Not content with letting Turn 10 dominate the smacktalk exclusively, EA Europe's Patrick Soderlund had these kind word to say about his competition.

Let me tell you this. I think Split/Second looks great. I'm going to have a good time playing that. Blur to me is completely underwhelming. I don't understand what's up with that game to be honest. That's an official statement.

Forza, I'm very confident we have a better game than them to be honest. Talking to the press, looking at the nominations, that's clear. So, I'm glad that they're confident but I'm as confident as they are.

Ah good ole EA, where there's a will there's a way!

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EA's long-running, big-selling racing franchise Need for Speed has fallen on hard times in recent years. Which seems to have the mega-publisher on the front foot when it comes to their competition in the genre.

Speaking (well, hating) at E3 last week, EA Europe's Patrick Soderlund had some rather unkind words for Need for Speed Shift's competition, saying:

Let me tell you this. I think Split/Second looks great. I'm going to have a good time playing that. Blur to me is completely underwhelming. I don't understand what's up with that game to be honest. That's an official statement.

Forza, I'm very confident we have a better game than them to be honest. Talking to the press, looking at the nominations, that's clear. So, I'm glad that they're confident but I'm as confident as they are.

Hey, Patrick, why don't you tell us what you really think!

lol let the battle begin

ok let me drill the thread so you get a lot of VG$

I'm confident that GT5 will outsell Forza 3 + N4S (all platforms)

how do like that ;)

i bet it will be full of bugs ,crappy techno music and it will eventually fail , but alot of people going to buy it.
what do expect from EA?

btw what about GT5 ?
that name should not be mentioned when in General Conversations!

I'm fully expecting a media blowout for GT5 in the coming weeks that shuts everyone the hell up.

Didn't mention GT5 because it as it stand it won't be in direct competition this Holiday.

All of those 'inferior' games are set to launch this Q4 and will cut into Need for Speed Shift's market share.

This feel like the case of small dog bark the loudest.

At least Turn 10 was challenging the current champ when they let their fist/mouth fly, EA's statement felt like it came from some washed-up boxer that will take a hunk of meat out of anyone's ear.

@TheThunder: What do you mean I will get lots of VG$? Do I also get VG$ for the amount of view or something I top of my post?

Thers a reason he didn't mention gt5. :p he knows it's out of their league.

Anyways this is all the small dogs talking up while they can until the giant awakens.

in other words the same as okeydokey.. I just said it more dramaticly.

the more people post on your thread the more VG$ you get

^Really o_O damn! No wonder people keep posting flamebait here.