COD MW (the original) for me, had the best launch of any game in the last 10 years. It played well on the first day I loaded it and no large glitches. That's pretty much the only positives I have to say about IW.

In my opinion EA is the "winner" here. they get the all the heavy hitters from IW, and if Respawn fails they have at least damaged their biggest competitor (and maby PCs biggest competitor as well) Activison.