Will EA ever get the FPS genre back from Activision? 

EA has made it very public that it wants to take control of the FPS genre from Activision. They recently bashed Activision by saying that BF3 will take down MW3, and that Activision was threatened by BF3. Before that, EA and Epic Games launched a huge anti-COD campaign with the parodies, and all of that stuff, and even before that, EA tried to take down COD with Medal of Honor, and Bad Company 2. They have tried several times, but were not successful.

It looks like there will be a dogfight of epic proportions, so VGChartz, will EA take control of the FPS genre from Activision?

Hopefully no wins and saturation/fatiuge finally kicks in.

but EA will never reclaim the genre Black ops and MW are just overwhelming in popularity. They are the default Shooter

If they make a carbon copy of COD,then yes.

I think their only chance is their NERF games...

Gameloft made a carbon copy of COD, and they got nowhere. 

Possibly next generation.

But not this gen with Battlefied. The game requires too much tactics and thinking to ever appeal to the masses like Call of Duty

Lets hope it stays that way.

If EA wants any chance at retaking the FPS genre they have to go back in time a bit to the days of local multiplayer. Sure some FPS fans don't mind playing over the internet but every single CoD fan I know plays local mutliplayer. I've been to countless LAN parties back when COD4 came out playing COD4 on multiple TV's. I have gone to even more parties where we play four player on the screen. Heck not even parties I have friends over and go to friends houses just to play four player.

Then their is co-op, sure it wasn't the biggest selling feature for MW2 because campaign couldn't be played co-op. But for Halo as an example gamers want to play together online or off. I know that one of the huge draws for Halo everyone coming together to get all the acheivments and conquer the game.

Without these two things EA is lagging behind big time. Their choice to go graphics over gameplay is what is costing them the generation. Split screen is a nescessity to many gamers whether it be co-op or multiplayer. Either way EA is ignoring a huge chunk of the market.

I think that it will be a real good fight, both of them look good.

not this year but who knows what will happen later on