Early Estimates Put Modern Warfare 3 Sales Ahead of Battlefield 3

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Industry analyst Doug Creutz has increased his first-year sales prediction for Battlefield 3, saying that preorders so far are "roughly comparable" to last year's hit Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Sales predictions, when you get right down to it, don't mean a whole lot, but the word coming out of Cowen & Co. has to be making EA smile nonetheless. Analyst Doug Creutz has increased his first-year sales estimate for the upcoming Battlefield 3 from a very respectable eight million units to 11 million, noting that BF3 preorders to this point are "roughly comparable" to Activision's 2010 release Call of Duty: Black Ops. That game has sold more than 20 million units worldwide since its release.

Battlefield 3 is EA's best shot at reclaiming the modern combat shooter crown - or at the very least, becoming a legitimate contender once again. The previous game to square off against the Modern Warfare juggernaut, the 2010 Medal of Honor reboot, managed to break five million unit sales, enough to earn a sequel but not to be any real threat to the Call of Duty dominance.

If Creutz is correct, Battlefield 3 could very well succeed where Medal of Honor did not, although the odds of it actually taking home the belt are just about non-existent: BF3 may be running neck-and-neck with Black Ops, but the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 is handily beating them both.

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Source: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/111830-Analyst-Boosts-Battlefield-3-Sales-Prediction

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canuck27Posted:

TTG_KiLLsh0t Even if Mw3 is in blank, it will sell more.
MW3 Engine uses the Mw2 one and Battlefield 3 Spend 2 Years Developing a new engine. Modern Warfare 3 Will Sell More But Battlefield 3 is Better Game.

-KiLLsh0t
umm robert bowling said they upgraded mw3 engine too but nice try

TTG_KiLLsh0tPosted:

Even if Mw3 is in blank, it will sell more.
MW3 Engine uses the Mw2 one and Battlefield 3 Spend 2 Years Developing a new engine. Modern Warfare 3 Will Sell More But Battlefield 3 is Better Game.

-KiLLsh0t

jwplayer0Posted:

S2K-Mods it's like Microsoft beating apple... it's never going to happen (apple being mw3 & Microsoft being BF)


pretty sure your retarded, since the only think apple has ever won in is a good mp4 player

the sentence should be...

it's like Apple beating Microsoft ... it's never going to happen (apple being BF & Microsoft being MW3)

S2K-ModsPosted:

it's like Microsoft beating apple... it's never going to happen (apple being mw3 & Microsoft being BF)

OasisPosted:

BF3 better hope those odds are wrong, they are obviously hoping to beat CoD and they won't do that if it goes 3-1.

NetflixPosted:

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SolarisPosted:

3 - 1 sale ration sounds pretty good for EA with BF as CoD is a really established game, i reckon it could even be a 3 - 2 ration as they are really similar games :)

codepokePosted:

it's a **** estimate it doesnt mean shit until it's proven! so nobody should be talking about crap like this

JimboPosted:

These are both 2 amazing series but you cannot compare them.

-Fleshyy-Posted:

XxGummibearxX Modern warfare 3 FTW!


I Have to Agree with you on that =].