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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-FPSMANIAC-Posted:

iCass they have to fix the glitches!

You sir don't know anything about a beta, DO YOU?

iAmMasterFPosted:

8 million x 3 = MW3 players

ZodiacswrathPosted:

haha.... "But those planes wouldn't fly, because you cant make a plane out of shell casings"

iDestroyPosted:

iDestroy Over 2million pre-orders. Ok so lets assume barely over 2 million.

http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php

Has BF at just under 1.1 million in America alone. So 1 million pre-orders for the rest of the world? That's a bit ****.

Meanwhile MW3 is at 1.7 million in America alone.

BF3 is going to get stomped on, and DICE know it.

Bet they wish they didnt do their shitty little marketing jabs at the CoD franchise now


Silly me. Those were xbox 360 only.

Across both consoles that's:
Battlefield 3 at: 1.5 mill roughly (meaning just over half a million preorders for PC across the world AND included in that half a million Xbox + 360 for the rest of the world..weak)

iDestroyPosted:

Over 2million pre-orders. Ok so lets assume barely over 2 million.

http://www.vgchartz.com/preorders.php

Has BF at just under 1.1 million in America alone. So 1 million pre-orders for the rest of the world? That's a bit shit.

Meanwhile MW3 is at 1.7 million in America alone.

BF3 is going to get stomped on, and DICE know it.

Bet they wish they didnt do their shitty little marketing jabs at the CoD franchise now

NicPosted:

Well, the BETA was fun and all, but unless they fix the glitches I'm not getting it.

BBOYRICAN25Posted:

Well it was free, of coarse that many ppl played.. Theres not many BF fans either. I didnt expect it to be high numbers in the pre orders. Most ppl like COD.

Dixie_NormusPosted:

Am I only one who realizes that BF3 will be amazing on the PC. Battlefield is a PC based game. It will be shit on xbox compared to the PC. The graphics will be downgraded, the maps will be downgraded, and the max people in games will only be 24 on xbox, compared to PC with 64 players in a lobby.I'm getting BF3, just on the PC. Not on the xbox.

DeadlyDasherPosted:

Aliens bf3 is on a whole different level compared to mw3 since mw2 was such a piece of ****


Millions of other people would disagree. You can call those people 13 year old sheep dumbasses whatever, but at the end of the day each year COD comes out, it is the most sold game of that year.

FriendPosted:

I'm Still Getting The Game. Fck Mw3 It Looks Terrible


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