review. Faced with the danger of losing the Call of Duty brand, Sony emphasized that the Battlefield series, which is the only alternative to COD, is far, far behind. Modern Warfare 2 captured the leadership of Steam in a short time and earned $ 1 billion in revenue in its first 10 days.
Unable to compete with Battlefield Call of Duty
Unrivaled in the Call of Duty FPS genre, according to Sony:
Using the expressions “It is not possible to replace a game that breaks sales records every year and is always at the top in the FPS genre”, Sony then announced the incredible difference in sales between the Call of Duty series and the Battlefield series. Of course, Sony’s aim here is not to throw stones at Battlefield out of the blue. If Microsoft announces that Call of Duty is exclusive to Xbox and PC, it is trying to highlight the damage to the Playstation platform.
Sony used the following statements in the continuation of the statement:
“Despite the similarities of Call of Duty and Battlefield and the success of Electronic Arts’ other brands (for example, brands such as FIFA, Mass Effect), Battlefield series cannot keep up with Call of Duty. According to August 2021 data, Call of Duty games have a total of 400 million copies While it sold, that number is only 88.7 million copies on the Battlefield side.”
Battlefield 2042 was released in November 2021 and received heavy criticism. On the other hand, Modern Warfare 2 was released by breaking record after record. It will be remembered as an interesting event, when Sony repeatedly turned to Electronic Arts in order not to lose the Call of Duty brand.