Battlefield 3 preorders hit 1.25 million
Speaking at the Citi 2011 Tech Conference, EA CFO Eric Brown said that Battlefield 3 has already sold more than a million units at retail. "To date we have about 1.25 million preorders on Battlefield 3," Brown said. "So it's still well ahead of its predecessor title, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, in regards to preorders relative to the same number of weeks to launch, so it's doing very well."
In July, EA said that Battlefield 3 preorders were tracking 10 times higher than those of Bad Company 2 at the same point in development. The game is expected to launch on October 25. Bad Company 2 launched in March 2010 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC, and has gone on to ship more than 9 million units.
Brown was also asked whether EA has plans to match Call of Duty's $50 service, which Activision detailed as part of the Call of Duty XP event last weekend.
"The short answer is no," Brown said, before detailing some of the postrelease add-on content that will be available for Battlefield 3. He did leave the door open for future installments in the Battlefield franchise to charge players, saying, "We'll monitor and see what the outcome is."
Brown also addressed EA and BioWare's upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic during his Citi 2011 Tech Conference appearance. Of note, Brown said that EA still expects to launch the game this year, but the publisher has allowed in its earnings expectations that the game could slip into early 2012.
Though he would not reveal The Old Republic preorder figures, Brown did say that demand for the game is tracking in line with the company's expectations. Previously, EA has said that SW:TOR has broken its record for preorders. The publisher has also said that it intends to limit sales of the game to ensure a smooth launch.
Source: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6333124/battlefield-3-preorders-hit-125-million?tag=newstop%3Btitle%3B1
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BlakeaphobiaPosted:
So theres a chance they may charge us in the future? I hope they're not going to charge us to play. I'm fine if they do something like COD Elite, but if they make it a pay to play I'll be very sad. :(
SwitchzPosted:
-Spirt--City-ChicanosCanHop Gears of War 3: 1.3 Million pre-orders
Battlefield 3: 1.25 Million pre-orders
MW3: ???
mw3 more like 15million at this moment..
umm no your wrong... Not trying to start a war here but BF3 has more pre orders than MW3, but like everyone said it's not like it matters.
That's cause we don't have the 12 year olds buying it yet.. around Christmas MW3 will blow up ;)
ImmortalTechniquePosted:
-City-ChicanosCanHop Gears of War 3: 1.3 Million pre-orders
Battlefield 3: 1.25 Million pre-orders
MW3: ???
mw3 more like 15million at this moment..
umm no your wrong... Not trying to start a war here but BF3 has more pre orders than MW3, but like everyone said it's not like it matters.
FoxsPosted:
ChicanosCanHop Gears of War 3: 1.3 Million pre-orders
Battlefield 3: 1.25 Million pre-orders
MW3: ???
mw3 more like 15million at this moment..
cuePosted:
Motionx hahahahah gear of war 3 got more preorders then this bullshit game..
FAILL
how is it a fail , are you retarded?
let's say Call of Duty 11 has 12,349,191 preorders and Call of Duty 12 has 12,349,190 preorders, the older one has more so the new one FAILS ... logic
chaosblade99Posted:
Gears of war 3 has 1.5 Million pre orders and keep in mind is a single platform game. I also believe this charts are north america only not sure. Here is proof.
http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php
http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php
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