He later went on to say, “we were worried that many of the younger consumers out there didn’t know that there was a World War 2 or Vietnam, so World War 1…”
Apparently there were plenty of things EA worried about when discussing World War 1. One reason was that they didn’t know if trench warfare would be fun. The team then presented more ideas for Battlefield 1 and then it got green lit.
Jorgensen said that World War 1 was a time for technological change in warfare; and that “People started the war on horseback and ended the war with airplanes and tanks and battleships and submarines. And that’s a huge opportunity for us to be able to do a video game around.”
We will find out on October 21, 2016 if World War 1 turns out to be a great location for the new Battlefield and if it could take the shooter crown away from Call of Duty.