This week, Electronic Arts/DICE and Activision/Infinity Ward revealed Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, this year's editions of their most prized first person shooter franchises.
Very different choices were made: while Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will take place in the future and in space, Battlefield 1 goes back in time all the way to World War I. The Legacy Editions of Infinite Warfare also include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered, which is a fan favorite, but this apparently was not enough to make the package appealing at first glance.
We've reported that there are many more dislikes than likes on YouTube's CoD: IW reveal trailer, but now Battlefield 1 is soundly beating its main competitor in overall views as well. This is quite astounding, since Battlefield 1 was revealed just two days ago and it now surpassed 16 million views, while Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's is stuck at 12 million despite being shared almost a week ago.
Battlefield's reveal trailer is still viral and the gap will only widen at this point, if you consider that one million views were registered merely in the last few hours.
The like/dislike ratio is also exceedingly positive for Battlefield 1 and exceedingly negative for CoD: IW. Activision downplayed this figure and indeed, it's hard to imagine that sales will suffer a lot just because of this, but the usual sales gap between Battlefield and Call of Duty might be far closer this time around.
Obviously, we'll make sure to cover any significant updates on both games up to their releases and even beyond.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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