Battlefield 3: 8 Million Played the Beta & Pre-orders Exceed 2 Million

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With Battlefield 3's open beta now over with, DICE has shared a few stats from the public playtest. Over 8 million players previewed the game's Metro map, and EA has preorders for the final game already exceeding 2 million. DICE puts a few of the bigger numbers into context below: did you know that the number of people stabbed to death in the beta is equivalent to the population of Shanghai? What a morbid thought. 47 billion shots were fired in the beta, which as DICE points out would generate enough shell casings to build just shy of 4000 Flanker jets. Ever helpful, the dev also reminds readers that none of those jets would fly, because hello, you can't build a fighter plane out of shell casings. The beta's Rush mode focused on destroying M-Com stations, an objective completed successfully around 21 million times – a number equivalent to Twitter's entire active userbase. DICE's graphic breaks down a few more BF3 figures.

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Source: http://www.gamesradar.com/8-million-people-played-battlefield-3-beta-preorders-top-2-million/

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DrPhil321Posted:

elfyyevo
xREB_COOKIE
BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.

Battlefield is such a massive game that you can play it for three years without it getting boring as hell like CoD.

id raher a new game thats somewhat a copy every year then a brand new game every 3 years so its
quantity>quality

The logic in the statement on top of mine is so incredibly flawed.

an_ELiTE_OTTeRPosted:

an_ELiTE_OTTeR
elfyyevo
xREB_COOKIE
BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.




id raher a new game thats somewhat a copy every year then a brand new game every 3 years so its
quantity>quality


meant it to be down heree:/

but yeah i guess all of those people are psychic because more pre orders means it will be better

an_ELiTE_OTTeRPosted:

elfyyevo
xREB_COOKIE
BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.


because more pre orders means the game will be better.... i mean unless those people are psychic or something

id raher a new game thats somewhat a copy every year then a brand new game every 3 years so its
quantity>quality

DeFuhsePosted:

This game is gonna be good

shadow1Posted:

DontSpamMePlease
shadow1
DontSpamMePlease And also to people saying little children play CoD, just quit your ****' and play the game. Im 16, does that make me a little child? No. So, shut up and play the game? Im really sick of whiners.


You are a kid, not an adult. You become a young adult at age 18 and an adul at 21. You are clearly not old enough to play Cod or BF because it requires you to be 17. Thankyou.


No, Thank YOU. Forgot to put when my birthday was. October 29th. So I'll be 17 BEFORE MW3 releases, therefore allowing me to play the game. Roflmao.


But you will still be a kid roflmao

DRoseMVPPosted:

elfyyevo
xREB_COOKIE
BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.

Battlefield is such a massive game that you can play it for three years without it getting boring as hell like CoD.

id raher a new game thats somewhat a copy every year then a brand new game every 3 years so its
quantity>quality

IsoPosted:

speedfreek23
Iso
iAmMasterF EVERY time i check a bf3 or mw3 post it's plagued with fanboys, just play both :D


This. Having played both since their respective first of their series, 2002 for Battlefield, 2003 for CoD1.

People believe their own opinion is always right, but face it it's like comparing tangerines with pomegranate each to their taste. I don't play games purely for their multiplayer, I do it for the campaign as well - the way it was during the 90's.

I play games for fun, not to be a fanboy **** all the time on the internet which is the better one.

Get over it and move on but if you insist on crying about it, write it down on a piece of paper then throw it in the bin by wasting only your time and not everyone elses.

Battlefield started earlier than that just saying :D


IIRC that was called Codename Eagle - but was not part of the Battlefield series just a prequel setting up for the future games, technically not inclusive of the name which came out in 1999/2000

elfyyevoPosted:

xREB_COOKIE
BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.


id raher a new game thats somewhat a copy every year then a brand new game every 3 years so its
quantity>quality

DFuZe-OGPosted:

NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR GOD DAMN OPINIONS FANBOY WHATEVER GAME YOU WANT TO JUST STOP BITCHING IN PEOPLES EAR TRYING TO DOWN THEIR CHOICE OF GAMES (caps lock dis-engage). Now have any of you played minecraft? Yes? Ok so therefor graphics mean nothing. So that's that armument out the window. Now think of it this way right WoW Sold many many copies and makes a lot of money through their subscription service beating alot of other games in sales. But! The game is hated by many. If you think sales mean anything Justin Bieber concerts are always sold out right? Need i say more. (My opinion don't have to listen to it)

xREB_COOKIEPosted:

BF3
DontSpamMePlease To the people who think BF3 will be better than MW3, you're completely wrong. Last time I checked, BF3 had 2 million pre-orders while MW3 has 9.6 million pre-orders. Sources you ask? Gamestop. Asked the friendly lady clerk there. So uh... nothing further.


Quality > Quantity
This.


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