User blog comment:Callofduty4/EA's public attitide towards Call of Duty is bad for the industry, says Activision CEO/@comment-1080767-20110818190107

I might not be getting Modern Warfare 3, but I honestly didn't know that John Riccitiello said he wanted CoD to rot. That's not extreme. That's beyond that. It's incomparable to the sales race EA initiated by scheduling launch prior to November. It's of a different category than promoting competition. And you most certainly don't kick someone else when it's down. Both companies have the same interests, the same philosophies, and until know, the same morals. They have so much to agree on. They should be embracing each other, and they should be proud to have each other's games representing their common industry and beliefs. But don't drag DICE into this. They don't even acknowledge the existence of Call of Duty, and recognize it as a touchy subject with their publisher saying such crap about it. At the end of the day, however, Infinity Ward (not necessarily Activision too) will prove themselves to be the good guys.